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    Comments on Father Reniero Cantalamessa’s (2016) Fourth Advent Sermon
    Comments on Father Reniero Cantalamessa’s (2016) Fourth Advent Sermon
    Comments on Father Reniero Cantalamessa’s (2016) Fourth Advent Sermon
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    Comments on Father Reniero Cantalamessa’s (2016) Fourth Advent Sermon

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    Father Raniero Cantalamessa’s fourth advent sermon (2016) concerns Mary in regards to Christmas. Mary is implicated in the physical birth of Jesus, in the entrance of the eternal one God into the here-and-now, and in the founding of the Church. She is a Mother of God, whose submission to God opened the way for God to enter time.
    The category-based nested form re-articulates Cantalamessa’s points. Eternity is more than the continual presence of the here-and-now. The incarnation of one eternal God is a unique event that orders time. Two nested forms describe the incarnation. Also, two nested forms portray Mary’s submission.
    Creation and the incarnation share a similar category-based structure. This structure associates with the meaning underlying the word “religion”. Social construction develops over time, as understanding matures. A scholastic expression of this social construction is the metaphor of the three births of Jesus, celebrated in three different masses on Christmas.
    The meaning of the incarnation includes a historic mystery, its extension into the continuing present, and an eternal divine presence. A category-based nested form models each inclusion. The forms integrate into an interscope.
    A circulation occurs among actualities in this interscope. Mary’s sanctity and submission flows upwards to the Father. Mary is human. The Father is divine. The divine fire and love flows from the eternal relation to Jesus. Jesus is both human and divine. The Church and the believer are nourished through this circulation.

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    PublisherRazie Mah
    Release dateFeb 11, 2017
    ISBN9781942824299
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      Comments on Father Reniero Cantalamessa’s (2016) Fourth Advent Sermon - Razie Mah

      Comments on Father Raniero Cantalamessa’s (2016) Fourth Advent Sermon

      By Razie Mah

      Published for Smashwords.com

      2016

      Notes on Text

      This 4,300 word essay comments on a recent lecture by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Pontifical Household. The English translation of this sermon was posted on the Zenit website on December 23, 2016.

      My goal is to re-articulate this argument in the specialized language of the category-based nested form.

      ‘Words that belong together’ are denoted by single quotes or italics.

      Table of Contents

      Mystery in Christmas 0001

      By the Holy Spirit 0033

      Mary’s Yes, Science and Religion 0055

      The Virgin Mary 0079

      The Three Births of Jesus 0087

      Mystery in Christmas

      0001 Father Cantalamessa presents his 2016 Advent sermons as a meditation on the Holy Spirit.

      0002 He starts with the Nicene Creed (circa 300 AD). The creed includes the line, For us men, and our salvation, he (Jesus Christ) came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit, was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

      0003 Saint Augustine (circa 400 AD) said that one could celebrate this event in two ways: as anniversary and as mystery. Since no one knows the date of Jesus’ birth, the December 25 date symbolically marks the anniversary.

      0004 The line in the Nicene Creed marks the mystery. Jesus does not come as a voice,

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