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The Greatest Advent Hymn, by Michael Pakaluk – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist by Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio), c. 1450-60 [The MET, New York]

By Michael Pakaluk, The Catholic Thing, December 4, 2025

Michael Pakaluk, an Aristotle scholar and Ordinarius of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, is Professor of Political Economy in the Busch School of Business at the Catholic University of America. …

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Anyone who prays the Divine Office will say the Benedictus each morning, as it is the closing hymn of Lauds (Morning Prayer).  It’s also called “The Canticle of Zechariah,” the father of John the Baptist, who sang the Benedictus (“Blessed be God”) when his infant son was circumcised, on the eighth day.

More precisely, he sang it after the ceremony of naming.  If the ancient Jewish practice was like current practice: first, the baby was circumcised, which act was understood to place him within the covenant of Abraham.  Then, his father would declare the baby’s name, which the parents would have kept secret until then. …

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