Many progressive corporations encourage their employees to ‘think outside the box’. In that context the slogan challenges people to be creative and not be limited by the boundaries of past practices. Don’t be boxed in by the walls of conventional thinking. But Arbor Memorial Services Inc. has added a new twist to the slogan.

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On December 16, 2005 Pope Benedict XVI along with cardinals, bishops, prelates and other church officials gathered in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel at the Vatican to listen to a sermon.

Raniero Cantalamessa was the preacher. He is a Franciscan Capuchin Catholic Priest. In 1980 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II: Preacher to the Papal Household in which capacity he still serves. Every Friday during Advent and Lent he delivers a meditation to minister to the spiritual needs of the Papal Household. This has been a Vatican practice for centuries.

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