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| white | Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest | Feast |
| Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church | |
| Yr A | Gen 22:9-18 or Heb 10:4-10; Ps 40 (39):7-8a, 10-11ab, 17 (â„Ÿ. 8a, 9a); Matt 26:36-42.
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| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | |
| Birthday: | 60th birthday of P. António VirgÃlio Faria de Oliveira e COSTA (born this day in 1963). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1566 | At Murcia, the death of Fr. James Suarez, over whose room a bright light was seen shining in the night. He was occasionally found raised from the ground during prayer. |
| 1637 | Jacques Marquette, S.J. is born. |
| 1948 | Peter Lutz, S.J. dies. Novice Director, New York. |
| 1958 | Charles De Gaulle becomes Premier of France. Jesuit alumnus. |
| 1989 | The death of Sergio Restrepo, aged 50, whose defense of the rights of the powerless and of the environment made him a threat to the interests of the economic and political powers in Tierralta, Colombia. |
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