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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 C | Isa 6:1-4,8 or Heb 2:10-18; Ps 23 (22):2-3, 5, 6 (â„Ÿ.1); John 17:1-2, 9, 14-26. Download the texts |
| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. | |
Birthday: | 71st 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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