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| red | St Justin, martyr | Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint. | | | Cycle II | [352] Jude 17, 20b-25; Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6; Mark 11:27-33. | | Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [574] 1 Cor 1:18-25 (#722.2); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 5:13-19 (#730.1). | |
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| Birthday: | 123rd 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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