function getOrthodoxEaster($date)
{
/*
Takes any Gregorian date and returns the Gregorian
date of Orthodox Easter for that year.
*/
$year = date("Y", $date);
$r1 = $year % 19;
$r2 = $year % 4;
$r3 = $year % 7;
$ra = 19 * $r1 + 16;
$r4 = $ra % 30;
$rb = 2 * $r2 + 4 * $r3 + 6 * $r4;
$r5 = $rb % 7;
$rc = $r4 + $r5;
//Orthodox Easter for this year will fall $rc days after April 3
return strtotime("3 April $year + $rc days");
}
?>
Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the pastoral care of the sick (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick grant the Lord’s strength to those who receive it and to their loved ones, and that it may become for everyone an ever more visible sign of compassion and hope."
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Monday of the thirteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II
[377] Amos 2:6-10, 13-16;Ps 50:16bc-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23; Matt 8:18-22.
Hours of the day.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Aaron, priest (cf. Ex. 4:14,16) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Esther, queen (cf. Es. 5:1-14) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
141st anniversary of the death of P. John Weisskopf (35) d. 1883 at Pandamatenga, Botswana.
Death:
Death of P. Lorenz von Walter (SAP) (93) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1798
In July, day uncertain, the colossal silver statue of St. Ignatius, in the Gesu, Rome, was carried off by French officials and melted down.
1798
The colossal silver statue of Ignatius in the Gesù in Roma was carried off by French ofï¬cials during the revolution and melted down. (The exact day is uncertain.)
1901
The Law of July 1st forbids Jesuits to live in communities in France.
1934
Michael Jacobs, S.J. dies. The first Iroquois priest is ordained.
1981
The Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago suspends its operations.
1984
John M. Corridan, S.J. dies the "Waterfront Priest".
1987
Br. Patrick Sheehy (Chicago) becomes the first brother to be President of a Jesuit High School in the USA.
1993
Thomas Burke, S.J. dies. Counselor, retreat master, and founder of the Program to Promote the Spiritual Exercises.