Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For pilgrims of hope (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that this Jubilee strengthen us in our faith, helping us to recognize the Risen Christ in the midst of our lives, transforming us into pilgrims of Christian hope."
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18 Wednesday
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18 December.
Mass of 18 December; preface of Advent II
Cycle II
[194] Jer 23:5-8;Ps 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19; Matt 1:18-25.
Hours of 18 December
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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Malachi, prophet (cf. Mal. 1:1) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
15th anniversary of the death of P. Norberto Lino (87) d. 2009 at Lisbon, Portugal.
Birthday:
36th birthday of P. Chilima MUNTANGA (born this day in 1988).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1594
At Florence, the apparition of St. Ignatius to St. Mary Magdalen de Pozzi.
1812
The Protestant Bible Society entered Russia with the sanction of the Government. The Jesuits prepared to meet this new enemy.
1931
Louis Billot, S.J. dies theologian. He had been pressed to resign from the college of cardinals by Pope Pius XI four years earlier, because of his support of the French ultra-nationalist movement, Action Francaise.
1932
Joseph Rickaby, S.J. dies. He was a philosopher and expert on the Spiritual Exercises, based at St. Beuno’s. At the request of Rome, he translated Rodriguez, The Practice of Christian Perfection, into English. He found this task difficult because of the content of the work.
1936
Peter Lippert, S.J. dies. He was a writer on Jesuit spirituality.
1953
The death of August Valensin, philosopher and friend of Teilhard.
