Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For mutual coexistence (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation for ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons."
5 Tuesday
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Tuesday of the eighteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I
[408] Num 12:1-13;Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 6cd-7, 12-13; Matt 14:22-36 or (Year A) 15:1-2, 10-14.
Hours of the day.
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The Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary Readings from the Common of Saints: [613] Rev 21:1-5a (#708.3); Judith 13:18, 19 (#709.2); Luke 11:27-28 (#712.10).
Optional
Anniversary:
109th anniversary of the death of P. Salvator Blanca (81) d. 1916 at Palermo, Italy.
Anniversary:
11th anniversary of the death of P. Michael O'Donnell (76) d. 2014 at Pickering, ON, Canada.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1570
A group of Spanish Jesuits arrive in Chesapeake Bay area, but are killed six months later.
1574
At Santo Domingo, the shipwreck of seven Spanish Jesuits sailing for Mexico. They escaped death and eventually reached their destination.
1762
The Parliament at Paris condemned the Society’s Institute as opposed to natural law, confiscated all Jesuit property and forbade the Jesuit habit and community life.
1762
The Parliament at Paris condemned the Society's Institute as opposed to the natural law: laid its hand on all Jesuit property, and forbade the Jesuit habit and community life.
1915
The Jesuit Curia, and Fr. General Ledochowski arrive in Zizers, Switzerland, their exile for security reasons during World War I.
