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Reading scripture in unity with Sacred Tradition and the teaching authority of the Church.
Key question: “How does this passage illuminate and cohere with the deposit of faith handed down through Sacred Tradition?”
24,276 sermon illustrations through the Roman Catholic lens
11/22 (1943): Lebanon gains independence from France, nearly two years after it was first announced by the Free French government.
1/1 (1902): The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
12/25 (1724): J. Bach leads the first performance of Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, in Leipzig, based on Luther's 1524 Christmas hymn.
8/6 (1890): At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
2/12 (2001): NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
2/14 (748): Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
1/20 (1783): The Kingdom of Great Britain signs preliminary articles of peace with the Kingdom of France, setting the stage for the official end of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War later that year.
"Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways." - Sigmund Freud
"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want." - Lao Tzu
"Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other." - Brian Tracy