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  1. Sunday, February 2, 2020

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    02/02/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord and the feast Cornelius the Centurion. The reading is "A Song For Simeon" by T.S. Eliot.
    Sunday, February 2, 2020

  2. Saturday, February 1, 2020

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    02/01/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Henry McNeal Turner, born in 1834, and the publishing of the Battle Hymn of the Republic in 1862. The reading is "There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood" by William Cowper.
    Saturday, February 1, 2020

  3. Friday, January 31, 2020

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    01/31/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Thomas Merton, b. 1915, and John R Mott, d. 1955. The reading is "The Flight Into Egypt" by Thomas Merton.
    Friday, January 31, 2020

  4. Thursday, January 30, 2020

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    01/30/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Charles I, who died on this day 1649, and Francis Schaeffer, born in 1912. The reading is "Prayer" by George Herbert.
    Thursday, January 30, 2020

  5. Wednesday, January 29, 2020

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    01/29/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Swedenborg, b. 1688, and Sergius III was elected Pope. The reading is "I Have Called You Friends" by Narayan Vaman Tilak.
    Wednesday, January 29, 2020

  6. Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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    01/28/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Thomas Aquinas, b. 1225, and Reuben Torrey, b.1856. The reading is "O Food Of Men Wayfaring" by Aquinas.
    Tuesday, January 28, 2020

  7. Monday, January 27, 2020

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    01/27/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Sava and Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim. The reading is "Infant Noah" by Vernon Watkins.
    Monday, January 27, 2020

  8. Sunday, January 26, 2020

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    01/26/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the feast of St. Titus and from a few centuries later, St. Paula. The reading is "On a Roccoco Crucifix" by John Wheelright.
    Sunday, January 26, 2020

  9. Saturday, January 25, 2020

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    01/25/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the Conversion of St. Paul and the founding of Sao Paulo as a Jesuit Mission. The reading is "The Harvest is the End of the World and the Reapers are Angels" by Robert Wagner.
    Saturday, January 25, 2020

  10. Friday, January 24, 2020

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    01/24/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the Feast of St. Timothy and remember John Donne. The reading is "Death Be Not Proud" by Donne.
    Friday, January 24, 2020

  11. Thursday, January 23, 2020

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    01/23/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Marianne of Molokai and also the establishment of Georgetown in 1789. The reading is "A Prayer (For Those Who Shall Return)" by Katharine Tynan.
    Thursday, January 23, 2020

  12. Wednesday, January 22, 2020

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    01/22/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Father Gapon & Bloody Sunday of Russia in 1905 and the Testem Benevolentiae was published in 1899. The reading is a poem from M. Luther, translator unknown.
    Wednesday, January 22, 2020