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  1. Sunday, March 22, 2020

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    03/22/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember Nicholas Owen, b. 1562, and Marion "Pat" Robertson, b. 1930. The reading is "The Absence" by R.S. Thomas.
    Sunday, March 22, 2020

  2. Saturday, March 21, 2020

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    03/21/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis | Christopher Gillespie
    On this day, we remember St. Benedict, who died in 550, and Brother Klaus, who died in 1787. The reading is "Thee, God, I come from, to thee go" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
    Saturday, March 21, 2020

  3. Friday, March 20, 2020

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    03/20/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember St. Cuthbert and Fred Rogers. The reading is a poem, "Lent" by Christina Rossetti.
    Friday, March 20, 2020

  4. Thursday, March 19, 2020

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    03/19/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph and remember Jean Astruc, born in 1684. The reading is from Thomas Nash, "A Litany in Time of Plague."
    Thursday, March 19, 2020

  5. Wednesday, March 18, 2020

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    03/18/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember the First Lateran Council in 1123, and Wilfrid Owen, born 1893. The reading is from Wilfrid Owen, "Maundy Thursday.
    Wednesday, March 18, 2020

  6. Tuesday, March 17, 2020

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    03/17/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we celebrate the feasts of St. Patrick and Joseph of Arimathea. The reading is from "St. Patrick's Breastplate."
    Tuesday, March 17, 2020

  7. Monday, March 16, 2020

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    03/16/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Johann Geiler von Keysersburg, b. 1455, and Book Smugglers Day in Lithuania. Our reading is from Luther on the Plague.
    Monday, March 16, 2020

  8. Sunday, March 15, 2020

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    03/15/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Billy Graham's 1st integrated Rally in 1953, and John Davenport, d. 1670. The reading is a quote from "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis.
    Sunday, March 15, 2020

  9. Saturday, March 14, 2020

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    03/14/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Eysteinn Asgrimsson, d. 1361, and the New English Bible NT publishing in 1961. The reading is "Neither Shadow of Turning" by Jack Clemo.
    Saturday, March 14, 2020

  10. Friday, March 13, 2020

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    03/13/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Lazarus Spengler, b. 1479, and Nicephorus, d. 829. The reading is "Love is And Was My Lord and King" by A.F. Tennyson.
    Friday, March 13, 2020

  11. Thursday, March 12, 2020

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    03/12/20
    2 mins
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Gregory the Great, d. 604, and Paul Gerhardt, b. 1607. The reading is Gerhardt's "O Sacred Head Now Wounded."
    Thursday, March 12, 2020

  12. Wednesday, March 11, 2020

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    03/11/20
    1 min
    By Dan van Voorhis
    On this day, we remember Ralph Abernathy, b. 1926, and James Reeb, d. 1965. The reading is "Prayer" by Christian Wiman.
    Wednesday, March 11, 2020