Sunday Basics: Sunday Readings, Reflection, & Homily; Catholic History; Answered Prayer; Birthdays

Lilacs in July
From one of my two lilac bushes that are in bloom now
Taken July 7, 2007
By Jean M. Heimann


Thanks be to God! Answered Prayer for Vocations:


Today in Catholic History:

1099 - First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem.
1115 Peter the Hermit (b. ca. 1050), died.
1153 Pope Eugene III died.

Birthdays:

1593 - Artemisia Gentileschi, female Italian painter (d. 1653)
1839 - John D. Rockefeller, American businessman (d. 1937)
1857 - Alfred Binet, French psychologist (d. 1911)
1923 - Harrison Dillard, American athlete
1926 - Elisabeth Kubler Ross - Swiss - born psychiatrist, (d. 2004)
1932 - Jerry Vale, American singer
1933 - Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (d. 1982)
1935 - Steve Lawrence, American entertainer and singer
1949 - Frank Delima, American comedian and deacon in the Roman Catholic Church, serving at Holy Trinity Church, Kuliouou, Honolulu
1952 - Jack Lambert, American NFL player
1961 - Toby Keith, American singer
1998 - Jarden Smith, American actor, ("The Pursuit of Happyness")

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