Monday Highlights and Spiritual Insights

Martin Luther King Day

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

~ Martin Luther King

Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

More on St. Agnes with quotes from St. Augustine and St. Ambrose

Today's Mass Readings

On This Day in Catholic History

1118 - Pope Paschal II, significantly involved in the long struggle with emperors over the appointment of church officials, died.

1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.

1998 - Pope John Paul II began his first visit to Cuba.

Birthdays

1932 - John Chaney, American basketball coach

1938 - Wolfman Jack, American disk jockey and actor (d. 1995)

1940 - Jack Nicklaus, American golfer

1941 - Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor

1947 - Jill Eikenberry, American actress

1956 - Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis, an American actress, producer, writer, athlete, and former fashion model. (Tootsie, The Accidental Tourist )

1963 - Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-born American basketball player

1978 - Phil Stacey, American Idol finalist

1981 - Izabella Miko, Polish-born actress and model

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