Catholic Fire

Eucharist "Father, Your love surpasses all our hopes and desires." (Taken from the Collect.) Friday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time Today's Mass Readings On This Day in Catholic History: 638 Pope Honorius I died. 642 Pope John IV died. History Highlight of the Day: 1892 - The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited in unison by students in US public schools. Birthdays: My brother Michael's birthday is today. Happy Birthday, Michael! 1490 - Bernardo Pisano , Italian priest, composer, singer, and scholar of the Renaissance (d. 1548) 1874 - Jimmy Burke , baseball player (d. 1942) 1891 - Edith Stein , Carmelite Catholic nun and martyr (d. 1942) 1906 - Joe Cronin , baseball player (d. 1984) 1910 - Robert Fitzgerald , American poet and translator (d. 1985) 1910 - Bob Sheppard , New York Yankees announcer 1935 - Luciano Pavarotti , Italian tenor (d. 2007) 1947 - Chris Wallace , American journalist 1951 - Sally Ride , first American woman in space

Monday's Flower Source Optional Memorial of St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor Today's Mass Readings My Favorite Quotes of St. Peter Chrysologus ("The Man of Golden Speech"), Doctor of the Church Today in Catholic History: 579 - Pope Benedict I died. 1540 - Thomas Abel , English priest (martyred). History Highlight of the Day: 1956 " In God We Trust " became the official motto of the United States by an act of Congress signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Birthdays: 1511 - Giorgio Vasari , Italian painter and architect (d. 1574) 1818 - Emily Brontë , English novelist (d. 1848) 1863 - Henry Ford , American industrialist (d. 1947) 1890 - Casey Stengel , American baseball manager (d. 1975) 1916 - Dick Wilson , American actor ("Mr. Whipple": "Please, don't squeeze the Charmin!") 1926 - Christine McGuire , American singer ( The McGuire Sisters ) 1933 - Edward Byrnes , American actor, "Kookie" Kookson III on the TV de...

1955 - The phrase In God We Trust is added to all US currency .

Memoral of St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr Today in Catholic History: 1305 Bernard de Goth (1264–1314), born in Villandraut, France, was named Pope Clement V on this date. He moved the seat of papal power to Avignon, France, and was there dominated by French King Philip V. The conclave to elect a pope had been deadlocked for over a year. Clement's highest achievement was the completion of the ecclesiastical laws, a task begun over a century earlier. History Highlight of the Day: Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died in Los Angeles at age 93 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Birthdays: 1920 - Cornelius Ryan , Irish-American author (d. 1974) 1956 - Kenny G , American saxophonist 1967 - Ray Lankford , baseball player 1969 - Brian McKnight , American musician