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Mission: Instrument: Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
First reading from the Acts of the Apostles Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48
When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and, falling at his feet, paid him homage. Peter,…
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Harmonia axyridis var. succinea in Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge, Quebec, Canada
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Padre nuestro,
que estás en el cielo.
Santificado sea tu nombre.
Venga tu reino.
Hágase tu voluntad en la tierra como en el cielo.
Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada dĂa.
Perdona nuestras ofensas,
como también nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden.
No nos dejes caer en tentaciĂłn y lĂbranos del mal.
Amén.
Saints Philip and James share a feast day because their relics were brought to Rome together in early May. We know nothing more about either saint than what is found in the Scriptures. There we are told that they were apostles, and tradition has it that they were both martyred.
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Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team |
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Target: Mars Mission: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Instrument: HiRISE Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona |
The Moon, left, Jupiter, right, and Saturn, above and to the left of Jupiter, are seen after sunset with the Washington Monument, Thurs. Dec. 17, 2020, in Washington. The two planets drew closer to each other in the sky as they headed towards a “great conjunction” on Dec. 21, where the two giant planets appeared a tenth of a degree apart.
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In 1546, Charlotte Guillard (ca. 1485–1557) owned one of the most prestigious printing houses in Paris, the Soleil d’Or, and that year she printed an impressive, updated edition of the letters of Saint Jerome under her own name. The editor and commentator of this particular book, however, was the famous Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus (1468?-1536), whose published annotations on Jerome had been censured by the Venetian Inquisition and the Index of the University of Paris two years prior.
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A recent article made the bold claim that feathers are one of evolution’s greatest inventions. But what proof did they offer?
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Target: Asteroid Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00070
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Target: Ida Mission: Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Image Credit: NASA/JPL |
Source: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00136