25 march 2023

Mass Propers for the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord: Entrance Antiphon, Heb 10:5, 7: The Lord said, as he entered the world: Behold, I come to do your will, O God. Gospel Verse, Jn 1:14ab: The Word of God became flesh and made his dwelling among us; and we saw his glory. Preface: The Mystery of the Incarnation: It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord. For the Virgin Mary heard with faith that the Christ was to be born among men and for men's sake by the overshadowing power of the Holy Spirit. Lovingly she bore him in her immaculate womb, that the promises to the children of Israel might come about and the hope of nations be accomplished beyond all telling. Through him the host of Angels adores your majesty and rejoices in your presence for ever. May our voices, we pay, join with theirs in one chorus of exultant praise, as we acclaim: Communion Antiphon, Is 7:14: Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name will be called Emmanuel. COLLECT PRAYER Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord: O God, who willed that your Word should take on the reality of human flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary, grant, we pray, that we, who confess our Redeemer to be God and man, may merit to become partakers even in his divine nature. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. show Blog & Podcasts...

Liturgical Colour : White Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today the whole Universal Church celebrates the occasion of the great Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, marking the moment when the Archangel Gabriel came to Nazareth, to the then periphery of the Jewish world and community, to a young woman named Mary, whom God had chosen to be the one to bear the Saviour of the whole world, His promised Messiah or Christ, the One Whom we would come to know as Jesus Christ, the Son of God, our Lord, Saviour and Master. On this day of the Annunciation, the Archangel Gabriel came to Mary to proclaim the long-awaited Good News of salvation which the Lord had promised His people, all of us, from the very beginning of time. It was truly the end of the long wait for the coming of the fulfilment of God’s many wonderful promises and assurances that He has made through His many prophets and messengers. This Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord must be understood as the moment when the Lord became Incarnate in this world, just as the Archangel Gabriel himself mentioned that the Lord would send the Holy Spirit to overshadow Mary, and through that, the Son of God would be conceived in her womb, taking up the nature, appearance and existence of our humanity, becoming the Son of Man, the Divine Word Incarnate. That is why this Solemnity of the Annunciation is celebrated this day, exactly nine months to the date of Christmas, signifying the nine months of the period of pregnanc...

• January 12– • January 12– • February 26– • March 24– • March 24– • March 24– • March 25– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • April 1– • April 1– • April 1– • April 5– • April 19– • May 13– • June 15– United States yearly total [ ] Confirmed tornadoes by EFU EF0 EF1 EF2 EF3 EF4 EF5 Total 92 198 267 88 21 2 0 669 • Note: One landspout tornado has been officially confirmed but is not yet rated. On February 26, a large storm system produced a wide range of significant weather events across a large area of the United States, ranging from heavy snow to tornadoes. The Storm Prediction Center issued a moderate risk for west-central Oklahoma for a 45% hatched risk area for damaging winds. The outlook also included a 10% hatched risk area for tornadoes. An enhanced risk also extended from the March 9 (France) [ ] On March 9, a strong tornado was caught on video from multiple angles as it impacted areas in and around several small towns and villages in the March 13 (Saudi Arabia) [ ] A large dusty tornado caused significant damage as it touched down near the outskirts of March 22 [ ] On the morning of March 22, a high-end EF1 tornado impacted the March 24 (India) [ ] A large and photogenic cone tornado struck March 24–27 [ ] See also: There were 125 confirmed tornadoes in the United States in May. May 6 (Turkey) [ ] An F2/IF2 rated tornado struck Sultan Alaaddin, Akarca and Ören districts of the city of May 6–7 [ ] EFU EF0 EF1 EF2 E...

Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg speaks during an anti-gun violence rally in Boston on March 25, 2023. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images On Feb. 14, 2018, David Hogg was in his AP Environmental Sciences class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., when he heard gunshots. It was the beginning of one of the A janitor directed Hogg and several other classmates to hide in a closet. Not knowing if he'd make it out of the classroom alive, Hogg leaned on what he had learned in his TV production classes, and began recording with his phone. "I interviewed my classmates so that if we didn't make it out of there, hopefully our voices would carry on, and it wouldn't be possible for the NRA and gun lobby to say, 'Oh, you can't talk about this. You're politicizing this,'" Hogg says. Seventeen people were murdered that day, and 17 others were injured. Soon after, Hogg and several other students created more than 800,000 people gathered with the group at "We came out of Parkland saying 'never again' over and over. ... That was our original hashtag that we had when we started speaking out after the shooting," he says. "And unfortunately, that wasn't the case. It did happen again — thousands of times." Hogg went on to attend college at Harvard University, but he continued his work with March for Our Lives. He says one of the most important things he's learned through his advocacy is that it's not enough to point out why something is wrong — you also need t...

A police officer surveys the damage after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25, 1911, in New York, New York. File Photo by a Brown Brothers/Cornell University | Today is Saturday, March 25, the 84th day of 2023 with 281 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars and Saturn. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. They include Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum in 1867; actor Ed Begley Sr. in 1901; Jack Ruby, who killed presumed John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, in 1911; sports commentator Howard Cosell in 1918; actor Simone Signoret in 1921; writer Flannery O'Connor in 1925; astronaut James Lovell in 1928 (age 95); feminist writer Gloria Steinem in 1934 (age 89); singer Aretha Franklin in 1942; actor/director Paul Michael Glaser in 1943 (age 80); pop star Elton John in 1947 (age 76); actor Bonnie Bedelia in 1948 (age 75); actor Marcia Cross in 1962 (age 61); actor Sarah Jessica Parker in 1965 (age 58); champion figure skater Debi Thomas in 1967 (age 56); three-time Olympic gold medalist in basketball Sheryl Swoopes in 1971 (age 52); actor Lark Voorhies in 1974 (age 49); actor Édgar Ramírez in 1977 (age 46); actor Lee Pace in 1979 (age 44); comedian Alex Moffat in 1982 (age 41); race car driver Danica Patrick in 1982 (age 41); actor Jenny Slate in 1982 (age 41); singer/actor Katharine McPhee in 1984 (age 39); comedian Chris Redd in 1985 (age 38); music produ...

“Death and destruction” - one of Trump’s most explicit calls to violence yet. Each time he escapes accountability, he goes on to commit worse and worse misconduct. To allow this man near the levers of power again would be nothing short of madness. https://t.co/ZvNj7X3Q1W— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) Drone footage shows the destruction in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, after a deadly and powerful storm system hit late Friday. At least 23 people were killed in Mississippi, and one was killed in Alabama. Emergency officials said dozens more were injured. https://t.co/7iBwPIS5E5 https://t.co/zjLBMR1olE— The New York Times (@nytimes) • Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary - Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Norway, Sweden • Indep. Day( 25 Μαρτίου /εθνική εορτή) - • International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade - Popular in: • International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members - Popular in: • Waffle Day ( Våffeldagen) - • Earth Hour Day - Popular in: • Revolution 1821 ( Επανάσταση 1821) - Cyprus • Day of Victims of Communist Terror / 1949 ( Komunistiskā Terorisma Upuru Diena) - Latvia

Though today's encounter is a close shave astronomically speaking, there's no chance that 2023 DZ2 will hit Earth on this pass. Indeed, astronomers are looking forward to the flyby, for it's a rare opportunity to learn more about relatively large asteroids. "While close approaches are a regular occurrence, one by an asteroid of this size (140-310 ft) happens only about once per decade, providing a unique opportunity for science," officials with NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office "Astronomers with the International Asteroid Warning Network are using this close approach to learn as much as possible about 2023 DZ2 in a short time period — good practice for #PlanetaryDefense in the future if a potential asteroid threat were ever discovered," they added in — — — Humanity does have tools at its disposal to deal with potentially hazardous asteroids. Last September, for example, NASA's DART's suicide plunge changed Dimorphos' orbit around the larger asteroid Didymos Mike Wall is the author of " Out There " (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; illustrated by Karl Tate), a book about the search for alien life. Follow him on Twitter @michaeldwall . Follow us @Spacedotcom , or on Facebook and Instagram .

“Death and destruction” - one of Trump’s most explicit calls to violence yet. Each time he escapes accountability, he goes on to commit worse and worse misconduct. To allow this man near the levers of power again would be nothing short of madness. https://t.co/ZvNj7X3Q1W— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) Drone footage shows the destruction in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, after a deadly and powerful storm system hit late Friday. At least 23 people were killed in Mississippi, and one was killed in Alabama. Emergency officials said dozens more were injured. https://t.co/7iBwPIS5E5 https://t.co/zjLBMR1olE— The New York Times (@nytimes) • Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary - Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Norway, Sweden • Indep. Day( 25 Μαρτίου /εθνική εορτή) - • International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade - Popular in: • International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members - Popular in: • Waffle Day ( Våffeldagen) - • Earth Hour Day - Popular in: • Revolution 1821 ( Επανάσταση 1821) - Cyprus • Day of Victims of Communist Terror / 1949 ( Komunistiskā Terorisma Upuru Diena) - Latvia

• January 12– • January 12– • February 26– • March 24– • March 24– • March 24– • March 25– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • March 31– • April 1– • April 1– • April 1– • April 5– • April 19– • May 13– • June 15– United States yearly total [ ] Confirmed tornadoes by EFU EF0 EF1 EF2 EF3 EF4 EF5 Total 92 198 267 88 21 2 0 669 • Note: One landspout tornado has been officially confirmed but is not yet rated. On February 26, a large storm system produced a wide range of significant weather events across a large area of the United States, ranging from heavy snow to tornadoes. The Storm Prediction Center issued a moderate risk for west-central Oklahoma for a 45% hatched risk area for damaging winds. The outlook also included a 10% hatched risk area for tornadoes. An enhanced risk also extended from the March 9 (France) [ ] On March 9, a strong tornado was caught on video from multiple angles as it impacted areas in and around several small towns and villages in the March 13 (Saudi Arabia) [ ] A large dusty tornado caused significant damage as it touched down near the outskirts of March 22 [ ] On the morning of March 22, a high-end EF1 tornado impacted the March 24 (India) [ ] A large and photogenic cone tornado struck March 24–27 [ ] See also: There were 125 confirmed tornadoes in the United States in May. May 6 (Turkey) [ ] An F2/IF2 rated tornado struck Sultan Alaaddin, Akarca and Ören districts of the city of May 6–7 [ ] EFU EF0 EF1 EF2 E...

Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg speaks during an anti-gun violence rally in Boston on March 25, 2023. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images On Feb. 14, 2018, David Hogg was in his AP Environmental Sciences class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., when he heard gunshots. It was the beginning of one of the A janitor directed Hogg and several other classmates to hide in a closet. Not knowing if he'd make it out of the classroom alive, Hogg leaned on what he had learned in his TV production classes, and began recording with his phone. "I interviewed my classmates so that if we didn't make it out of there, hopefully our voices would carry on, and it wouldn't be possible for the NRA and gun lobby to say, 'Oh, you can't talk about this. You're politicizing this,'" Hogg says. Seventeen people were murdered that day, and 17 others were injured. Soon after, Hogg and several other students created more than 800,000 people gathered with the group at "We came out of Parkland saying 'never again' over and over. ... That was our original hashtag that we had when we started speaking out after the shooting," he says. "And unfortunately, that wasn't the case. It did happen again — thousands of times." Hogg went on to attend college at Harvard University, but he continued his work with March for Our Lives. He says one of the most important things he's learned through his advocacy is that it's not enough to point out why something is wrong — you also need t...