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Now and Then LWIL # 45

Now and Then LWIL # 45

Last updated on: November 19, 2023 at 11:16 am by Mark Wilson

Now and Then LWIL # 45 2023-11-19T11:16:36-05:00 Mark Wilson

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I like to post stuff in my review that is happening Now and Then about last week. The Beatles through A.I., old footage and miraculous editing, released their final song together after breaking up over 5 decades ago. We live in an interesting age. Perhaps Bach and Beethoven will come up with some new music also. Anyway here is what I’ve come up with that

Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

Monday November 6, 2023

Day 310: Rivals for the Heart — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 310: The Gift of a Child — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Daily Defense Podcast With Jimmy Akin Historical Sins | Catholic Answers Podcasts

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.
1900 – President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.
2023-Shooting hoops for heaven: Boston seminarians form basketball team for God

Quote of the Day

A Catholic Adventurer@forthequeenbvm (November 6, 2023)
If Jesus Christ was just a man, then the cross was just an execution.

When did a mere execution change the course of history for all humanity?
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Tuesday November 7, 2023

Day 311: God Fights for You — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 311: Adultery and Divorce — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Daily Defense Podcast With Jimmy Akin Scripture as Final Authority? | Catholic Answers Podcasts

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.
1504 – Christopher Columbus returns from his fourth and last voyage.
1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard Nixon‘s veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.
2000 – The controversial US presidential election is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case, electing George W. Bush as the 43rd President of the United States.
2020 – Joe Biden is elected the 46th president of the United States.
2023-A pod of orcas has sunk a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar The pod rammed the boat’s rudder for about 45 minutes. Authorities were able to get crew members to land safely, but their yacht was irreparably damaged.

Quote of the Day

Old Hollow Tree@OldHollowTree (November 7, 2023)

Good morning. It is the 7th of November.

Our daughter, overcome with an overwhelming literary fever, awoke around five o’clock this morning wanting to read Owl Moon by

@JaneYolen. With respect to Ms. Yolen, I had other priorities.

I wanted to make coffee, I wanted to shower, I wanted to step outside into the bare November dawn and listen to the cold quiet. November, however, offers a clarity. The trees, having been stripped of their leaves by the frost, retain only their core structure. The animals that stay seek the warmth of burrow and den. The wooly bears have hidden deep in the wood pile to sleep through the long winter. November reveals what is fundamental, what is necessary, what actually matters.

And so I happily read Owl Moon with my daughter (twice), hooting the call of the great horned owl together as the sun rose, as the grey November light began to warm our meadow and offer a clarity, an insight into what truly matters.

Wednesday November 8, 2023

Day 312: Conclusion to the Old Testament — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 312: Polygamy, Incest, and Free Union — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Daily Defense Podcast With Jimmy Akin Merit and Reward | Catholic Answers Podcasts

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1602 – The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
1889 – Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
1923 – Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
1932 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.
1960 – John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, who would later be elected president in 1968 and 1972.
1988 – U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.

2023-Pope Francis to release an autobiography in the spring
**The Hollywood Reporter@**THR(November 8, 2023) After a grueling 118 days on strike, SAG-AFTRA has officially reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with studios, a move that is heralding the end of the 2023 #ActorsStrike:

Quote of the Day

Pope Francis@Pontifex (Nov 8, 2023)

Let’s #PrayTogether for the people suffering due to war. Yes, they’re suffering a lot. Children, the sick & elderly are suffering; many young people are dying. Let’s not forget Ukraine. Let’s think of the people of Palestine & Israel, that the Lord might bring them a just #peace.

Thursday November 9, 2023

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

Day 313: The Ark of the New Covenant — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 313: Ownership of Goods — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Daily Defense Podcast With Jimmy Akin Born Believers | Catholic Answers Podcasts

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1791 – The Dublin Society of United Irishmen is founded.
1887 – The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country, doing so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country, doing so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
1985 – Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union, becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.
2023-Thai farmhands in Israel face a grim choice: work in a war zone or go home to poverty Some 30,000 Thais were working in Israel prior to the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. More than 7,000 have left Israel since. More than 50 Thai citizens were killed or taken hostage in the attacks.
2023-Up First briefing: GOP debate takeaways; striking actors and studios reach a deal Five presidential candidates — but no Trump — debated the Israel-Hamas war and other issues onstage in Miami. SAG-AFTRA says it’s reached a deal of “extraordinary scope” with Hollywood studios.

Quote of the Day

Sachin Jose@Sachinettiyil (November 9, 2023)
The beauty of Catholicism ❤️

The chanting of magnificat for MichaelMas Vespers at St Michael’s Abbey in California. The newly built church of the Abbey was designed in such a way that the sunlight would strike the altar at the end of Vespers on the Feast Day of St Michael. There are currently 35 men studying for the priesthood at St Michael’s Abbey, which was founded in 1961 by seven Hungarian priests who fled communist oppression. Watch Video on X

Friday November 10, 2023

Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church

Day 314: My Beloved Son — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 314: Goods of Others — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Daily Defense Podcast With Jimmy Akin Omitting Doubted Books | Catholic Answers Podcasts

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1202 – Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).
1898 – Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history
1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
1969 – National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.
2023-Military archbishop: Pray for our veterans on Veterans Day

Quote of the Day

Owl! at the Library ��‍♀️@SketchesbyBoze (Nov 10, 2023)
In the past year, the film industry has shelved several already completed films, tried to replace its actors with digital copies, tried to replace its writers with chatbots, and tried to get rid of Turner Classic Movies, and I think maybe it’s time for new management.

Saturday November 11, 2023

Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop

Vectren’s Day

Day 315: The Virtue of Mercy — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 315: The Church’s Social Doctrine — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Daily Defense Podcast With Jimmy Akin The Limits of Infallibility | Catholic Answers Podcasts

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1215 – The Fourth Council of the Lateran meets, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ.
1620 – The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
1889 – The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
1921 – The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
1923 – Adolf Hitler is arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
1926 – The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
2006 – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.
2023-In canonically rare step, Pope Francis has removed Bishop Joseph Strickland as Bishop of Tyler, Texas.Pope Francis removes Tyler’s Bishop Strickland (pillarcatholic.com)
Pope Francis prays for infant Indi Gregory as life support set to be removed in UK

Quote of the Day

Fr. Joseph Krupp@Joeinblack (November 11, 2023)
My dog just stole and ate an apple care. Problem or no problem?

Sunday November 12, 2023

THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Day 316: Absolute Surrender — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 316: Labor and Social Justice — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Daily Defense Podcast With Jimmy Akin Bishops, Priests, and Deacons | Catholic Answers Podcasts

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1912 – The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica
1938 – Nazi Germany issues the Decree on the Elimination of Jews from Economic Life prohibiting Jews from selling goods and services or working in a trade, totally segregating Jews from the German economy.
1958 – A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
1979 – Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
2021 – The Los Angeles Superior Court formally ends the 14-year conservatorship to pop singer Britney Spears.
2023-Church in Jerusalem welcomes new consecrated member
2023-Catholic News Service Rome@CatholicNewsSvc (November 12, 2023)#PopeFrancis: On Israel-Hamas conflict. “Enough! Enough, brothers, enough! … Every human being, whether Christian, Jew or Muslim, of whatever people or religion, every human being is sacred, is precious in the eyes of God and has the right to live in peace.”

Quote of the Day

The Assisi Project@Assisi_Project (November 12, 2023)

“We are on pilgrimage, trying to reach our Father, trying to live a life of love. We have not yet arrived; we are sinners, but we are called to be saints.” #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #RebuildMyChurch #AssisiProjectPodcast http://assisiproject.com/mission

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