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1729 |
A Ceremony of Profession was held for Sister St. Stanislaus Hachard at the Ursuline convent in New Orleans, thereby making her the first Catholic woman to become a nun in America. |
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1839 |
Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: ‘All my ideas of peace and joy are linked in with my Bible; and I would not give the hours of secret converse with it for all the other hours I spend in this world.’ |
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1875 |
In New York City, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Archbishop John McCloskey, 65, became the first American to be named a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. |
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1950 |
American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: ‘The believer is a displaced person. He loses the controlling features of both environment and heredity.’ |
1839 – RMM
“Did you have your quiet time today?” Every day we ask it of others or we ask it of ourselves, even if only to beat ourselves up. I think the word done a lot of damage to Christians. Not because I think reading the Bible is a bad idea, but it implies that the Bible is to be nibbled on for 15 minutes and stuck back on the shelf until the next day. We should be less concerned about our devotions and focus more on our devotion to God and his word, the source of all true peace and joy.
