In the name of the father and son and the holy spirit, peace with be you. The holy mother church, grant us your holiness to enter blessed serra among the saints so he may be invoked as such by ll the christian faithful. Junipero serra was born in 1713. He entered the order of the franciscans when he was young. And he was ordained as a priest in 1737. He was a professor of hilosophy at Madrid University and he had the reputation of being a great teacher and preacher. In mallorca. By the end of 1740, he offered to leave his native country because he felt that he should be a missionary in the new world. He spent eight years in the rugged region of the sierra gorda in mexico where he preached to the indians. During part of that time, he was a superior of the five Franciscan Missions in the egion. He held several posts for another eight years at the seat of the Franciscan Missions in mexico city. During that time he preached in a great number of Domestic Missions in many areas of exico. In
Mark wahlberg the queen of soul Aretha Franklin started her career singing gospel. Amazing grace was the bestselling gospel album at the time. She is the first female singer to be inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame and in 2012 he joined the gospel hall of fame. Please welcome the legendary Aretha Franklin to the stage. [applause] [applause] Amazing Grace how sweet the sound meetch like lost, you know i was lost hallelujah, right now i have been found blind, lord i was blind , lord i, i see through many dangers, toils, and snares i have already, do you come . Hat i have already it was, do you know that it was, i will tell you it was grace that brought us safe thius far it was not money that kept me safe that brought me from 2010 to right now it was grace it was grace that Amazing Grace far brought me safe thus that brought me so safe brought me safe guided me around the pitfalls that brought me, that brought me, that brought me safe pray that we shall homeme i know you will pray
Asnie i have been mistaken francine lacqua. We will start by checking first word news. Moving closer to getting syrias president to extend his stay in power. The u. S. Is opposed to rushs assistance that they be allowed to compete in a president ial election. China has a warning for taiwan. Cutting ties with taiwan could collapse if taiwan refuses to recognize the framework that has governed the nation for two decades. The leading candidate in taiwan says there are other options for negotiation with the chinese government. Iraqi troops recaptured ramadi on monday. There are still some fighters there. They have launched a few attacks. Former new york governor George Pataki has quit the race for the republican president ial nomination. He is the fifth republican to drop out. In 1996 president reagan pressed for a summit meeting with the leader of the soviet union by reading a spy novel. President read the novel risingrm before meeting with president gorbachev. 24 hour news powered by our
Francis a. Mcani professor from notre dame. Hes the author of many books including god and race, a short history, published in 2008. The civil war as a theological crisis, 2006. And americas god from Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln which appeared in 2002. Recent essays are treatment of the bible in candidate, the 300th anniversary celebrations of the King James Version of the bible and catholic uses of scripture in 19th century america. Today he will be speaking on his new book which is available outside after our seminar. In the beginning was the word, the bible in American Public life, 1492 to 1783. Mark noll. Thanks for the opportunity of being here, and thanks especially to the Woodrow Wilson center, the american association, the National History seminar, its a pleasure to be in washington on a warm winter day. Images you have on the screen is is of the first english language complete english language bible published in north america. Once the break had been made with britain w
[ jesus came into my heart] thank you, soldier. Today was toext have been make thy name be remembered in all generations. What i think i am going to depart from i prepared sermon. While i was listening to the sergeant solow, i kept looking. P at our Service Flags i was thinking of the men and service. I see some of them here this morning. Private roberts, sergeant carter, andutenant private parks, first class. First class is right. I met somebody i had not seen in quite a long time. ,he last time i saw this man one of my members treated me to a ticket to Yankee Stadium to see joe lewis. In one minute and 49 seconds, n a victory. Fist wo it was not the final victory. Those two men that were matched in the ring that night are matched again. This time in a far greater arena and for much greater stakes. , paratrooper in the nazi army men turned into machines challenging the world. Joe lewis, training for the fight of his life. This is not a fight between man and man, but between nation and