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Judge blocks Brazilian president’s attempt to open Amazon forest to mining

September 01, 2017

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December 19, O Root of Jesse (O Radix Jesse); Ember Friday

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Today is the Third of the O Antiphons, O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse). Christ the King, the Lord! Divine Wisdom, Adonai, the powerful God, is at the same time man with flesh and blood of the house of Jesse, the father of King David. Truly, the right of kingship has now passed from the house of…

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