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COSMOLOGY

Study of the universe as an orderly creation, and of the causes that operate in the world of space and time. It presumes that the world was made according to an all-wise plan and is being directed by an infinite Mind. (Etym. Greek kosmos, the world + logia, knowledge, science.)

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Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Independence Day (USA)

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The United States celebrates Independence Day, the national celebration of our Nation's independence, the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Church in the United States of America incorporates this observance into the liturgy with a special Mass asking…

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