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TREE OF LIFE

A tree that stood next to the Tree of Knowledge in the middle of the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:9). It conferred on anyone eating its fruit the gift of immortality (Genesis 3:22).

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Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

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Today is Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time. The Roman Martyrology commemorates Saint Tarasius (750-806), Patriarch of Constantinople, born c. 750, who was known for his erudition and piety. He fought against the iconoclast heresy, helped open the Second Council of Nicaea in 787, which…

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