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Trivia - December 25

Posted by paul fritz on 12/24/16

Question: Who decided that the date for Christmas would be December 25?Bonus question: Which of the US states was the last to declare an official holiday for Christmas?Answer: Pope Julius IBonus Answer: Oklahoma in 1907Read Morehttp://www.whychristmas.com/customs/25th.shtml https://www.reference.com/holidays-celebrations/u-s-state-last-declare-christmas-legal-holiday-28c0c5413fd70f03

Trivia - Mary's Journey to Visit Elizabeth

Posted by paul fritz on 12/17/16

Question: How far (approximately how many miles) did Mary of Nazareth travel to visit Elizabeth?Answer: Nearly 100 miles from Nazareth to the hills of Judah.Read morehttp://opusdei.org/en/article/life-of-mary-vi-visitation-to-saint-elizabeth/

Trivia - Who Is This Angel?

Posted by paul fritz on 12/10/16

Question: Who is the angel that appeared in Daniel's visions? What else is this angel known for?Answer: The angel Gabriel is known as God's messenger. He appeared to the prophet Daniel and to Zacharias and to Mary.

Trivia - Zacharias

Posted by paul fritz on 11/30/16

Question: What happened to Zacharias after his encounter with an angel? Zacharias is the father of whom?Answer: He became mute until the child's circumcision/naming for not trusting the words of Gabriel. Zacharias was the father of John the Baptist.

Trivia - Daniel and the Lions

Posted by paul fritz on 11/26/16

Question: Daniel was an interpreter of dreams who served many kings, some of whom were not happy with what they heard. One of the kings threw Daniel into a lion's den where what happened?Answer: (Daniel 6:23) "My God has sent his angel and closed the lions' mouths so that ... Read More »

Trivia - Gospels

Posted by paul fritz on 11/19/16

Question: Three of the four gospels are called what Gospels because they basically present the same view of the life death and resurrection of Jesus. Which of the four gospels are called this?Answer: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke are "synoptic gospels" because they tell the story of ... Read More »

Trivia - St Andrew's Cross

Posted by paul fritz on 11/12/16

Question: Only six years after his brother's death, the apostle Andrew also went to be with our Lord when he was martyred in the town of Patras, in Achaia. In what kind of tree does tradition say they crucified him?Answer: Tradition says that Andrew was crucified on an X-shaped cross.

Trivia - New Testament Letters

Posted by paul fritz on 11/05/16

Question: Interestingly the 21 letters in the New Testament were written before the Gospels. These letters were written to early Christian communities. These letters are called what? The majority of those letters were written by which apostle?Answer: The Epistles. Paul.

Daylight Savings Time Ends November 6

Posted by paul fritz on 10/29/16

Please remember to set your clocks back one hour before going to bed on November 5. You get back that hour of sleep you lost back in March!The official time change is 2am daylight savings time, Sunday, November 6, 2016 = 1am standard time, Sunday, November 6, 2016.

Trivia - "Good" Days of Creation