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Died. The Rev. Bernard Braskamp, 79, chaplain of the House of Representatives since 1950, who invariably described his duties thus: "At the start of each day's session, I look out over the House and then I pray for the country"; of a stroke; in Washington...
...interfaith age, Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy pray together and picket together, and hardly a church exists that has not been preached to by a minister of another faith. But there is a point where ardent advocates of ecumenism draw the line: interCommunion. To receive the consecrated bread and wine together is the ultimate expression of Christian unity, and to do so lightly is morally wrong as long as Christianity remains divided...
Since the priests had found them selves unable to keep their vows of chastity, explained the bishop, they had applied to Rome for dispensation from all clerical obligations. Bekkers, obviously sympathetic to the priests, asked the congregation not to reproach or condemn them but to pray for them, pointing out that they intended to remain loyal members of the church...
...gifts to the ancient world, which had no concept of a regular weekly respite from work. Taking their cue from Biblical evidence that God rested on the seventh day of creation, Jews from the earliest days kept Saturday sacred as a time to abstain from manual labor and pray to the Lord God of Israel. The early Christians kept the principle, but gradually shifted the time of observance to Sunday. It proved sound against such onslaughts as the French Revolution's attempt to establish a ten-day week, and colonialism carried it around the world. Now Sunday is almost...
...Harvard will have to have if it hopes to see the Ivy League wrestling title dropped into its hands. The Crimson missed its chance last week of beating favorite Cornell on its own; now all Harvard can do is try to win the rest of its league contests and pray that someone else knocks...