The Third Millennium started at about 21h00 on 31 December 2000. Basically, the year 2000 is celebrated one year earlier because the year 0 was not calculated. It is the Third Millennium, of course, because the Gregorian calendar has already observed two thousand years after Christ.
Zero Hundred Hours
All time and space on earth is measured by two reference lines: Longitude based on the Greenwich Meridian (0° Longitude) and the Equator (0° Latitude). To simplify timekeeping, modern nations divide earth into 24 north-south zones of standard time.The position of the Greenwich Meridian was agreed to at an international conference in Washington, DC, USA in 1884 where it was also decided that a Universal Day begins at 00h00 at that longitude. This imaginary line runs from North Pole to South Pole as established through the primary transit instrument (telescope) at the Royal Observatory Greenwich at that time. In 1928, the International Astronomical Union recommended that the time known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) be referred to as Universal Time (UT). (Prior to 1925, in astronomical and nautical almanacs, a...
Yes, You have achieve everything in this world. You are rich, wealthy, you've gained the things that you want. The Question is being rich/wealthy can save your soul? or Can Money Save your Soul? Have you ever ask yourself is there a Eternal Life, a New World?I fully understood the value of the hope and certainty that behind the dark clouds there is always the sunshine of a new day. I don't know if you have realized it, but we are far from home. This planet is not our eternal home. We are only passengers headed to our true destination. There are many shadows around us. Sometimes fear, sadness, and frustration overtake our being.Have you ever asked yourself how this planet will end? What are your expectations in relation to the future? Now that we are in the third millennium, millions of people are being overtaken by apprehension, curiosity, and fear about what this century will bring. Where are we headed? What does the future hold for us? Will this planet be destroyed by extraterrestrial beings? will the inhabitants of the earth end in starvation? What will the third millennium bring? Why are there so many accidents, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, poverty?If we want...
Have you noticed all the 13's associated with the last pope? Here are a few.December 13, 1981
John Paul II invites prayers for the Polish nation, calling the situation a state of emergency.May 13, 1982
(Exactly 1 year after the attack where he almost lost his life)
Before the statue of Our Lady of Fátima, John Paul II recites the Act of consecration and entrustment of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.April 13, 1986
John Paul II makes a visit to Rome's main Synagogue .January 13, 1987
John Paul II receives in audience the President of the Council of the People's Republic of Poland, Wojciech Jaruzelski .November 13, 1989
Meeting of the diocesan bishops of the Federal Republic of Germany with the Holy Father on the theme: "Handing the faith to the next generation and the pastoral work of catechesis".April 13, 1991
Reorganization of the Latin-Rite Catholic Church in the Soviet Republic of Belarus, Russia and Kazakistan.August 13, 1991
Pastoral Visit in Poland, at Czestochowa for the 6th World Youth Day and in Hungary
Apostolic Voyage 52[52= 13 x 4]January 13, 1992
Holy See recognizes Croatia and Slovenia .February 13,...
In September 1752 the Julian calendar was replaced with the Gregorian calendar in Great Britain and its American colonies. The Julian calendar was 11 days behind the Gregorian calendar, so 14 September got to follow 2 September on the day of the change. The result was that between 3 and 13 September, absolutely nothing happened!The calendar switch also influenced the way George Washington's birthday is celebrated. He was born on 11 February 1731, but the anniversary of his birth is on 22 February because of the 11 days eliminated from the calendar switch. At the same time, New Year's Day was changed from 25 March to 1 January, thus according to the new calendar, Washington was born in 1732.The first Roman Calendar (introduced in 535BC) had 10 months, with 304 days in a year that began in March. January and February were added only later. In 46BC, Julius Caesar created "The Year of Confusion" by adding 80 days to the year making it 445 days long to bring the calendar back in step with the seasons. The solar year - with the value of 365 days and 6 hours - was made the basis of the calendar. To take care of the 6 hours, every 4th year was made a 366-day year. It was then that...
LET'S STOP US AN INSTANT!In this period we are all in run for the Christmas purchases: gifts, lunches, parties....
let's stop us an instant to reflect what the true meaning of the Christmas is:
To Christmas Jesus Cristo was born, our Savior.
Let's turn him a prayer so thathe illuminate us to create our new year better of those pasts, and we read this prayer of the advent, hoping that our hearts become best Prayers for the Advent and the Christmas
Prayer of Christmas
Incarnate verb, that again
you share with us your Christmas
teach us to share with the others
our projects of peace and solidarity.
You that in the Cave in Bethlehem
you have proposed to the men of every time
an itinerary of love and reconciliation
it illuminates today's humanity to find again
the road that brings to meet the other
in the dialogue, in the love and in the deep respect.
Small great God, that in the humility more felt
you have pointed out in You the by teacher that brings to the truth
help us eliminate from this earth the pride,
the falsehood and the lie, direct causes
of the evil of the modern world.
You that you read in the depth of every heart
it transforms our...
