Link to yesterday’s post.
Holy Father, I thank You for not only allowing me to drive for so long yesterday, but also to fill me with serenity during those few traffic jams. Sometimes we know You are with us when we agree not to feel as catastrophic something that just isn’t agreeable. You are the Truth, You are Peace, You are with us even when we are not.
AGENDA
Today we celebrate Charles Borromeo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Borromeo
He was a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation combat against the Protestant Reformation together with Ignatius of Loyola and Philip Neri. In that role he was responsible for significant reforms in the Catholic Church, including the founding of seminaries for the education of priests.
THE NUMBER 732
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/700_(number)#730s :
- 732 = 2^2 × 3 × 61
- sum of eight consecutive primes (73 + 79 + 83 + 89 + 97 + 101 + 103 + 107)
- sum of ten consecutive primes (53 + 59 + 61 + 67 + 71 + 73 + 79 + 83 + 89 + 97)
- Harshad number
- number of collections of subsets of {1, 2, 3, 4} that are closed under union and intersection
NETBIBLE ENTRY FOR INDEX #732
- arrhostos: (1) without strength, weak, sick
Matching Bible verses
- Mar 6:13: They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
- 1Co 11:30: That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead.
- Mat 14:14: As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.
- Mar 6:5: He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
- Mar 16:18: they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well.”
NO SCRIPTURE MATCHING 732
NOTABLE FACTS OF THE YEAR 732
- Byzantine Emperor Leo III marries his 15 year old son Constantine to Tzitzak (later baptised as Irene), the daughter of the Khazar Khagan Bihar, as a sign of diplomatic unity between the Byzantine Empire and the Khazar Khaganate.
- October 10 – Battle of Tours: The Frankish and Burgundian forces under Charles Martel defeat a large army of Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, near Poitiers, halting the Islamic advance into Western Europe; Rahman Al Ghafiqi is killed during the battle. Charles extends his authority in the south of France, which gives him the nickname Martellus ("The Hammer"). The outcome of the victory is a turning point, and establishes a balance of power between Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire.
- Pope Gregory III confers on Boniface, Anglo-Saxon missionary, the pallium as archbishop, with jurisdiction over Bavaria (modern Germany). He orders him to forbid the consumption of horseflesh by his Christian converts.
- more
Q DROP #732
👉🏻 https://qalerts.app/?q=%23732
See you tomorrow, Frens!🤓
I do enjoy your number facts! Thank you.