A LOT of things have happened on March 25th down through the millenia, but tonight at the Palestrina Mass the homilist started with the fact that on this day in 3019 of the Third Age, Gollum absconded the One Ring and fell into the cracks of doom, defeating Sauron. It turned the tide for good to triumph over evil in that age.
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| March 25, 3019 T.A. (circa 6,578 years ago today) |
That is why in 2003 A.D. the Tolkien Society designated March 25 as Tolkien reading day.
That isn't however why I was at Mass tonight. Tolkien would have been at Mass on every March 25th as well because it has been celebrated as the day the Archangel Gabriel came to Mary, aka the Annunciation.
Tolkien was a devout Catholic with a deep devotion to the Mother of God. It was absolutely no accident that the day God took on flesh (a fulcrum day if ever there was one) is the day Tolkien decided to place the destruction of the One Ring.
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| March 25, 1 A.D. |
Interestingly, March 25 is also seen by many as the day that Jesus was crucified.
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| March 25, 33 A.D. |
And perhaps the day Moses led the Israelites through the Red Sea.
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| March 25, circa 1440 B.C. |
And perhaps the day that Isaac was offered on Mount Moriah.
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| March 25, circa 1890 B.C. |
Needless to say, today is marked in very bold letters as a tide turning day. Some say Lucifer fell on this day and that Adam was created on this day as well.
Uncanny, isn't it?
This means something...
...and it’s important.
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