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For those of you watching or listening, I hope you caught the symbolically terribly significant occurrence right before the sermon in the National Cathedral started, when Robert Certain read the gospel. According to the Prayer Book, the appointed gospel chosen was John 14:1-6 (page 480).Here is the RSV version of this passage (NOT the translation read at the service):1: “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me. 2: In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3:...

Stock Markets Will Close Tuesday for Funeral of President Ford NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Stock Exchange said Friday it will close on Tuesday as part of a national day of mourning to mark the funeral of President Gerald R. Ford. The NYSE joined the Nasdaq Stock Market, which made a similar announcement on Thursday. It had been expected that the stock exchanges would close out of respect for the 38th president. Financial markets have traditionally closed for presidential funerals, the last time being the burial of President Ronald Reagan in June 2004. Wall Street's closing on the...