On this year’s liturgical calendar March 25, when we ordinarily celebrate the feast of the Annunciation, was Good Friday. This rare convergence gave the date such awesome significance in salvation history that I hesitate to mention a far less important secular commemoration. Still I think it’s worth mentioning that March 25 would have been the 102nd birthday of Norman Borlaug.
”Who was Norman Borlaug?” you might ask. If you do, you confirm my belief that it’s worth paying attention to someone who should be recognized as a towering figure in 20th-century history.
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