Set us free, O God, from the bondage of our sins, and give us the liberty of that abundant life which you have made known to us in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
— Book of Common Prayer
(Photo: On this day in 1971, Major League Baseball announced that Satchel Paige, perhaps the greatest fastball pitcher who ever lived, would be the first player from the old NNL to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Although Paige finished his career in MLB, the initial plan was to have exhibits about him and other NNL players in a separate wing, but the scheme, an unfortunate vestige of the legacy of the sinful bondage of segregation, was scrapped in time for Paige’s induction day in August 1971.)