Data for Thursday, February 5

Saint of the Day --- Paul Miki and his Companions, the Martyrs of Nagasaki -- 1597

Scripture of the Day --- Isa. 55:6-12 -- [Selection based on the Daily Office Lectionary in the Book of Common Prayer] Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; 7let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts;let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return there until they have watered the earth,making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty,but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it. For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace;the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Word of the Day --- isomerism -- the state of being an isomer i.e. Any of two or more substances that are composed of the same elements in the same proportions but differ in properties because of differences in the arrangement of atoms.

Place of the Day --- Sherpur, Bangladesh -- 25°01'09"N, 90°00'47"E - This large town / small city is a district capital located NNE of the national capital Dacca (Dhaka).