A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
A Carpe Diem Happy Hour with the Crosbys of the Von Hildebrand Project!
Liturgical: Saturday of the Second Week of Easter But he said to them, “It is I. Do not be afraid.”
Sanctoral: Martin I (d. 655), pope from 649 to 654. Condemned the Monothelite heresy, arrested by the Byzantine emperor, Constans II, tortured and imprisoned in Constantinople, then exiled to Cherson in the Crimea, where he died.
Human: Ancient Rome--Cerealia (Cereales) was celebrated, a festival in honor of the goddess Ceres, from 12 to 19 April. It was connected with the games (ludi Ceriales). Ovid says that during Cerealia, small torches were tied to the foxes’ tails. The animals were then released into the Circus Maximus arena. The reasons for this ritual are unknown. It is believed that such a treatment positively influenced the growth of crops and protected them from all diseases. Ovid finds an explanation of this ritual in mythical history. A provincial boy caught a fox stealing chicken. He decided to set him on fire, but he did not predict that the animal would go to the field and burn all the crops devoted to Ceres. During Ludi Ceriales there were games (ludi circenses), plays, chariot races, and from 175 BC also theatrical performances (ludi scaenici).
295 BC – the Temple of Jupiter Victor was dedicated on the Quirinal Hill.
Natural: 82 degrees Fahrenheit in Rome today!! But the summer weather won't last much longer... The downside of the heat is the emergence of the dreaded Asian tiger mosquito that feasted upon my veins in the middle of the night.
Quote: "In a word, thy life is short. Thou must turn to profit the present by the aid of reason and justice. Be sober in thy relaxation. Either it is a well-arranged universe or a chaos huddled together, but still a universe. But can a certain order subsist in thee, and disorder in the All?"
-Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, “Book IV”. (from c. 180 CE)
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