A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
This is a "Carpe Son" moment, captured yesterday evening at the Basilica of San Pancrazio-- my Joseph lighting a candle in front of his namesake, St. Joseph. At 16, Joseph has already become rather busy and independent in both his studies and work (for VivaRoma Tours), so it was indeed a seized opportunity to share a quick prayer with him.
Liturgical: Monday of the Third Week of Easter So they said to him, “What can we do to accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”
Sanctoral: Hunna, France +7th c. "The Holy Washerwoman"
Human: 55 BC – Ptolemy Neos Dionysos, after overthrowing (thanks to Roman intervention) his daughter Berenice IV, took over power in Egypt. The army under the command of the Syrian proconsul, Aulus Gabinius (who received 10 000 talents from Ptolemy) defeated Archelaus – Berenice’s husband – who died in a battle and took Egypt over. Ptolemy sat on the throne again, and his first step in the second period of his reign was the assassination of Berenice and her supporters.
Patriots Day (marking the beginning of the American Revolution- 1775)
Birthday of Leonardo da Vinci – 1452
R.M.S. Titanic sank in early morning after striking iceberg on April 14th in late evening– 1912
Natural: First state entomologist position approved, New York– 1854; Insulin became available for general use– 1923
Quote: "Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered."
--Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, “Book IV”. (from c. 180 CE)
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