A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
I've been chained to the computer the whole day to make a deadline for a new book on stoic quotes that I'm compiling, so if forced to stay put, at least I made sure to snag an office with a good view, and a few essential snacks. The seagull caught in majestic flight was the spontaneous part of the photo.
Liturgical: Thursday within the Octave of Easter Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”
Sanctoral: Isidore of Seville, Spain +636; A rather productive fellow!
Human: Ancient Rome-The festival of Cybele (Ludi Megalenses) was celebrated with theatrical performances and horse races in Circus Maximus. At that time, there were offered sacrifices called moretum, and banquets were organized in the houses, to which friends and acquaintances were invited.; 204 BC – a meteorite stone was ceremonially placed in the Temple of Victoria on the Palatine Hill and the games were organized. The stone was brought by Roman deputies, sent a year earlier to Pergamum because of the Sibylline Books. The meteorite was a symbol of the cult of the Magna Mater who was worshiped there – Cybele.
188 AD – the emperor Caracalla was born. The nickname came from the name of a Gallic hooded tunic he liked to wear. According to Aurelius Victor, a Roman historian from the 4th century AD, the emperor was supposed to distribute robes reaching his ankles to the people, hence he was to be called Caracalla. Officially, however, it was not used. The sources refer to him by the name Antoninus. The ruins of his public baths in Rome are enormous and still used for concerts in the summer.
397 AD – St. Ambrose died in Milan. His body was put in a glass coffin in the church of Sant' Ambrogio of Milan where it holds the record for the longest continuously venerated body in the world.
Natural: High of 72 degrees Fahrenheit in Rome today!!
Quote: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." -St. Ambrose of Milan
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