Today's Carpe Diem Snapshot: This semester I have the privilege of introducing the Art and Architecture of Rome to this fun group of students from Ave Maria University in Florida. During today's class we posed with their banner at the Piazzale Aurelio, where they studied then shared their interpretations of the genius loci of this space that encapsulates all the major ages of Rome's history-- from the building of the Servian wall (now the Aurelian wall) in the 4th century BC to the Porta Pancrazio in the 6th century AD to the Museo della Republica Romana in 1976.
Liturgical: Thursday after Ash Wednesday What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?
Sanctoral: Claude de la Colombiere (1641-1682), SJ. France, 1682. Spiritual director and supporter of Visionary St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (Sacred Heart devotion)
Human: Birthday of Galileo Galilei, Pisa 1564. Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher
Ides of February, Lupercalia, Februa Feast day in Ancient Rome
Natural: Why was February the month of purification in Ancient Rome?
Quote: "The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do." --Galileo
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