A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Snow flowers in February! So glad we kept up with our new Sunday tradition of picnicking in the park because there were so many new blooms and the girls had a grand time introducing the vast Villa Pamphili park to a handful of students. Today is it grey and drizzly but we kept a bit of yesterday's sunshine with us by bringing home a few flowery branches that now sit in a vase atop the piano, reminding each passerby that this capricious season is worth enduring the allergies (sometimes).
Liturgical: 7th week of Ordinary Time readings and Bishop Barron's reflections
All wisdom is from the Lord,
and with him it remains forever.
The sand of the sea, the drops of rain,
and the days of eternity—who can count them?
The height of heaven, the breadth of the earth,
the abyss, and wisdom—who can search them out?
Wisdom was created before all other things,
and prudent understanding from eternity.
The root of wisdom—to whom has it been revealed?
Her subtleties—who knows them?
There is but one who is wise, greatly to be feared,
seated upon his throne—the Lord.
It is he who created her;
he saw her and took her measure;
he poured her out upon all his works,
upon all the living according to his gift;
he lavished her upon those who love him.
Sirach 1:1-10
Sanctoral: The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Ethelbert of Kent (552-616), king. Ethelbert was the first Anglo-Saxon monarch to embrace the Christian Faith. In the 597, he welcomed the missionaries sent by Pope Saint Gregory to England under Saint Augustine. He founded Canterbury and Rochester Cathedrals, and Saint Paul’s, London. He died A.D. 616, and was buried in the Canterbury Abbey.
Blessed Luke Belludi, + 1285 Italy.
Human: Roman history today
The so-called Regifugium is celebrated – the expulsion of the last king from Rome.
303 AD – Roman emperor Diocletian issued an edict prohibiting the practices of the Christian religion. The ruler ordered the destruction of Christian churches and the burning of sacred books to deprive Christians of public offices. The edict clauses were respected to varying degrees in various areas of the Empire. In Egypt, the prefect Sosianus Hierocles forced Christians to make sacrifices to pagan deities and liquidated the churches, while in the West Constantius Chlorus introduced these regulations rather remotely.
391 AD – Emperor Theodosius completely forbade the worship of the pagan gods in any form, furthermore, any official or judge, who would cross the thresholds of the pagan temples would be subject to a high penalty.
Italian: Bislacco (eccentric / weird)
Quote: Beautiful Soup,
so rich and green,
Waiting in a hot tureen!
—Lewis Carroll, English writer (1832-98)
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