A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
When I spotted this adorable orange fiat 500 outside the Venerable English College with our tallest student standing next to it, I had to capture the scene. Fiat 500s are one of the many emblems of Italian eccentricity and compact design that will never go out of style, especially as they are so often used in internationally known films, such as the latest Mission Impossible. A disclaimer at the end of the credits does clarify that a fiat 500 did not actually drive down the Spanish Steps during the filming of the movie (or so they say, in order avoid encouraging copycats!).
Liturgical: Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
*Stational Church today is St. Cecilia in Trastevere
Sanctoral: Pope Hilary, Rome +468; St. Romanus of Condat, Abbot, France +465 Patron of the mentally ill, built monasteries and a nunnery at Mount Jura between France and Switzerland; Bl. Daniel Brottier, France 1936 Missionary to Senegal, chaplain during WWI, created orphanages in Paris
Human: 2013- Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. 1991- The Persian Gulf War, an international conflict that was triggered by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, ended as Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein accepted a cease-fire agreement.
Natural: 2013- the brains of two rats were successfully electronically connected so that they can share information and solve problems.
Quote: "Fight all error, but do it with good humor, patience, kindness, and love. Harshness will damage your own soul and spoil the best cause."
-St. John Cantius
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