Today's Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Minne di Sant' Agata!
Liturgical: 1Kgs 8 A dwelling place for the ark of the covenant; PS 132 Lord, go up to the place of your rest!; MK 6; 53-56 They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats.
Sanctoral: Agatha, Catania, Sicily +250
Patron saint of nurses, against fire, and those suffering from breast cancer
Human: Italian (especially Sicilian) traditions related to the feast of St. Agatha
Natural: 251 AD- Mount Etna erupted and residents of Catania fled to St. Agatha's grave to plead for her intercession. Her veil was held up against the onrushing flames and the fire went out.
Quote: "Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever. Take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow." -St. Augustine
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