Today's Carpe Diem Snapshot: Magnolias are blooming in Villa Pamphili Park! They are some of the prettiest- and earliest- flowers of Spring in Rome.
Sanctoral: Bl. Plus IX, Papal States +1878 A very historic papacy
Human: 457 AD Leo I received the diadem of emperor from the hands of the Patriarch of Constantinople, the first to do so; 1478 birthday of St Thomas More on Milk Street, London; 1812 Birthday of Charles Dickens
Natural: Pros and cons of training to muscle failure
Quote: "Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words." -St Thomas More
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