A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Thanks to my fun friend Ashley, we Carpe Diemed and went to see the final performance of "Bernadette of Lourdes" at the Auditorium Conciliazione last night. The voice talent was top notch, but I find that the melodramatic style of today's musicals is no longer my cup of tea. The performance was a reminder of the courage of the tiny country girl Bernadette, however, which renewed my intentions to take a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Liturgical: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time; A Summary
"Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men." When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him." Luke 5:1-11
Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon: Graced Sinners on Mission
Fr. Plant's Homily: Put Out Into Deep Water
Sanctoral: Miguel Febres Cordero, Ecuador +1910
Saint Miguel Febres Cordero is Ecuador’s first canonized saint. He was born in 1854 in the city of Cuenca, which is located 8,000 feet high in the Andes Mountains. He joined the Christian Brothers as a young teenager and during his first years as a brother developed a Spanish grammar textbook that was published when he was 19 years old. Brother Miguel’s grammar book eventually became the standard text for all schools in Ecuador. He continued his work on similar educational publications and became recognized internationally as a Catholic educator.
Brother Miguel also ministered extensively in the area of religious education and he made a lifelong commitment of preparing young people for the sacraments. He was a humble, dedicated religious who devoted himself to the stewardship of education, both in the Spanish language arts and in religious formation for youth. He died in 1910 at the age of 56 and was canonized by Saint John Paul II in 1984.
Human: Death of Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1881 and birthday (1773) of President William Henry Harrison, who died less than a month after being inaugurated as the ninth President of the United States. Some say his death was the result of a Native American curse.
The Writer's Almanac edition today.
Natural: Birthday of Hans Albert Hochbaum (naturalist and artist) – 1911
Italian: Essere sano come un pesce (to be very healthy)
Quote: A selection from the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”
“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
“Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.”
“But how could you live and have no story to tell?”
“I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.”
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