A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Great-grandma Kirk had the honor of the final Christmas photo with Baby New Year of Piety Hill, little Cecilia. Next year, Cecilia will be usurped by the NEW Baby New Year and will have to pass the torch on to her sibling. Such is the parade of life, ever marching on.
Liturgical: Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church
"And now, children, remain in him,
so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be put to shame by him at his coming."
1 John 2:22-28
Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections today.
Sanctoral: Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Basil the Great (329-379) and St. Gregory Nazianzen (330-390), bishops and doctors. This is the Ninth Day of the Christmas season.
Human: Fidel Castro and his followers captured Santiago, Cuba; Fulgencio Batista went into exile – 1959
Luna I was launched, becoming the first spacecraft to leave Earth’s gravity. Later, it became the first to reach the Moon’s vicinity and the first to orbit the Sun. – 1959
The Writer's Almanac edition today.
Natural: On this date a numerically rare event occurred: 01-02-2010 expressed backwards as a date is precisely 01-02-2010 – 2010
Italian: Ninnananna (lullaby)
English: Blatherskite--A blustering, talkative person
Today's Featured Book: A Time to Keep, by Tasha Tudor
Quote: "Time is the image of Eternity." -Plato
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