Liturgical: Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Jesus-- IHS; Chiesa "Il Gesu" in Rome
Sanctoral: Genevieve, France +500 Patroness of Paris
Human: Birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien, South Africa 1892; Birthday of Cicero in Arpinum, 106 B.C.; Martin Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X 1521; Benito Mussolini proclaimed a Fascist dictatorship in Italy 1925; Fidel Castro excommunicated 1962
Natural: Delicate flowers in full bloom in Rome!
Quote: "Anche se il timore avra piu argomenti, tu scegli la speranza." -Seneca
A Carpe Diem snapshot: Today's providential adventures in Rome, shared on Instagram earlier, found me wandering down via Carini in the modernish neighborhood of Monteverde (which means Green Mountain) into the neo-Romanesque church of Santa Maria Immaculata Regina Pacis.
As you can see in the photos, the church boasts an enormous mosaic of mother and child in the apse, along with a rosy portrait of St. Joseph proudly standing behind the Christ Child. It seemed an appropriate place to celebrate today's feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, given to him by Joseph and Mary.
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