A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Sun on snow! We are gaining one minute more of daylight each day, and I've really noticed the difference in the short time we've been in Michigan. The light shall return!
Liturgical: The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. According to the previous liturgical calendar (1962), this feast was celebrated on January 2. In the liturgical revisions of Vatican II, the feast was removed, though a votive Mass to the Holy Name of Jesus had been retained for devotional use. With the release of the revised Roman Missal in March 2002, the feast was restored as an Optional Memorial on January 3.
"Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed.
We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope based on him makes himself pure, as he is pure."
Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections today.
The powerful and contemplative Jesus Prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner."
There are different versions.
Sanctoral: Saint Genevieve, Patroness of Paris +500
She persuaded Childeric, who had conquered Paris, to release many captives. And in 451, when Attila the Hun was advancing on the city, she got the populace to pray and fast for their safety. The invader changed his course and Paris was spared. She also became a trusted adviser to Clovis, the king of the Franks.
Human: Birthday of Cicero, 104 B.C.; Birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien (author) – 1892; Benito Mussolini proclaimed a Fascist dictatorship in Italy – 1925; 1521 Martin Luther is excommunicated by Pope Leo X from the Roman Catholic Church for failing to recant parts of his Ninety-Five Theses, which started the Protestant Reformation
The Writer's Almanac edition today.
Natural: How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold, Dark, or Difficult Days, by Kari Leibowitz
Italian: Lusso (luxury)
Extra: "10 Habits of Mind to Avoid Ideological Thinking" by Michael Matheson Miller
More Extra: "The Long Christmas Dinner" by Thorton Wilder (my Mom played the role of Lucia in college)
Quote: “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
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