Liturgical: 2 SM 24; PS 32; MK 6: 1-6
When David saw the angel who was striking the people, he said to the LORD: "It is I who have sinned; it is I, the shepherd, who have done wrong. But these are sheep; what have they done? Punish me and my kindred."; Lord, forgive the wrong I have done.; “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
and among his own kin and in his own house.”
Sanctoral: Giovanni Bosco, Italy +1888 Juggling evangelist, apostle to youth, founder of the Salesian order and the order of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians.
Human: 36 BC- Birthday of Roman matriarch Antonia the Younger- favorite niece of Augustus, wife of Drusus the Elder, mother of Germanicus and Claudius, grandmother of Caligula, great-grandmother of Nero. Very influential in the principate.
Natural: The effectiveness of small, daily health habits and the motivating power of community encouragement= the plank club at Villa Magnolia!
Quote: "To enjoy good health and live a long life you need four things: 1. A clear conscience when you go to bed at night; that is, no fear of eternity. 2. Moderation in eating. 3. An active life. 4. Good companions, that is, fleeing from those who are corrupt." -St. John Bosco
Today's Carpe Diem Snapshot: Here's a portrait of our artist-in-residence Valentina at work on her Rome journal today!
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