A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
The magical aesthetic qualities of fresh snow become particularly apparent at sunrise and sunset, when the frozen world is lit up like the aurora borealis. Snow is ever changing, which makes it both fascinating to observe, and dangerous to get stuck in. Here's the science behind it all.
Liturgical: Thursday after Epiphany
For the love of God is this,
that we keep his commandments.
And his commandments are not burdensome,
for whoever is begotten by God conquers the world.
And the victory that conquers the world is our faith.
1 John 4:19–5:4
Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections today.
Sanctoral: The Roman Martyrology commemorates Blessed Pauline-Marie Jaricot (1799-1862). In 1818 a young French lay woman, Pauline Marie Jaricot, founded the Association for the Propagation of the Faith, officially recognized on May 3, 1822. Pauline is "the foundress of the largest aid agency for the missions in the entire history of the Catholic Church," which later became the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and was conferred the title "Pontifical" by Pius XI in 1922 (Vatican website). She also was the foundress of the Association of the Living Rosary. She died on January 9, 1862 and was declared venerable on February 25, 1963 and beatified on May 22, 2022.
Human: It's the birthday of Cassandra Austen, born in Hampshire, England (1773). She was a good watercolor painter, and she was extremely close to her sister, novelist Jane Austen. Neither one of the two sisters ever married and they shared a bedroom all of their lives. When they were apart from each other — when one traveled to visit distant relatives and the other stayed home — they wrote letters, hundreds of them. And it's from these letters between the Austen sisters that scholars have been able to piece together many of the details about Jane Austen's life.
We also know what Jane Austen looks like because of drawings by her sister Cassandra. One of Cassandra's illustrations of Jane is on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
The Writer's Almanac edition today.
Natural: Where does Palisades Fire rank among worst in California history?
Italian: Volontà (will)
Quote: "The light of winter is the poetry of patience." - Monika Minder
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