A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Welcome, July! This month I was determined not to let the summer days slip away as quickly as they did in June, so the girls and I put this plan together on paper right away. The two resources for the monthly themes I use the most are Catholicculture.org and The Old Farmer's Almanac. For a pilgrimage this month, we're going to try to get to the Blessed Solanus Casey Center in Detroit. Though Casey is Michigan's only blessed so far, the state has a long history with Catholicism due to French explorers ("voyageurs") paddling around her shores since the early 1600s, and then Jesuit missionaries and explorers in the 1700s, such as Fr. Jacques Marquette, who arrived in the New World even earlier than today's famous saint and missionary to present-day California, Junípero Serra.
Liturgical: Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
"Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head."
Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections today.
The Liturgical Devotion of the Month is the Precious Blood of Jesus.
Sanctoral: Optional Memorial of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784). Miguel Jose Serra was born on the island of Mallorca, Spain. He took the name Junípero when he entered the Franciscan Order in 1730. Ordained in 1737, he taught philosophy and theology at the University of Padua for twelve years. At age 37, he went to Mexico City where he spent the rest of his life working for the conversion of the peoples of the New World. Largely responsible for the spread of the Church on the West Coast of the United States, Junípero founded 21 missions and converted thousands of Native Americans. Pope Francis canonized Junípero Serra during his visit to the United States on September 23, 2015. The celebration for the first Hispanic saint of the U.S. was held on the lawn in front of the National Shrine in Washington, D.C.
Human: All about the month of July! Today is Canada Day-- The Dominion of Canada was created by the British North America Act; the Dominion consisted of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Lower and Upper Canada– 1867
Natural: Birthstone of July: ruby; Flowers of July: Waterlily and Larkspur
Italian Word of the Day: Leccapiedi (bootlicker / suck-up)
Quote: "July"
July's for Independence Day,
For flags and speeches and for play,
For hiding deep in meadow grass
And watching flying creatures pass,
For sailing boats on little seas,
Where just the smallest summer breeze
Can blow; for picking flowers any day;
July comes for flags and play.
-by Annette Wynne
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