A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Ave, Caesar! My brave paddleboarders are not hailing Caesar here but we are nevertheless thankful for this month of July, named for today's birthday boy, Julius. It is turning out to be a perfect month for living on the water, despite the frequent rain showers and subsequent rainbows.
Liturgical: Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
He shall strike root like the Lebanon cedar, and put forth his shoots. His splendor shall be like the olive tree and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar. Again they shall dwell in his shade and raise grain; They shall blossom like the vine, and his fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
Bishop Barron's reflections today.
Sanctoral: Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin (RM); St. John Gualbert, Abbot (RM); Sts. Nabor and Felix, Martyrs (RM); St. Veronica of the Veil (Hist)
Human: Birthday of Julius Caesar in 100 BC; One of the most famous and outstanding Roman chiefs and politicians was born today, Gaius Julius Caesar. After a staggering career, both military and political, he died via assassination in the Curia of Pompeia in 44 BC at the age of almost 56. However, it is worth mentioning, that there is no 100% certainty about the date of Caesar’s birth. Some scholars believe that his birthday and festival were celebrated (after he was deified) on July 12.
Death of Erasmus of Rotterdam (writer & philosopher) – 1536 and Alexander Hamilton (statesman and founding father) – 1804
The Writer's Almanac edition for today.
Natural: Alektorophobia--Extreme fear of live chickens (Chicken Attack)
Italian Word of the Day: Folle (crazy / foolish)
Quote: “The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.”
“For anyone who loves intensely lives not in himself but in the object of his love, and the further he can move out of himself into his love, the happier he is.”
“I hear the philosophers opposing it and saying 'tis a miserable thing for a man to be foolish, to err, mistake, and know nothing truly. Nay rather, this is to be a man. And why they should call it miserable, I see no reason; forasmuch as we are so born, so bred, so instructed, nay such is the common condition of us all.”
― Erasmus, Praise of Folly
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