A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Today I have been reflecting on the responsibility of inspiring others, which seems to fit with today's Mass readings excerpt, Grandparents' Day, today's saint (actually blessed), as well as today's quote by Terry Fox. One year ago, I probably would have skimmed right over his name without recognizing it in the lineup of birthdays on almanac.com, but now his story has become something to commemorate in Calendar Class today, thanks to my Canadian friends' podcast and article. My Canadian friends' work shares in Terry Fox's mission to help others through inspiration.
Yesterday, I sent another friend a photo of the book I was reading, Solo per Oggi, as a source of inspiration and encouragement in adopting a morning routine to nurture self-formation. The translation from Italian reads, "Only for today, I will make a plan for myself: I may not follow it perfectly, but still I will make it. And I will be on guard against two evils: haste and indecision." Before we can inspire others, we need to inspire ourselves, and St. John XXIII did just this with his "daily decalogue" and habit of daily journaling, which he adopted when he was a youth.
grandparents' day. Ninety-five percent of the room stood up! As I listened to the words of the blessing, I reflected upon what a great resource we have all around us in this population of grandparents, and how this "holiday" is one of the very rare events on the calendar that celebrates the autumn and winter seasons in a human's lifespan, and the potential role grandparents play as sources of wisdom and inspiration to those in the spring and summer of life.
Liturgical: Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace: one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon: Where Heaven and Earth Meet
Fr. Plant's Homily: Five Barley Loaves and Two Fish
Sanctoral: Blessed Stanley Rother, U.S.A. +1981
Human: World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly (USA); Birthday of Beatrix Potter (author) – 1866, Terrance Stanley Fox (cross-country runner, Canadian hero) – 1958; Thomas Cromwell was executed on order from King Henry VIII on charges of treason– 1540; Maximilien Robespierre was guillotined, ending the Reign of Terror (French Revolution)– 1794
The Writer's Almanac today.
Natural: To keep bare feet from bringing beach sand into the cottage, leave a galvanized tub filled with water near the outside door and have people dip their feet in it before entering the house.
The metric system became legal in the United States– 1866
Italian: Mandare a quel paese (to tell someone to get lost)
Quote: "I guess that one of the most important things I've learned is that nothing is ever completely bad. Even cancer. It has made me a better person. It has given me courage and a sense of purpose I never had before. But you don't have to do like I did...wait until you lose a leg or get some awful disease, before you take the time to find out what kind of stuff you're really made of. You can start now. Anybody can." --Terry Fox
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