A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
This is a great "up north" Michigan photo, where life is just a little wilder and Cordelia is always ready with the corresponding facial expressions!
Liturgical: Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day."
Fr. Plant's homily
Bishop Barron's homily
Sanctoral: Ephrem, Deacon (306-373), called "the Harp of the Holy Spirit." Ephrem is the great classic Doctor of the Syrian church.
Human: Death of Charles Dickens (author) – 1870
The first copyright for a book was given to The Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry– 1790
19 BCE – the aqueduct Aqua Virgo was built in Rome. It functions to this day, supplying the famous Trevi Fountain.
68 AD – Nero committed suicide. Nero believed that everyone was lying in wait for him, that is why so many people were murdered at his commands, including his mother Agrippina. The emperor’s behavior prompted senators and military commanders to get rid of him. When the Senate proclaimed him a public enemy, Nero left Rome and on 9 June 68 CE he committed suicide. His last words were: What an artist dies in me!
193 AD – after gaining power over most of the Roman Empire, Septimius Severus led a triumphal procession in Rome
Natural: Invasion of beautiful little flying bugs in Onekama, Michigan. What are they??
Italian Word of the Day: Avere le braccine corte (to be stingy)
Quote: 'Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes." --Charles Dickens
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