A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
This is the St. Joseph altar in St. Peter's Basilica, to the left of the baldachino. Today I was able to attend Mass in Latin (with incense and a wonderful choir!) at the altar of the chair in St. Peter's and visit St. Joseph's altar afterwards. There are many other churches in Rome dedicated to St. Joseph, including the relatively new and impressive St. Joseph al Trionfale, in a modern, residential neighborhood.
Liturgical: Solemnity of St. Joseph When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.
Station Church: Santa Maria in via Lata al Corso
Sanctoral: St. Joseph, foster-father of Jesus
Human:
*Quinquatria or Quinquatrus festival began, initially dedicated to Mars. With time, when Minerva began to patronize craftsmen and craft guilds, they received their sacred place on the Aventine Hill, Quinquatrus changed its character and became a celebration of craftsmen and learners (the teachers were given the so-called minerval, tuition fee). According to Marcus Terentius Varro, the festival was called this way because it took place on the fifth (quinqu-) after the Ides. On the first day of Quinquatrus, Minerva was offered sacrifices, and if there was a war, the fighting would stop on that day. In the following days the gladiator games were held, and on the last day, in the shoemakers ‘hall (atrium sutorium), the trumpets were being consecrated, so-called tubilustrium (the trumpet was the goddess’ instrument).
*363 AD – the Temple of Apollo burned down on the Roman Palatine. Sibylline Books that contained prophecies were saved. The Sibylline Books were read when the city was in trouble. Typically, the advice was to incorporate a new god into the Roman pantheon and start worshiping it.
Natural: The Sicilian St. Joseph table traditional recipes
Quote: “St. Joseph did not do extraordinary things, but rather by the constant practice of ordinary and common virtues, he attained that sanctity which elevates him above all the other saints.” -- St. Joseph Marello
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