A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Very early this morning a group of students and staff set off for the Lenten Seven Church Pilgrimage, a Roman tradition begun by St. Philip Neri. It began with confession and Mass at Santa Maria Maggiore (pictured above), then on to San Lorenzo, Santa Croce, San Giovanni, San Sebastiano, San Paolo, and, finally San Pietro. It is one of the most euphoric and memorable experiences of the semester!
Liturgical: Third Sunday of Lent For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
Sanctoral: St. Katherine Drexel, USA +1955 “The patient and humble endurance of the cross – whatever nature it may be – is the highest work we have to do.”
Human: 1845 Florida became the 27th state. 1857 the Second Opium War began. 1859 the Great Slave auction concluded. 1861 Alexander II of Russia freed the serfs. 1913 Women Suffrage Procession in Washington, DC. 1924 the Ottoman Empire officially ended after 407 years.
Natural: 1938 Oil discovered in Saudi Arabia.
Quote: "Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in how to adapt and limit oneself." --Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
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