A Carpe Diem Snapshot: March 8th is always a good day for Aldo, our neighborhood flower seller! Every woman in Italy is gifted with a bouquet of mimosa flowers. He sold out by early afternoon!
Liturgical: Friday of the Third Week of Lent Let him who is wise understand these things; let him who is prudent know them. Straight are the paths of the LORD, in them the just walk, but sinners stumble in them.
Station Church: San Lorenzo in Lucina
Sanctoral: John of God, Portugal +1550 Patron saint of hospital workers, bookbinders, and booksellers
Human: International Women's Day (since 1911). As the prototype for the Women’s Day, we can take Matronalia celebrated on March 1 in ancient Rome. It was a holiday related to the beginning of the new year, motherhood and fertility. On this occasion, husbands gave their wives presents and fulfill their wishes. During Matronalia, women went to the grove near the Temple of Juno on the Esquiline Hill. The goddess was offered flowers and women prayed to her for happiness in married life, while at home they served little treat for their slaves.
Natural: The mimosa flower for Festa della Donna in Italy
Quote: "Thank you, every woman, for the simple fact of being a woman! Through the insight which is so much a part of your womanhood you enrich the world’s understanding and help to make human relations more honest and authentic."
– St. John Paul II
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