A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Our Lady of Fatima, represented by the statue here in the church of Santo Spirito in Sassia, has quite a legacy in general, and in my Mom's family in particular. My grandmother Mary, who died before I was born, had a devotion to Our Lady of Fatima, who appeared in Portugal when she was three years old, a year after she became an orphan. In her 50s, Mary Courtemanche assisted pilgrims going to Fatima get on their flights at nearby JFK airport (where my parents were married at the chapel called "Our Lady of the Skies), but was never able to go herself. For today's feast day we visited this special place that also contains the relics of St. John Paul II, who was shot on this day in 1982, six years before my parents met him here in Rome. John Paul credited the intervention of Our Lady of Fatima with his survival.
Liturgical: Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter; Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima
"...I am not alone, because the Father is with me. I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.”
Human: Pope John Paul II was shot– 1981.
Natural: Tiber river castorino (little beaver) sighting by Cordelia; the miracle of the sun at Fatima, explained by physicist Fr. Stanley Jaki.
Italian Word of the Day: Bensì (but rather)
Quote: "All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well."
--Julian of Norwich, author of Revelations of Divine Love (1373), the oldest book by a woman in the English language
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