A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
This year, we just caught the tail end of the brief but beautiful month of May in Michigan, with the last of the lilacs and the season's new crop of robins, the Michigan state bird. This wide-eyed mother robin made a nest in a new shed we are building, and she has held her ground despite the on-going construction on the roof above her head. What was even more of a surprise was that she returned to her nest and hatchlings after Cordelia scooped up the tiny creatures in her little hands to proudly present to me! Apparently, I hadn't covered the do-not-touch-anything-tiny-in-a-nest rule with my youngest offspring, but fortunately this mother was unperturbed and went back to caring for them as if nothing had happened. It reminded me of this quote from one of yesterday's saints of the day that caught my attention: "Let my soul, simple as a dove, fly to You to build its nest in Your heart." --St. Mary Magdelene de' Pazzi
Liturgical: Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Who, or what, is God?
Bishop Barron's Homily
Fr. Geoffrey Plant's Homily and multidisciplinary Scripture study
"The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him."
Sanctoral: Philip Neri, Apostle of Rome, who joyfully reinvigorated the city as the center of Catholic pilgrimage. +1595
Human: The birthday of Felicia Annette Alexandra Kirk Flores! Also, Hildegard van Bingen (1098) and Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and plant hunter (established East India tea company in India), born in Kelloe, Scotland (1812)
1498 The death of Tomás de Torquemada, the first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition
1620 The Mayflower departs Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims and about 30 crew for the New World.
1862 Future Queen of Hawaii Lili'uokalani (24) weds American secretary John Owen Dominis (29) until his death in 1891
Natural: Michigan Nature Association-- nature sanctuaries across the state
Quote: "The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last." --St. Philip Neri
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