A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Tonight the Villa Magnolia hosted the Acton Institute's "Campus Martius" dinner lecture, featuring the famous Lebanese cuisine of Tony Assaf! The topic was "Fruits from a Church Rich and Poor," with Dr. Philip Chavez.
Liturgical: Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter; Minor Rogation Day
"I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth."
Sanctoral: Our Lady of Pompeii (the shrine is just next to the famous ancient city, which we visited on this feast day many years ago); Feast of the apparition of St. Michael-- The feast commemorates an apparition of St. Michael on the summit of Monte Gargano in Italy on the Adriatic coast in 590 A.D., and the dedication of the sanctuary built on the site of the apparition. (Wonderful pilgrimage site! We visited in 2019)
Human: Birthday of Edward Gibbon, Phillis Wheatley, and President Harry Truman
Natural: 1886 - Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells the first Coca-Cola (contained cocaine); 1950- The Tollund Man was discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg, Denmark; 1980- World Health Organization announces smallpox has been eradicated; 2019- Phage therapy used on 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway to treat a drug-resistant infection.
Quote: “War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.” ― Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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