A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
A Jane Austen fan's dream come true- a proper British high tea at the Babington Tea Rooms, followed by a first-ever visit to the Keats-Shelley House, both in the Piazza di Spagna, the epicenter of the expatriate life in Rome during the era of the Grand Tour.
Liturgical: Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter or Ascension Thursday
"I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace..."
Today marks the beginning of the Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit, honoring the original novena (9 days of prayer) of the Apostles and Mary, awaiting the promised coming of the Paraclete.
Sanctoral: Pachomius of Tabenna, Egypt (290-346), father of the cenobitical life
Human: 1386 Treaty of Windsor between Portugal and England is ratified at Windsor cementing and strengthening ties between the two kingdoms. The treaty guarantees the mutual security of both nations and strengthens commercial ties. It is the oldest diplomatic alliance still in force.
1865 President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War.
1914 US President Woodrow Wilson proclaims Mother's Day
1978 The Assassination of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades
Natural: 1960 The United States becomes the first country in the world to legalize the birth control pill.
Quote: “Si tratta di vivere il tempo che ci è stato dato con le sue difficoltà.”
-- Aldo Moro
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