A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Visitors to Rome invariably comment on the omnipresence of graffiti, some of which (regrettably very little) has artistic value. This "graffitti poster" in Trastevere caught our attention yesterday during our long walk home after class. The original painting that this imitates is "The School of Athens" in the Raphael rooms of the Vatican Museums. It is a "who's who" of Western Civilization, whereas this poster is a "who's who" of Italian pop culture.
"Well done, good servant! You have been faithful in this very small matter..."
Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections today.
Sanctoral: The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Bernward of Hildesheim (960-1022), a Benedictine bishop, architect, painter, sculptor, and metalsmith. He was the Bishop of Hildesheim, Germany from 993 till 1020. Bernward encouraged the arts; commissioned religious paintings and sculpture, refurbished existing buildings, built new ones, and made altar vessels of gold and silver by hand, and dabbled in architecture and ornamental ironwork. His rule was marked with peace, and around 1020 he retired to a Benedictine monastery to spend his remaining days in prayer. —CatholicSaints.info
St. Edmund (841-870) is also commemorated. He was elected king of East Anglia in 855 at the age of fourteen and began ruling Suffolk, England, the following year. He was a model ruler, concerned with justice for his people and his own spirituality. Following one of a series of armed engagement with invading Danes, he was captured. He was ordered to give his Christian people to the pagan invaders; he refused. He was beaten, whipped, shot with arrows “until he bristled with them like a hedgehog”, and beheaded at Hoxne, Suffolk, England on November 20, 870. —CatholicSaints.info
Human: Red Wednesday 2024-- The international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is organising activities to commemorate Red Wednesday on 20 November in over than twenty countries. This annual event aims to shed light on the persecution faced by Christians worldwide and the fundamental right to religious freedom.
The Writer's Almanac edition today.
Natural: Time to start planning in earnest-- Festive (and Delicious) Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes
Italian: Incinta (pregnant)
Quote: "He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy." --Boethius
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