A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Today we find ourselves in the town of Velletri, in the Castelli Romani. It is my first excursion outside Rome since we arrived earlier this Fall. The reason for the getaway is to meet the author of a lovely little book on Castel Gandolfo (available only in Italian at this point). We were hosted for a traditional weekend pranzo at the lovely cottage featured in this video, which is available to rent at this site here!
“The children of this age marry and remarry; but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age
and to the resurrection of the dead
neither marry nor are given in marriage.
They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God
because they are the ones who will rise.
That the dead will rise even Moses made known in the passage about the bush, when he called ‘Lord’ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”
Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections today.
Sanctoral: Optional Memorial of St. Clement I, Pope and Martyr (d. 101): St. Clement is the third successor of St. Peter who ruled the Church from c. 92 to 102 and is mentioned in the Canon of the Mass. Pope St. Clement wrote a letter to the Corinthians, which is one of the most ancient and precious documents surviving from early Christian times; it shows his profoundly religious spirit, wholly imbued with the mystery of the things of God and love of Christian unity.
Optional Memorial of St. Columban (543-615) The most famous of Irish monks, was born in Ireland in 543. He was well-educated and desiring to be a "pilgrim of God," Columban traveled to France and founded several well-disciplined monasteries as centers of religion and culture. Because of difficulties he decided to return to Ireland. A shipwreck directed him towards Rome and to the founding of his final monastery, at Bobbio in Italy. The aged Abbot died on this date in 615. His feast is celebrated on November 23 by Benedictines and the country of Ireland and on July 2 on some calendars.
A discourse on St. Columban by Pope Benedict XVI.
Optional Memorial of Blessed Miguel Augustin Pro (1891-1927) (USA) was born in Guadalupe, Mexico. The Mexican government began a major persecution of the Church in 1911. Fr. Pro completed his studies in Belgium and was ordained a Jesuit in 1926. He returned to Mexico and performed his ministry heroically until November 23, 1927. He was caught and condemned for being a Catholic priest. Fr. Miguel Pro ended his life facing the firing squad with his arms outstretched until he became a living cross. He called out the words, Viva Cristo Rey! as his body was wracked with a hale of bullets. He was proclaimed "blessed" by Pope John Paul II on September 25, 1988.
Human: 176 AD– Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius triumphed over the Germans and Sarmatians.
It's the birthday of the mathematician and philosopher Benedict de Spinoza, born in Amsterdam (1632).
Natural: World Fibonacci Day! Exploring the Mystical Sequence that Shapes Our World.
Italian: 15 Italian Idiomatic Expressions with 'Avere' (to have)
Quote: "The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self."
--Baruch Spinoza
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