A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Yesterday morning I blogged about how we are country mice in city mice clothing, yet, by the end of the day, my country-loving daughters surprised me with their confident navigation of the urban environment on the long walk home from school. Cordelia chatted happily, and unceasingly, about the games they played that day, such as "cacciatori, pescatori e lupi" (hunters, fishermen, and wolves), oblivious to traffic and tourists. By the time we reached the villa, she tore off her socks and shoes, collapsing in exhaustion on the couch (to the amusement of the students). Predictably, when asked how her day went at school, she replied, "It was horrid!", to which I replied, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Liturgical: Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
My beloved, obedient as you have always been,
not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent,
work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
For God is the one who, for his good purpose,
works in you both to desire and to work.
Do everything without grumbling or questioning,
that you may be blameless and innocent,
children of God without blemish
in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation,
among whom you shine like lights in the world,
as you hold on to the word of life,
so that my boast for the day of Christ may be
that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
But, even if I am poured out as a libation
upon the sacrificial service of your faith,
I rejoice and share my joy with all of you.
In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.
Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections today.
Sanctoral: The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Leonard of Limoges (d. 559). He was a hermit-abbot who was a convert of St. Remigius. He was a French courtier offered a bishopric, but became a recluse at Micy, France. He then lived at Limoges, France, and he was given land by the royal court on which he founded Noblac Abbey, later called Saint-Leonard.
Patronage: against burglaries; against robberies; against robbers; childbirth; horses; livestock; captives; imprisoned people; P.O.W.s; prisoners (given by Pope Pius XII on 9 April 1948); prisoners of war; barrel makers; blacksmiths chain manufacturers; coal miners; coopers; coppersmiths; farmers; greengrocers; grocers; locksmiths; miners; porters. See Catholicsaints.info for a list of places St. Leonard is patron.
Human: Death of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (composer) – 1893
The Writer's Almanac today.
15 AD – Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero was born. Daughter of a Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, who became the third wife of Claudius. In 54 AD she poisoned her husband and took over the actual power, then, removing Britannicus, son of Claudius, she brought Nero to the throne. The influences of Agrippina the Younger became inconvenient for Nero, and she was eventually murdered at his behest.
355 AD – Emperor Constantius II gave the title of Caesar to Julian the Apostate and married his daughter Helena.
Natural: First recorded sightings of supernova in Cassiopeia– 1572. Who was Cassiopeia in mythology?
Italian: Ridarella (giggles)
English: Scuttlebutt-- A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.
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