A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Farewell to the Matriarch of Piety Hill, the reason we are all here (and the reason Calendar Class was turned into a blog, so that she doesn't have to use social media to follow it). It's the Mother Hen who makes a nest a home, and what a home this Mother Hen has made! Above the archway of the front door is the Kirk family crest, with five griffin (or dragon?) heads and the motto "Adjuvante Deo," which means "with the help of God." The rest of that quote is "work prospers." Even though my parents providentially discovered that crest in a local salvage lot, they later discovered that it was actually the same design of one of the branches, or septs, of the Kirk family!
Liturgical: Readings for the Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, Religious
R. (24b) Guide me, Lord, along the everlasting way.
O LORD, you have probed me and you know me;
you know when I sit and when I stand;
you understand my thoughts from afar.
My journeys and my rest you scrutinize,
with all my ways you are familiar.
Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections today.
Sanctoral: The Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) is celebrated universally today. Francis Bernardone was born and died in Assisi. He was the son of a rich merchant, Pietro Bernardone, received a good education, and in the beginning followed the ways of the world. He was taken prisoner in the battle between the Assisians and Perugians, and after his release decided to abandon everything for Christ. His father became extremely displeased at his action, and disinherited him. In 1220 he founded a new order which in ten years numbered five thousand brothers. His followers were called Friars Minor because they were to consider themselves as the least among religious. Out of humility Francis never accepted the priesthood but remained a deacon all his life. He had a great love for God's creatures and called them his brothers and sisters. His ardent love of God merited for him the name of Seraphic. He is also nicknamed God's Fool and Il Poverello (The little poor one).
St. Francis is the co-patron saint of Italy, along with St. Catherine of Siena.
(Buon onomastico, Valentina Sofia Francesca Caterina Assaf!)
Human: Pigeon Cher Ami’s message saved 194 U.S. soldiers during World War I– 1918
The Writer's Almanac edition today.
Natural: Astronomers Adam Riess, Saul Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their studies on the expansion of the Universe. By studying exploding stars, they found that the rate of expansion is accelerating due to a force known as dark energy.– 2011
Italian: Singhiozzo (hiccup)
Quote: "Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” --St. Francis of Assisi
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