A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
For yesterday's Minor Feast of September, Valentina made a pumpkin spice cake in our sun/moon mold, which is a bit hard to make out in the photo. She is to be particularly commended for her artistic arrangement of parchment paper Fall leaves and goldenrod. The recipe is her own but here is a substitute.
Liturgical: Monday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time; Labor Day (USA)
"When I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming the mystery of God, I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling, and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God." --1 COR 2:1-5
Gospel reflections by Bishop Barron today.
Sanctoral: The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Agricola (also known as Agricolus) (625-700), son of St. Magnus and bishop of Avignon, France. He built a church in Avignon to be served by the monks of Lerins and also a convent for Benedictine nuns. By his blessing, he put an end to an invasion of storks.
Human: Today is Labor Day in the U.S.! Here's an article from a Catholic perspective and here is holiday info from Old Farmer's Almanac.
Natural: The Great Final Cookout of Summer- what to grill on Labor Day
Italian: Lista (list)
Quote: “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.” —Colin Powell
“Work has indeed been my best beauty treatment. I believe in hard work. It keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and the spirit.” —Helena Rubinstein
“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” —Newt Gingrich
“You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you work … if you love your work, you will find your reward in that.” —Leo Tolstoy
“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” —Booker T. Washington
“Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.” —Horace
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