A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
The first message I saw on my phone in Michigan this morning was a news report from my eldest sister on yet another house on the Outer Banks, NC, that was swept away by the angry sea. Right now we are on our way to see what's left of it! Two of my sisters and I are on a first-ever mother-son trip, and it's begun on an adventurous note!
Liturgical: Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist
..."live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace..."
Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections today.
Sanctoral: Today is the Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. At the time that Jesus summoned him to follow Him, Matthew was a publican, that is, a tax-collector for the Romans. His profession was hateful to the Jews because it reminded them of their subjection; the publican, also, was regarded by the pharisees as the typical sinner. St. Matthew is known to us principally as an Evangelist. In the early Church, Matthew’s Gospel was thought the first to be written, which explains its position in the New Testament.
Human: International Day of Peace-- 2024 theme "Cultivating a Culture of Peace"
Birthday of Louis Joliet (explorer) – 1645, H.G. Wells (writer) – 1866, Stephen King (author) – 1947, death of Sir Walter Scott (poet) – 1832
The Writer's Almanac edition today.
Natural: All about the Outer Banks, North Carolina, and a virtual tour!
It is Ember Saturday of the Autumn or September Embertide. The September Ember Days fall after the third Sunday of September near the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14), and are days of thanksgiving for the completed harvest of fruits and grapes and historically commemorated as a "wine-press feast." But these Ember Days are also days of penance and atonement since the traditional liturgy connected them with the Jewish celebration of the New Year and Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. The Stational churches were part of the quarterly Ember Days, with Ember Saturdays always being the Station with San Pietro in Vaticano.
Italian: 10 Ways to Say “Small” in Italian
Quote: "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." --The Gospel According to Matthew, 6:34
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