Calendar Class of June 16, 2025

A Carpe Diem Snapshot:

Another Rome reunion is afoot! This snapshot of Romanos siblings was captured post pranzo today at the Taverna Agapé in Piazzetta San Simeone along the via dei Coronari.

Liturgical: Monday of the 11th Week of Ordinary Time

Matthew 5:38-42

You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give your cloak as well; and if anyone forces you to go one mile, go also the second mile. Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you.

Sanctoral: John Francis Regis, (January 31, 1597 – December 30, 1640)

John longed to travel to the New World and become a missionary to the Native Americans, but he was called instead to work among his own compatriots. Unlike many famous preachers, he isn’t remembered for golden-tongued oratory. What people who listened to him heard was his own fervent faith, and it had a powerful effect on them. We can recall homilists who impressed us for the same reason. More importantly for us, we can also remember ordinary people, neighbors and friends, whose faith and goodness touched us and brought us to deeper faith. That is the calling most of us must follow.

Human: 1779 Spain declares war on Great Britain, starting the Great Siege of Gibraltar, which lasts 3 years, 7 months, and 2 weeks

2000 Israel complies with UN Security Council Resolution 425 after 22 years, which calls on Israel to completely withdraw from Lebanon. Israel withdraws from all of Lebanon, except the disputed Shebaa Farms.

Natural: "Lord, why did you make the mosquito?" Tiny terrors of astonishing design and purpose.

Italian: Crepacuore (heartbreak)

Quote: "Our friends are siblings we discover, while our siblings are friends gifted to us by fate."

John Joclebs Bassey, Night of a Thousand Thoughts