Calendar Class of March 24, 2025

A Carpe Diem Snapshot:

Look who's growing up and has a place of his own already? Odin is now nearly three months old and noticeably larger (and slobbery-er) than he was in his first Carpe Diem Snapshot profile photo. Maya chose his larger-than-life name and I'm having fun researching the symbolism. According to an official homepage of the United States Army, whose acronym is ODIN, "Odin is a principal god associated with wisdom, healing, death, royalty, and war. He is depicted as the husband of the goddess Frigg and is known for his complex nature and role in various myths." There are several contradictions and mysteries within that sentence, but we are talking about Norse mythology here. If we ever choose a wife for our Odin, she's definitely got to be named Frigg.

Liturgical: Monday of the Third Week of Lent Mass readings and Bishop Barron's Gospel reflections

Psalm 103: 1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 11

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?

Sanctoral: Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, +1980

A relic of St. Romero can be found in San Bartolomeo on Tiber Island.

Here is the famous movie made about his life and martyrdom.

The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Catherine of Sweden (1331-1381), the fourth child of St. Bridget of Sweden. She married at the age of fourteen with a mutual vow of chastity. After being widowed, she remained as her mother's constant companion in Rome for 25 years. When St. Bridget died, Catherine returned to Sweden and became superior of the Brigittine Order, and served as abbess until her death.

Human: Union of the Crowns- 1603 Scottish King James VI son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, thus joining the English and Scottish crowns

1603- Death of Queen Elizabeth I

Natural: The largest oil spill in U.S. history, initially estimated at 240,000 barrels, occurred after the Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound – 1989

How are huge oil spills cleaned up?

1882 German scientist Robert Koch discovers and describes the tubercle bacillus which causes tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), and establishes germ theory

Italian: Attonito (astonished)

Quote: "When I am constantly running, there is no time for being. When there is no time for being, there is no time for listening." --Madeline L'Engle, Walking on Water

What is the origin of the phrase “burning the candle at both ends”?

That phrase was coined by the American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1920. It comes from her poem “First Fig”: “My candle burns at both ends; / It will not last the night; / But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends— / It gives a lovely light!”