Calendar Class of May 27, 2025
- Andrea Kirk Assaf
- May 27
- 2 min read
A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Circumstance obliged Cordelia and I to walk several miles today back and forth to the school and to run some errands. Such sacrifice, largely accepted with grace relative to her 8-year-old nature, earned a sweet reward of fresh strawberries (in season!) with real whipped cream. Despite the daily ordeal of trekking about in the heat and crowds of tourists, there are a few perks of city life we are most grateful for and willing to indulge in on days such as these.
Liturgical: Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8
Sanctoral: Augustine of Canterbury (? – May 26, 605)
Augustine of Canterbury comes across today as a very human saint, one who could suffer like many of us from a failure of nerve. For example, his first venture to England ended in a big U-turn back to Rome. He made mistakes and met failure in his peacemaking attempts with the Briton Christians. He often wrote to Rome for decisions on matters he could have decided on his own had he been more self-assured. He even received mild warnings against pride from Pope Gregory, who cautioned him to “fear lest, amidst the wonders that are done, the weak mind be puffed up by self-esteem.” Augustine’s perseverance amidst obstacles and only partial success teaches today’s apostles and pioneers to struggle on despite frustrations and be satisfied with gradual advances.
Human: 1679 Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment
1703 Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) is founded by Russian Tsar Peter the Great
1873 Heinrich Schliemann discovers "Priam's Treasure" a cache of gold and other objects in Hisarlik (Troy) in Anatolia
1940 British and Allied forces begin the evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) during World War II
Natural: Birthday of Rachel Carson (conservationist) – 1907
Italian: Imbranato (clumsy / awkward)
Quote: “The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
― Rachel Carson
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