Calendar Class of November 10, 2025
- Andrea Kirk Assaf
- Nov 10
- 2 min read
A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Who said November’s face was grim?
Who said her voice was harsh and sad?
I heard her sing in wood paths dim,
I met her on the shore, so glad,
So smiling, I could kiss her feet!
There never was a month so sweet.
–Lucy Larcom (1824-93)
Liturgical: Monday of the 32nd Week of Ordinary Time
For wisdom is a kindly spirit,
but will not free blasphemers from the guilt of their words;
because God is witness of their inmost feelings,
and a true observer of their hearts, and a hearer of their tongues.
Because the spirit of the Lord has filled the world,
and that which holds all things together knows what is said.
Wisdom 1:1-7
Sanctoral: Pope St. Leo the Great (c. 400–461 A.D.) was born in Tuscany to an aristocratic family. After serving as deacon under two popes he became the Roman Pontiff from 440 to 461 A.D. He was one of the greatest Holy Fathers the Church has known; he was the first pope, and one of only two, to bear the title “Great.” He guided the Church through the turbulence of the collapse of the Roman empire, waves of barbarian invasions, widespread disintegration of morality, and many dangerous heresies including Pelagianism and Manichaeanism. His feats include persuading the Emperor Valentinian to recognize the primacy of the Bishop of Rome; preventing a doctrinal split in the Eastern churches; persuading Attila the Hun to turn back and forsake his invasion of Italy; and convincing the Vandals under their leader Genseric not to pillage the city of Rome or harm its inhabitants. He championed the Church and the Catholic faith in an uncertain era by maintaining unity, defending orthodox doctrine with clarity, and preaching vigorously against false teaching. By his strong influence he changed the course of European history; he was known not only as a leader of the Church but also as the protector of all of Rome. Pronounced a Doctor of the Church in 1754, many of his writings survive today.
Human: 1619 René Descartes has a dream that inspires his "Meditations on First Philosophy"
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore boat with 29 crewmen aboard, sank during a storm on Lake Superior – 1975
Natural: The Wonderful Wild Turkey--Loss and Recovery of a Beloved American Symbol
Italian: Campo (field / camp)
Un campo di grano / mais / patate: a wheat/corn/potato field
Un campo di girasoli / papaveri: a sunflower / poppy field
Un campo coltivato: a cultivated field
Un campo incolto: an uncultivated field
Un campo arato: a ploughed field
Un campo recintato: a fenced field
Un campo a maggese: a field left fallow
Quote: "No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.”-St. Leo the Great
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