Calendar Class of November 6, 2025

A Carpe Diem Snapshot:

Carpe Colosseum! Today a student and I noticed an open doorway inside the temple of Venus and Roma in the Museo del Foro in the Roman Forum and made the smart, spontaneous decision to walk through it. This spectacular view greeted us (I captured the 360 view on video). There is no signage advertising this special spot, so it was yet another surprise reward of taking the Carpe Diem approach. The museum visit also provided a few other new-to-me displays today, despite the fact that I take my classes here each semester. Rome is like a giant jigsaw puzzle, and each time I venture out, I stumble upon another precious piece.

Liturgical: Thursday of the 31st Week in Ordinary Time

Romans 14:7-12

We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

Why do you pass judgment on your brother or sister? Or you, why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. For it is written,

“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,

and every tongue shall give praise to God.”

So then, each of us will be accountable to God.

Sanctoral: Saint Nicholas Tavelic and Companions (1340 – November 14, 1391)

Nicholas Tavelic and his three companions are among the 158 Franciscans who have been martyred in the Holy Land since the friars became custodians of the shrines in 1335.

Human: 15 AD– Agrippina the Younger, the mother of Nero, was born. She was the daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, who became the third wife of Claudius. In 54 AD she poisoned her husband and took over the actual power, then, removing Britannicus, son of Claudius, she brought Nero to the throne. The influences of Agrippina the Younger became inconvenient for Nero, and she was eventually murdered at his behest.

355 AD – Emperor Constantius II gave the title of Caesar to Julian the Apostate and married his daughter Helena.

Natural: Autumn Gives Us More Than Color-- Seeing wisdom in the changing of the season

Italian: Spaventoso (scary / incredible)

The adjective spaventoso in Italian is interesting in that it has either a positive or negative connotation dependin

Quote: "Guard against anger. But if it cannot be averted, let it be kept within bounds. For indignation is a terrible incentive to sin. It disorders the mind to such an extent as to leave no room for reason." -St. Ambrose