Calendar Class of October 5, 2025
- Andrea Kirk Assaf
- Oct 5
- 3 min read
A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
Carpe Amorem! And Happy Feast Day of St. Faustina! Her feast day and this quote from her is unrelated to today's Snapshot, apart from the fact that this couple, married half an hour before at San Pietro in Montorio, have just entered into a new stage in their journey of love, from the small love to the Great Love, which ushers in a life of sacrifice. The presence of their small son at their wedding demonstrates that this couple have already had a taste of this new life when they became parents. Yesterday I was asked a question about the nature of love, to which I predictably gave a philosophical response. Human love, like all human behavior and phenomena, is ultimately knowable, because it arises from our human nature, which is unchanging and universal, even if it seems opaque and mysterious to us, with all our weaknesses, limitations, and ignorance. C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves is the most accessible summary of the subject, in my opinion, as well as some of the anthropological discussion in this recent podcast episode. Auguri, sposi novelli, e Carpe Diem!
Liturgical: Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel Excerpt, Lk 17:5-10: "If one of you had a servant plowing or herding sheep and he came in from the fields, would you say to him, 'Come and sit down at table'? Would you not rather say, 'Prepare my supper. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. You can eat and drink afterward'? Would he be grateful to the servant who was only carrying out his orders? It is quite the same with you who hear me. When you have done all you have been commanded to do, say, 'We are useless servants. We have done no more than our duty (Lk 17:7-10).'"
Pope Leo's Sunday Mass and Angelus address and a short highlights video.
Bishop Barron's Sunday Sermon: Trust in God's Plan
Fr. Plant's Homily-Scripture Lesson: Increase our Faith
Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (1819-1867). He was born in Fussen, Germany, entered the diocesan seminary, and, coming to know the charism of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, joined the order and was sent to North America. Ordained a priest in 1844, he began his pastoral ministry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as assistant pastor of his confrere Saint John Neumann, serving also as Master of Novices and dedicating himself to preaching. He became a full-time itinerant missionary preacher, preaching in both English and German in a number of different states. He died from yellow fever in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 4, 1867.
On May 18, 2020, Pope Francis ordered the inscription of Saint Faustina Kowalska, Virgin, into the General Roman Calendar. October 5 is now the Optional Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), a Polish nun who was chosen by Jesus to remind the world of the mystery of God's merciful love, the devotion to Divine Mercy.
Human: 869 4th Council of Constantinople (8th Ecumenical Council) opens
1143 King Alfonso VII of Leon recognises Portugal as a Kingdom
Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront 1789 Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the king and his court moved to Paris
1793 During the French Revolution, Christianity is disestablished in France
1796 Spain declares war on England
1867 Last day of the Julian calendar in Alaska
Natural: More about Ottobrata Romana: Why October Is the Best Month to Be in Rome
Basically, they’re formed by adding a suffix to the end of a word to make it sound smaller, bigger, cuter, or more intense. But it’s not always that simple… Sometimes these endings don’t just change the size or tone, they can change the meaning entirely.
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