Calendar Class of September 4, 2025

A Carpe Diem Snapshot:

Today's cultural pilgrim to Piety Hill is none other than Martin Cothran of Memoria College. Here he is speaking on "Classical Education vs. Modern Education," as well as "The Five Greatest Works of Classical Education."

Liturgical: Thursday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time

Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.” When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

Luke 5:1-11

Sanctoral:

—Moses, the Prophet (10th century B.C.) whom God chose to free the Israelites who were oppressed In Egypt and bring them to the Promised Land, to whom he also revealed himself on Mount Sinai, saying, "I Am Who Am" and proposed a law that would govern the life of the Chosen People. He died on Mount Nebo of the land Of Moab died before the Promised Land.

—Saint Rosalia (1130-1160), patron saint of her native Palermo in Sicily. For sixteen years she passed her life as a recluse in a cave on a hillside on Mount Pellegrino, three miles from Palermo, and died there at the age of thirty (A.D. 1160). She was famous for the austere penitential life and for the many miracles wrought in answer to her prayers.

—The Canadian mystic Bl. Marie Dina Belanger (1897-1929) who was beatified by Pope St. John Paul II on March 20, 1993.

Rose of Viterbo (1233 – March 6, 1251) Even as a child, Rose had a great desire to pray and to aid the poor. While still very young, she began a life of penance in her parents’ house. She was as generous to the poor as she was strict with herself. At the age of 10, she became a Secular Franciscan and soon began preaching in the streets about sin and the sufferings of Jesus.

Viterbo, her native city, was then in revolt against the pope. When Saint Rose of Viterbo took the pope’s side against the emperor, she and her family were exiled from the city. When the pope’s side won in Viterbo, Rose was allowed to return. Her attempt at age 15 to found a religious community failed, and she returned to a life of prayer and penance in her father’s home, where she died in 1251. Rose was canonized in 1457.

Human: 476 AD – the last Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus was overthrown and exiled to Naples by Odoacer, who gave him an estate near today’s Naples, and ordered to pay an annual pension of 6 000 solids (this sum is roughly the annual income of a Roman senator). Romulus lived in the Villa Castellum Lucullanum. The end of his reign and sending the imperial insignia back to Constantinople by Odoacer is considered to be the end of the West Roman Empire. His further fate is unknown. He probably lived for a long time and collected a pension from both Odoacer and his successors, including Theodoric the Great.

Video on what happened to Romulus Augustulus.

Video on Odoacer.

Natural: The local leaves are turning, Fall is already underway! Why Do Leaves Change Color in Fall? Fascinating Facts About Autumn Foliage

Also-- September Gardening Checklist: Fall Planting, Bulbs, and Houseplant Care

Also-- Grow a Thriving Butterfly Garden That Nurtures Every Life Stage—from Egg to Adult

Italian: Presentimento (feeling / presentiment)

Quote: "I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift" — Dodinsky