21 Coptic Christians Enter the Calendar of Saints-LWIL # 19

It was a very monmentual week for ecunimism and unity in the church as Pope Francis welcomed 21 Coptic Christians into the Calendar of Saints.

We finish up the Novena to St. Joseph and start our expedition with Lewis and Clark.
Bruce Banner first Hulks Out
and Fr. Casey reads some mean tweets and tells us how to navigate social media.
Dolly Parton puts out a new tune and the exciting conclusion to last weeks Mysterious World episode.

All this and more

Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

Monday May 8, 2023

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 8, 2023)
Day 8: We pray for those who are sick and dying, that they be surrounded by people who love and care for them. St. Joseph, Hope of the Sick and Patron of a Happy Death, Pray for us!

Day 128: Mighty Men of Valor — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 128: Unique Calls to Holiness — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1373 – Julian of Norwich, a Christian mystic and anchoress, experiences the deathbed visions described in her Revelations of Divine Love.^[4]
1429 – Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years’ War.

1895 – Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop is born. (d. 1979)
1899 – The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
1912 – Paramount Pictures is founded.
1919 – Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
1970 – The Beatles release their 12th and final studio album Let It Be.
1976 – The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
1976-The theme song from “Welcome Back, Kotter” is the #1 song in America.
1978 – The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
1980 – The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox.
2019 – British 17-year-old Isabelle Holdaway is reported to be the first patient ever to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection

Quote of the Day

Huckleberry�@BurnerCoast (May 8,2023)
When I have questioned my faith, it’s not because of the existence of evil people or the fact that God allows them to exist and do evil stuff.

It’s because Jesus seems too good to be true.

His goodness is what I find hard to believe. �

Tuesday May, 9 2023

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 9, 2023)
Day 9: We pray for the Universal Church, and the intentions of Pope Francis, that we may always be united with one another through the grace of God. St. Joseph, Protector of the Holy Church, Pray for us!

Day 129: David Commits Adultery — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 129: Many Vocations — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England’s Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

1901 – Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
1927 – The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens.
1942 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: The SS executes 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast. The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) is destroyed and all its inhabitants executed or deported.

1945-V-E Day is celebrated in America and Britain
1960-FDA approves “the pill”
1974 – Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
1979 – Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian is executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000-strong Jewish community of Iran.
2020 – The COVID-19 recession causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, its worst rate since the Great Depression.
Quote of the Day

Pope Francis@Pontifex (May 9, 2023) Life is not about showing off our abilities, but a journey towards the One who loves us: by keeping our gaze fixed on the Lord, we will find the strength needed to persevere with renewed joy.

Wednesday May 10 , 2023

3rd Anniversary of the Catholic Bard

Mother’s Day (Día de la Madre) – Mexico

[Saint John of Avila, Priest and Doctor of the Church;
USA: Saint Damien de Veuster, Priest]

Day 130: Nathan Condemns David — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 130: The Communion of Saints — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.
1824 – The National Gallery in London opens to the public
1869 – The First transcontinental railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory with the golden spike.

1908 – Mother’s Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
1916 – Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
1962 – Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.
2023-Nick Alexander on FB (May 10 2023) Robert deNiro will be a father for the 7th time, at 79. That means he would be 96 years old when the kid becomes old enough to see one of his movies.
2023- Putting Dare To Hope in Prayerful Action. Men’s Worldwide Rosary prays for the conversion of the entire world | Catholic News Agency

2023-SDG verifiably not paying for Blue@DecentFilms (May 12, 2023) This is a really big deal: Christians who lived and died out of full communion with Rome—the 21 Coptic Christians martyred in Libya in 2015 by the Islamic State—have been officially added to the Roman Martyrology. Pope Francis adds 21 Coptic Orthodox martyrs to Catholic list of saints – Vatican News

Alt MsRobin@MsRobinSLC (May 11, 2023) Imagine being mad that Christian martyrs have been recognized as saints. Like seething mad.

Maybe we should pray to have a fraction of their courage instead?

Quotes of the Day

Amy Welborn@amywelborn2 (May 10, 2023)
Yesterday, I saw 3 religious sisters at Home Depot. They were buying five hoes.

Me: “Doing some farming?”

Them: “No…we have snakes”

Mark Brumley@mabrumley (May 10, 2023) Sigh. Those with more patience than I have, & much more time, talent & tact, will need to interact with the Twitterverse’s effort at extended philosophical, theological, and political “conversations”. Hard enough in person & in email/DM exchanges. In Tweets? Nope. Pax.

Melody Lyons@melodymlyons (May 10,2023) 6-year old is upset with his teenage sister because she doesn’t want to play. Angrily shouts: “All you want to do is think about Ancient Greece!” Now she is helping him build a Greek city with blocks. But somehow there are cowboys and a saloon. And they are having a disagreement about indoor plumbing. #ilovehomeschooling

Thursday May 11, 2023

WinCalendar: Calendars, Holidays, Days and Today – EU

This Day in History – What Happened Today – HISTORY

Day 131: Hope for the Future — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 131: The Communion of the Church — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

868 – A copy of the Diamond Sūtra is published making it the earliest dated and printed book known.

1919-Germans prepare to protest Versailles Treaty terms.
1949-Evidence found against French serial killer known as “The Queen of Poisoners”
1858-Minnesota enters the Union.
1889 – An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort known as the The Wham Paymaster robbery results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
1934-Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states.
1997 – Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.

2023-Magis Center@MagisCenter (May 11, 2023) A message from Fr. Robert Spitzer: I was made aware today, May 11th 2023, that Patrick Coffin has challenged the authenticity of the Pope Francis. I do not hold his position and would never hold this position. Since I have already had an interview with him on a totally different topic I have asked that my interview be withdrawn from the series, and that my name not be associated with the series or other projects he is hosting including advertising etc. My sincere apologies for the confusion but full disclosure was not made to me about Mr. Coffin’s controversial position prior to the interview.

Mark “The Catholic Bard”@fom4life (May 12, 2023) I think that all Catholics of good will should bow out of Patrick Coffin’s Hope is Fuel conference just like Fr. Spitzer. I won’t blast anyone who doesn’t but will praise anyone who does. I think Patrick is doing a good thing but it is undetermined by his anti-Francis views.

Quote of the Day

Fr. Tom Bombadil@calix517 (May 11, 2023) I wonder how much time passed before Kevin McAllister told his parents that two men broke into their home and nearly killed him. Imagine him bringing it up some random Thanksgiving at dinner or while giving the Best Man speech at his brother’s wedding reception.

Friday May 12, 2023

[Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs; Saint Pancras, Martyr]

Day 132: David and Absalom — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 132: Mary Mother of the Church — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Song of the Week

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism.

1497 – Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
1942 – World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507.
2002 – Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since the Cuban Revolution.
2023-What the Pope Just Did With the 21 Coptic Martyrs Is Historic and Rare — But Not Unprecedented| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com)
Quote of the Day

function catholicGeek(��,❤️‍�) {@WRCatholicGeek (May 12, 2023) When I was a young man, I wanted to be one of the Wise Men; the older I get, the more blessed I realize I am to be one of the shepherds.

Saturday May 13, 2023

[Our Lady of Fatima]

Day 133: Persevering in Trust — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 133: Devotion to Mary — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book Revelations of Divine Love.

1607-Jamestown settlers arrive.
1846 – Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on the Federal Republic of Mexico following a dispute over the American annexation of the Republic of Texas and a Mexican military incursion.
1888 – With the passage of the Lei Áurea (“Golden Law”), the Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
1917 – Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
1958 – During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, the US Vice President Richard Nixon‘s car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
1981-Pope John Paul II shot.
2023-New EWTN film about Catholic priest in hiding receives blessing from Pope Francis | Catholic News Agency
Quote of the Day

Fr. Casey, OFM@caseyofm (May 13, 2023) Stopped by school property. No one for miles, parked behind the gate, beautiful day, decided to leave my windows down. What, is someone going to steal something? No, but apparently a bird is going to fly in and get stuck. Hadn’t thought of that…

Sunday May 14, 2023

Day 134: Devastating Effects of Sin — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 134: The Forgiveness of Sins — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

1608 – The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.

1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
1800 – The 6th United States Congress recesses, and the process of moving the Federal government of the United States from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., begins the following day.

1804 – William Clark and 42 men depart from Camp Dubois to join Meriwether Lewis at St Charles, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition‘s historic journey up the Missouri River.
1878 – The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
1879 – The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
1973 – Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched.
2023-Smithsonian Magazine@SmithsonianMag (May 14, 2023) Georgina Schuyler saved the Statue of Liberty from irrelevance at a time when the landmark was widely viewed as no more than a failed, dilapidated lighthouse.
Quote of the Day

Owl! at the Library ��‍♀️@SketchesbyBoze (May 14, 2023) I’m a simple person. if a show features a brassy female sleuth waving a pearl-handled revolver and saying “hands in the air and no funny business!” I will watch it.