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The Road Not Taken -LWIL # 36

The Road Not Taken -LWIL # 36

Last updated on: November 19, 2023 at 11:04 am by Mark Wilson

The Road Not Taken -LWIL # 36 2023-11-19T11:04:49-05:00 Mark Wilson

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This week Pope Francis beatified a whole family who stood up to the Nazi’s. The Catholic family is known as “Markowa Samaritans,”. Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children took Jesus in to their homes when they sheltered Jewish families from the evil German regime in World War 2 Poland. They took the Road Not Taken by so many others. Including Kristin and I as we went to the High Kings The Road Not Taken concert in Newport R.I. Here is what else happened last week.

Last Week and Year in Life.

Monday September 4, 2023

Day 247: True Repentance — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 247: The Weight of Sin — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1957 – American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the following year.
1972 – The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. It currently is the longest running game show on American television.
1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
2020 – Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.
2023-Steve Harwell, the former lead singer of Smash Mouth, has died at 56 The singer of such hits as “Walking on the Sun” and “All Star” died of acute liver failure in his home in Boise, Idaho.

Quote of the Day

Pope Francis@Pontifex (Sep 4, 2023) It is not necessary to be wealthy to do good. Rather, it is almost always common people who devote their time, skills and heart to caring for others. #ApostolicJourney #Mongolia

Tuesday September 5, 2023

Saint Mother Theresa (August 26, 1910 –September 5, 1997)

Day 248: Cut to the Heart — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 248: The Spread of Sin — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
1847-Outlaw Jesse James is born in Missour
1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
1972-Massacre begins at Munich Olympics
1975-Gerald Ford survives first assassination attempt
2023-‘Holly’ is one of Stephen King’s most political novels to date Holly is a gripping crime novel — one that’s very close to the traditional King horror aesthetic. The author hasn’t been shy about his politics, but this is one of his most political books to date.

Quote of the Day

Owl! at the Library ��‍♀️@SketchesbyBoze (Sep 5, 2023)
hot girl summer has ended and spooky girl autumn approaches. we’re summoning the crow army, building a Wicker Man in our backyard, and reluctantly enjoying the riches left by the deaths of our third and fourth husbands.
summer has lasted approximately one hundred years and I’m ready for cool misty air and leafy streets and pumpkins in windows and steaming mugs of cider and sidewalks crowded with little ghosts and witches.

Wednesday September 6, 2023

Day 249: Prayer of Judith — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 249: The Person in Society — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1972 – Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian “Black September” terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
1997 – The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 21⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.
2023-Jimmy Buffett: more Catholic than you think?

Quote of the Day

Pope Francis@Pontifex (Sep 6, 2023)The Lord does not look for the centre-stage, but for the simple heart of those who desire him and love him without ostentation, without wanting to tower above others. #GeneralAudience

Thursday September 7, 2023

Day 250: Final Wave of Exile — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 250: Conversion in Society — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

1876 – In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town’s bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
1927 – The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
2023-Coast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the Atlantic It was the fourth time the Coast Guard has intercepted Reza Baluchi on his attempts to self-propel his homemade vessel to destinations including Bermuda, New York and London.

Quote of the Day

Pope Francis@Pontifex (Sep 7, 2023) When we seek first the kingdom of God, cultivating our a right relationship with the Lord, humanity and Creation, then justice and peace can flow like a never-failing stream of pure water, nourishing humanity and all creatures. #SeasonOfCreation

Friday September 8, 2023

Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast

Day 251: Judith and Holofernes — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 251: Authorities in Society — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

1253 – Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, killed by King Bolesław II.
1276 – Pope John XXI is elected Pope.
1504 – Michelangelo’s David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
1565 – St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida’s first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
2023- 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake: A 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Marrakesh-Safi province in western Morocco, killing at least 2,122 people and damaging historic buildings.[
2023-Pope Francis meets ‘Rocky’ actor Sylvester Stallone at Vatican
Quote of the Day

Pope Francis@Pontifex (Sep 8, 2023) God places his hope not in the great and the powerful, but in the small and the humble. #NativityOfMary

Saturday September 9, 2023

Saint Peter Claver, priest – Optional Memorial

Day 252: Queen of Heaven — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 252: The Common Good — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.
- 1493 – Christopher Columbus, with 17 ships and 1,200 men, sails on second voyage from Cadiz.
- 1499 – The citizens of Lisbon celebrate the triumphal return of the explorer Vasco de Gama, completing his two-year journey around the Cape of Good Hope to India.
- 1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
- 1972 – In Kentucky‘s Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
- 2015 – Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
- 2023- Mark and Kristin get last minute tickets to see the High Kings concert in Newport RI
- Quote of the Day
  
  Owl! at the Library ��‍♀️@SketchesbyBoze (Sep 9, 2023)
  I wish I could reach back in time and tell my teenage self, depressed and bullied, “This world is so much bigger and weirder than you can imagine. You’re going to encounter mind-altering books and songs and ideas, and bloom in strange ways, and none of these people will matter.”
  
  “The joy you’ll feel the first time you hear Belle & Sebastian, or read the fairytales of Rabbi Nachman, or wander down the cobbled alleys of Edinburgh on a misty blue morning… keep your mind open, keep your heart open. There’s still so much to discover, and everything is holy.”
Sunday September 10, 2023

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Day 253: Lamentations of Jeremiah — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 253: Participation in Public Life — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.
- 1608 – John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
- 1897-A 25-year-old London taxi driver named George Smith becomes the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after slamming his cab into a building. Smith later pleaded guilty and was fined 25 shillings.
- 2022 – Death of Queen Elizabeth II: King Charles III is formally proclaimed as monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council in St James’s Palace.
- 2023- The Ulma family: murdered by the Nazis for hiding Jews in Poland – Rome Reports
Mike Lewis@mfjlewis (September 10, 2023) The beatification of the the Ulmas is not only the recognition by the Church of these holy martyrs, but also emphasizes (1) the evils of antisemitism and religious intolerance, (2) the communal aspect of our salvation, and (3) the hope of salvation for unbaptized infants.

Pope Francis@Pontifex (September 9, 2023) Today in Markowa, Poland, the martyrs Józef and Wiktoria Ulma, with their 7 children, were beatified: an entire family exterminated by the Nazis on 24 March 1944 for having given shelter to some persecuted Jews.
May this Polish family, which represented a ray of light in the darkness of the Second World War, be for all of us a model to imitate in zeal for goodness and service to those in need.
- Quotes of the Day
  
  Matt Swaim@mattswaim (September 10, 2023) Today at Mass, I sat surrounded by fellow parishioners I know to be variously fans of the Ravens and Steelers, Eagles and Cowboys, Bills, Commanders and Patriots. And I, a Bengals fan, received Holy Communion with them all. The universality of the Church is an astounding thing.
  
  A Catholic Adventurer@forthequeenbvm (September 10, 2023)
  One of the most important lessons to teach your children is how to be bored; to be comfortable with waiting, with quiet, with lack of stimulation/stimulus and movement. To be comfortable with the absence of things that are distracting or even interesting. To be at peace with their own thoughts.
  God speaks to us in whispers. He won’t compete with noise.

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The Road Not Taken -LWIL # 36

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