New LWIL # 9 Queen V Escapes and Pope Ben Retires

As Lent continues, so does life, both yesterday and today.
Who knows what our Fasting, Almsgiving and Prayer might do?
Save a queen from a assassination attempt?
Reunite a couple after 60 years after the first marriage proposal?
Give strength for a pope to retire?
Or perhaps start a Jesus Revolution Everything, Everywhere, All At Once.
Get a clue to what is going on in the world by learning…

What Happen Last Week and Year in Life.

Monday February 27, 2023

Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church

WinCalendar: Calendars, Holidays, Days and Today – EU

This Day in History – What Happened Today – HISTORY

Day 58: A Chosen People — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 58: Man’s Spiritual Battle — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

425 – The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.

1782 – American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
1844 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1922 – A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1943 – The Holocaust: In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
2023-Publisher Drops Plan to Release Book From ‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams – WSJ
2023-How I’m learning to keep my opinions to myself (aleteia.org)

Quotes of the Day

Owl! at the Library ��‍♀️@SketchesbyBoze (Feb 27, 2023)
every novel should be accompanied by a visual dictionary featuring illustrations of the colors, trees, plants, buildings depicted therein. so when I want to know what a laburnum is, or what ochre yellow looks like, or parapets & balustrades, I can consult the companion book.

�� Rach@wren_and_paper (Feb 27, 2023)
and i want to know all about slopsellers’ shops, Guernsey shirts, fly-away bonnets, sou’wester hats, a guide to all old nautical terms, tell a barouche from a cabriolet, or know where the Oxford Market or the Nore is, and whether a dead-light really is a shutter

Owl! at the Library ��‍♀️@SketchesbyBoze (Feb 27, 2023)
what a hackney coach looks like, hair made of thistle-down, the texture of bombazine, whether vermillion is red or green, the smell of honeysuckle, the color of heartbreak

Sarah@ladyjoburg (Feb 27, 2023)
I remember making an Evernote document of all the flora and fauna surrounding Manderley as that house itself was the main character in Rebecca and I didn’t want to miss any details.

Owl! at the Library ��‍♀️@SketchesbyBoze (Feb 27, 2023)
the rhododendrons!

Tuesday February 28, 2023

Day 59: Obligations to God — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 59: Summary of The Fall — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

1953 – James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April’s Nature (pub. April 2).

1958 – A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork river. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
1983 – The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII, in 1415.
2023-Elon Musk is the richest person in the world again | CNN Business
2023-‘Jesus Revolution’ performs miracles at the box office, receives rave reviews from audience | Fox News

Quote of the Day

Jen Fitz@JenFitz_Reads (Feb 28, 2023) Turns out 99% of parenting a college student is telling them to go the doctor *before* it becomes an emergency.

Patrick Neve@catholicpat (February 28, 2023)

It makes sense that Protestants think Catholics worship Mary.

For Catholics: Worship = Sacrifice (Mass)
For Protestants: Worship = Prayers, Songs, Sermons

That’s all it is. The Catholic definition of worship is more biblical, though. For the Jews, sacrifice was worship. The passover was a sacrificial meal fulfilled on the Cross. etc. Whereas you can write a song or a sermon about anything/one. You can ask anybody to pray for you.

Wednesday March 1, 2023

Day 60: Intercessory Prayer — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 60: God Sends His Only Son — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

1692 – Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.

1781 – The Articles of Confederation goes into effect in the United States.
1836 – A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
1845 – United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
1867 – Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. state.

1872 – Yellowstone National Park is established as the world’s first national park.
1893 – Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
1901 – The Australian Army is formed.
1910 – The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.

1914 – China joins the Universal Postal Union.
1917 – The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
1953 – Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
1974 – Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
1998 – Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide
2005: In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
2023-Venus and Jupiter in conjunction will appear to share a cosmic kiss tonight : NPR
2023-He proposed 60 years ago, then broke her heart. Now they’ve finally married : NPR

Quote of the Day

Matt Swaim@mattswaim (March 1, 2023)
At this point I don’t retweet anything from anyone unless I have known them personally for at least 10 years, I am personally extremely terrified of the impending AI apocalypse

Thursday March 2, 2023

Day 61: Complaining in the Desert — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 61: The Name of Jesus — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

1797 – The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
1836 – Texas Revolution: The Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico is adopted.

1867 – The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
1877 – Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
1882 – Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick Maclean in Windsor.
1903 – In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.

1917 – The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
1919 – The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
1939 – Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
1978 – The late iconic actor Charlie Chaplin‘s coffin is stolen from his grave in Switzerland.
1983 – Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
2023- Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill banning drag shows in public spaces, a measure that will likely force drag shows underground in Tennessee. Other states across the country are proposing similar legislation.

Quote of the Day

Rick Rice@BoldlyCatholic (March 2,2023) Walter Farley’s The Black Stallion was the first book I remember reading as a kid and I then devoured every Farley book I could get my hands on. That book fueled my love for reading which later in life, through a number of books, fueled my faith.

Friday March 3, 2023

[USA: Saint Katharine Drexel, Virgin]

WinCalendar: Calendars, Holidays, Days and Today – EU

This Day in History – What Happened Today – HISTORY

Day 62: Spies Sent to Canaan — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 62: The Christ — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

Music of the Week

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

1585 – The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.

1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
1849 – The Territory of Minnesota is created.
1891 – Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world

1924 – The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
1924 – The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
1931 – The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.

1938 – Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
1939 – In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
1991 – An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
2017 – The Nintendo Switch releases worldwide.
2023-Everything Everywhere All at Once cleaned up at the 38th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, winning seven awards, including best feature.
2023-He visited Disneyland 2,995 days in a row. It’s now a Guinness World Record : NPR
2023-Why America is obsessed with the Alex Murdaugh murder trial : NPR

Quote of the Day

Mark Brumley on FB (March 3, 2023) The Eucharist is neither a prize for the perfect nor unction for the unrepentant. The Eucharist is medicine for the sick, but, as with many medicines, it must be taken properly, lest abuse result in further sickness or death.

Patrick Neve@catholicpat (Mar 3,2021)
Thinking about how my public school served fish on Fridays even outside of Lent.

But my Catholic school served pepperoni pizza

Movies That Opened

Creed III PG-13

Children of the Corn

Saturday March 4, 2023

Saint Casimir

Day 63: Israel’s Rebellion — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 63: The Only Son of God — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

1965- My Late Friend Pattie Goodale’s Birthday

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

Quote of the Day

Dawn Eden Goldstein, SThD@DawnofMercy (March 4, 2023) “A Jesuit confrere once joked that the people who would come to Dowling for marriage preparation were all convicts, prostitutes, and drunks. But like Jesus, Dowling saw his ministry not to the righteous but to the sinners.” The priest behind Alcoholics Anonymous? (angelusnews.com)

Catturd ™@catturd2 (March 4, 2023) I chuckle inside when someone calls me a boomer. You know why? Because I know my pre-internet, pre-cellphone, real music, real instruments, nature loving, kick the can, skateboarding, bicycle tag, cruising the strip, bonfires, bellbottoms, muscle cars, Saturday morning cartoons, roller-rinks, cookouts, and jamming Boston-Boston on my 8-track tape in my jacked-up Nova with mags … was 100% a million times better than your brain-dead, sterile, boring AF, whiny iPhone childhood.

Sunday March 5, 2023

Saint of the Day

Day 64: Consequences of Sin — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 64: The Lord — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

1496 – King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
1770 – Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.

1872 – George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
1887-Margaret Sullivan begins to teach Helen Keller.
1910-John D. Rockefeller Jr. becomes a full time philanthropist.
1953 – Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.
2021 – Pope Francis begins a historical visit to Iraq^[14] amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023-Judy Heumann, disability rights activist, dies at age 75 | AP News

Quote of the Day

The River Shannon@Shonomatopoeia (February 5, 2023) I am physically incapable of doing anything productive with my hair down. It’s like my brain stops functioning until I pull it back and out of my way.