Wednesday  May 1, 2024

Saint Joseph the Worker

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 1,2023)
Day1: We pray for workers of all fields and crafts that serve God and His children, as well as people who are without jobs and stable income, that the Lord will provide a way for them. St. Joseph, Model of Artisans, Pray for us!

Day 121: Cycle of Violence — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 121: The Apostolate — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

• 1486 – Christopher Columbus presents his plans discovering a western route to the Indies to the Spanish Queen Isabella I of Castile.
• 1807 – The Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire.
• 1866 – The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• 1886 – Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers’ Day in many countries.
• 1894 – Coxey’s Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
• 1915 – The RMS Lusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
• 1930 – “Pluto” is officially proposed for the name of the newly discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
• 1931 – The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
• 1945 – World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has “fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany”. The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin.
• 2020– Waco Siege: The Evidence (David Koresh & the Branch Davidians) episode premieres on Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World – YouTube
• 2011 – Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
• 2023-Maurizio Cattelan’s banana art just looked like breakfast, says Noh Huyn-soo : NPR
• 2023–Principal who was fired after students were shown ‘David’ is welcomed in Italy : NPR “Hope Carrasquilla, a Florida principal who was asked to resign in March after sixth-grade students were taught about and shown a picture of Michelangelo’s David statue, traveled to Florence, Italy to see the sculpture in real life.”
•  2023- Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old black homeless man, was killed by Daniel Penny, a 24 year-old white ex-Marine, placing him in a chokehold while they were riding the F train on the New York City Subway.

Thursday May 2, 2024

Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 2, 2023)
Let us continue our St. Joseph novena.

Today is Day 2: We pray for immigrants, refugees, and other travellers, that their journeys may be safe and Spirit-led. St. Joseph, Patron of Travellers and Immigrants, Pray for us!

Day 122: Abner Is Killed — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 122: Christ’s Faithful — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

 The Loch Ness Monster! (Nessie, Scotland) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World – YouTube
Analyzing the Loch Ness Monster – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World – YouTube
In Search Of: The Loch Ness Monster (Part 1) (S2, E1) | Full Episode – YouTube
In Search Of: The Loch Ness Monster (Part 2) (S2, E2) | Full Episode – YouTube

• 1611 – The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker.
• 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft.
• 1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
• 1906 – Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• 1920 – The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
• 1933-Loch Ness “Monster” sighted for the first time, igniting the modern legend.
• 1986 – Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
• 2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
• 2023-A bride had just gotten married in South Carolina. Hours later, an intoxicated driver killed her, police say | CNN

Friday May 3, 2024

Saints Philip and James, Apostles

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 3, 2023)
We pray for all fathers and father figures in the Church and domestic life, that, like St. Joseph, they may be models of God’s love within our families and communities on earth. St. Joseph, Light of Patriarchs, Pray for us!

Day 123: The Death of Ish-bosheth — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube—
Day 123: The Pope — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1469-Italian philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli born.
• 1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
• 1952 – The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
• 1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city after Congress abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District’s founding government. The “City of Washington” is given a mayor-council form of government.
• 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as “spam”) is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
• 1980-MADD founder’s daughter killed by drunk driver.
• 2019- The  Denver Airport Conspiracies episode premieres on Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World 
• 2023-Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 3, 2023)  Pope Francis: “To the Queen of Hungary, we entrust that dear country; to the Queen of Peace, we entrust the building of bridges in the world.”

Saturday May 4, 2024

Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis

National Day of Prayer

Star Wars Day

Veggie Tales Twitter

Faith and ‘Star Wars’: Pray The Fourth Be With You | Kate O’Hare (patheos.com)

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 4, 2023)
Day 4: We pray for all expectant mothers and preborn children, that their lives be protected and beloved. St. Joseph, Diligent Protector of Christ, Pray for us!

Day 124: King David Rules — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 124: Teaching, Sanctifying, and Governing — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1493 – Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.
• 1904 – The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
• 1953 – Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
• 1959 – The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
• 1973 – The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet (442 m) as the world’s tallest building.
• 2023-1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 (May 4, 2023)  A Labor Department investigation of franchises in Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland, and Ohio found 300 children who were working in McDonald’s restaurants illegally. Two 10-year-olds were found to be working in the kitchen.

• Ryn | Geekier on the Inside✨@chouiine_ May 4, 2023)
  On a Teams meeting just now, the leader left us with a #StarWars joke (because the holiday):

  • Why is Darth Vader not appropriate for children under three?
  • Because he’s a choking hazard.

  I’m glad I was muted, ’cause I laughed a little too hard.

Sunday May 5, 2024

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Cinco De Mayo

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 5, 2023)
Day 5: We pray for families of all shapes and sizes, that Christ remain at the centre of our lives as we reflect His love to one another. St. Joseph Pillar of Families, Pray for us!

Day 125: Covenant with David — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 125: Vocation of the Laity — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1821 – The first edition of The Manchester Guardian, now The Guardian, is published.
• 1886 – Workers marching for the Eight-hour day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin were shot at by Wisconsin National Guardsmen in what became known as the Bay View Massacre.
• 1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
• 1904 – Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
• 2023 – The World Health Organization declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency.
• 2023-Guardians of the Galaxy 3 opens in theaters.

Monday May 6, 2024

Saint Dominic Savio

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 6, 2023)
Day 6: We pray for people selling, buying, or searching for a new home, especially those without a physical home, that they find the shelter they need. St. Joseph, Glory of Home Life, Pray for us!

Day 126: David’s Victories — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 126: Prophetic and Kingly Offices — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1542 – Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, the capital of Portuguese India at the time.
• 1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• 1915 – Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
• 1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

• 1940 – John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
• 1941 – At California‘s March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
• 2001 – During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
• 2022- The Isdal Woman (Cold War Mystery) premieres on Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World 

2023

• Coronation of King Charles III, the first British coronations to happen in the 21st century.
• David Grann@DavidGrann (May 6, 2023) “There’s an expectation, in reviewing a book like The Wager, to balance its strengths with some discussion of its flaws. But The Wager is one of the finest nonfiction books I’ve ever read”–@MatthewTeague‘s review in@guardian
• OSV News@OSVNews (May 6, 2023) The minister continued to distribute the hosts to some “100, 150 people in the congregation,” after which “there was the same amount, if not more hosts” in the ciborium, said Father Crowley.@CatholicReview
• The New Yorker@NewYorker (May 6, 2023)  Shirley Jackson’s short story from 1948, which inspired the most mail The New Yorker had ever received in response to a work of fiction—and caused some readers to cancel their subscriptions.
• Smithsonian Magazine@SmithsonianMag (May 6, 2023) Covering two million acres of U.S. soil, cemeteries are lush with potential for the living and the land. Cemeteries That Save the American Landscape | Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage Smithsonian Magazine
• Crisis Magazine@CrisisMag (May 6, 2023) The most powerful attraction of monarchy today is leadership above politics, which is something that a critical mass of the body politic can rally around. A Case for American Monarchy – Crisis Magazine
• Crisis Magazine@CrisisMag (May 6, 2023) Monarchy does not fit within the American political tradition, nor is it the only form of good government, as some traditionalists suggest. A Case Against American Monarchy – Crisis Magazine
• Allen Premium Outlets shooting: 8 killed at mall near Dallas, Texas | CNN
• 1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 (May 6, 2023) Hungry art major, Noh Huyn-soo, ate a $150K banana from an art installation by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan at Seoul’s Leeum Museum of Art.When asked about his actions, Huyn-soo said he was hungry and missed breakfast.

Tuesday May 7, 2024

Salt + Light Media@saltandlighttv (May 7, 2023)

Public Domain

Day 127: Kindness for the House of Saul — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 127: Consecrated Life — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1824 – World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven‘s Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer’s supervision.
• 1885 – Cowboy Actor  George “Gabby” Hayes, is born (d. 1969)
• 1901 – High Noon Actor Gary Cooper, is born (d. 1961)
• 1992 – Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
• 1994 – Edvard Munch‘s painting The Scream is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
• 1999 – Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
• 2004 – American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamic militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet.
• 2021- The Nostradamus (Astrologer? Prophet? Psychic?)  premiers on  Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World 

  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.

Wednesday  May 8, 2024

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!

Thursday  May, 9 2024

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

 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.

Friday May 10 , 2024

4th 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 verif​iably 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?

Saturday May 11, 2024

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.

Sunday May 12, 2024

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

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

Mother’s Day

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

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)

  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.

Monday May 13,  2024

[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

Tuesday May 14,  2024

Saint Matthias, Apostle

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.

Wednesday May 15,  2024

Thursday May 16,  2024

Day 136: Absalom Is Defeated — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
 Day 136: Questions of Resurrection — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
• 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
• 1770 – The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France.
• 1842 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers.
• 1866 – The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
• 1868 – The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
• 1888 – Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
• 1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.

Friday May 17, 2024

Day 137: David Mourns Absalom — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 137: Dying in Christ Jesus — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1536 – Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn‘s marriage is annulled.
• 1673 – Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette begin exploring the Mississippi River.
• 1900 – The children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author’s sister.
• 2004 – The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.

Saturday May 18, 2024

Saint John I, Pope and Martyr

 Day 138: The Effect of Sin on Others — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 138: Summary of the Resurrection of the Body — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1096 – First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany.
• 1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
• 1652 – Slavery in Rhode Island is abolished, although the law is not rigorously enforced.
• 1912 – The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
•  1920-St. Pope John Paul 2 is born. (d. April 2, 2005)
• 1927 – The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Bath Township, Michigan.
• 2019 – United States presidential election: Joe Biden announces his presidential campaign.

Sunday May 19, 2024

PENTECOST SUNDAY

Day 139: Reparation to the Gibeonites — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 139: I Believe in Life Everlasting — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected.
• 1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe‘s rendition of “Happy Birthday“.
• 1963 – The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.‘s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
• 2018 – The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.

Monday May 20, 2024

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

Saint Bernardine of Siena, Priest

  Day 140: David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
 Day 140: Purgatory and Hell — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
• 1521 – Ignatius of Loyola is seriously wounded in the Battle of Pampeluna.
• 1570 – Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
• 1609 – Shakespeare’s sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by the publisher Thomas Thorpe.
• 1902 – Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country’s first President.
• 1983 – First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by a team of French scientists including Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann, and Luc Montagnier.

Tuesday May 21, 2024

[Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs]

Meg Hunter-Kilmer@MegHunterKilmer (May 21, 2023)  I love an Ascension homily about the experience of staring at the sky looking for the Lord and how to deal with dryness in prayer. Anybody else experience something particularly lovely at Mass today?

Day 141: The Life of David — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 141: The Last Judgment — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 879 – Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state.
• 1758 – Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War. She is returned six and a half years later.
• 1851 – Slavery in Colombia is abolished.
• 1881 – The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
• 1972 – Michelangelo‘s Pietà in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth.
• 2017 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed their final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Wednesday May 22, 2024

 Day 143: Solomon Asks for Wisdom — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 143: Amen — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction. 
• 1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
• 1701-Captain Kidd is executed
• 1900-William Carney becomes first Black American awarded the Medal of Honor
• 1911 – The New York Public Library is dedicated.
• 1921-“Shuffle Along,” the first major African American hit musical, premieres on Broadway.
• 1934 – American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
• 2015-Ireland legalizes same-sex marriage.
• 2023-1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 (May 23, 2023) Orcas have sunk a third boat off the Iberian coast in Europe. Orcas hit a yacht on the night of May 4 and pierced the rudder. Two days earlier, a pod of orcas hit another sailboat. Researchers believe the spike in aggression toward boats is recent, with researchers believing it’s based on trauma.

Friday May 24, 2024

Day 144: David’s Last Words — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 144: How We Worship (Part 2 Introduction with Bishop Andrew Cozzens) – YouTube

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

• 1595 – Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.
• 1738 – John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
• 1873 – Patrick Francis Healy becomes the first black president of a predominantly white university in the United States.
• 1935 – The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
• 1993 – Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo and five other people are assassinated in a shootout at Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport in Mexico.
• 1994 – Four men are convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993; each one is sentenced to 240 years in prison.
• 2022 – A mass shooting occurs at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, including 19 children.
• 2023- Tina Turner (November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) dies.

Saturday May 25, 2024

Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor of the Church;
Saint Gregory VII, Pope; Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Virgin

Day 145: Solomon Builds the Temple — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 145: Introduction to the Liturgy — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

Sunday May 26, 2024

 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

Saint Philip Neri,

Day 146: The Universal Church — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 146: The Father’s Work in the Liturgy — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1805 – Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral, the gothic cathedral in Milan.
• 1927 – The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
• 1967 – The Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
• 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first crewed moon landing.
• 1998 – The first “National Sorry Day” is held in Australia. Reconciliation events are held nationally, and attended by over a million people.
• 2020 – Protests triggered by the murder of George Floyd erupt in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, before becoming widespread across the United States and around the world.
• 2023-A deep dive: The Little Mermaid then and now – Decent Films
• 2023-Morticians Mystified by Sister Wilhelmina’s Body: ‘Something Special Going on There’| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com)

Monday May 27, 2024

Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop

Memorial Day

Day 147: Temple Worship — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 147: Christ’s Work in the Liturgy — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1887-Chinese gold miners are slaughtered in the Hells Canyon Massacre.
• 1897-“Dracula” goes on sale in London
• 1907-John Wayne is born.
• 1935 – New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495). 
• 1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• 1939-Ship carrying 937 Jewish refugees, fleeing Nazi Germany, is turned away in Cuba.
• 2016 – Barack Obama is the first president of United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha.
• 2023-1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 -Joe Hollins, a man experiencing homelessness in Phoenix, heard the cries of Claudia Jimenez coming from an apartment building engulfed in flames. Dive in to learn more 

Wednesday May 28, 2024

Day 148: Solomon’s Wealth — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
Day 148: The Holy Spirit’s Work in the Liturgy — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

• 1533 – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
• 1830 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act which denies Native Americans their land rights and forcibly relocates them.
• 1937 – Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer, is founded.
• 1961-Appeal for Amnesty campaign launches
• 1987 – An 18-year-old West German pilot, Mathias Rust, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
• 1999 – In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci‘s masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
• 2002 – The last steel girder is removed from the original World Trade Center site. Cleanup duties officially end with closing ceremonies at Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.

• Wednesday  May 29, 2024

  [Saint Paul VI, Pope]

  Day 149: All Is Vanity — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
  Day 149: The Holy Spirit Recalls Christ’s Mystery — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

  • 1790 – Rhode Island becomes the last of North America’s original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
  • 1886 – The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
  • 1913 – Igor Stravinsky‘s ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
  • 1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
  • 1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
  • 1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
  • 2023-6 adults and 3 children were injured in a shooting at a Florida beach boardwalk   All nine victims injured from the shooting were in stable condition, authorities said, as a preliminary investigation showed that an altercation between two groups resulted in gunfire.
  • 2023- Boston Celtics lost historic game #7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals.
  • Meg Hunter-Kilmer@MegHunterKilmer (May 29, 2023) Did you know that the prime minister of Italy who led the country through its first 8 years as a republic—who is considered one of the founding fathers of the EU—is a Venerable? Ven. Alcide Gaspari. Opposed fascism, too. Husband, father of 4 daughters. Interesting.

  Thursday May 30, 2024

  St. Joan of Arc

   Day 150: The Dedication of the Temple — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
  Day 150: The Epiclesis — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

  • 1431-Joan of Arc is burned at the stake for heresy
    1536 – King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
  • 1723 – Johann Sebastian Bach assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after Trinity.
  • 1806 – Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
  • 1883 – In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
  • 1911-First Indianapolis 500 held.
  • 2023-Smithsonian Magazine@SmithsonianMag (May 30, 2023) The text documents day-to-day happenings on a 1795­­ voyage from Providence, Rhode Island, to several ports along the coasts of modern-day Senegal, Liberia and Ghana.
  • 2023–Secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion On the eve of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, its word selection panel has worked long hours to approve all words, including their spellings, pronunciations and languages of origin.
  • 2023-Word on Fire’s Rosary Goal Sees Overwhelming Response| National Catholic Register (ncregister.com)

    HolySoulsVocation@HolySouls3Le (May 30, 2023) Let’s say three Hail Marys for the souls who ended their own lives.

  Friday  May 31, 2024

  The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

   Day 151: Wisdom and Folly — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube
  Day 151: The Seven Sacraments — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube

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

  • 1669 – Citing poor eyesight as a reason, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.
  • 1790 – Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
  • 1790 – The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
  • 1813 – In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains.
  • 1859 – The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time.
  • 1889 – Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
  • 2023-Dodgers pitcher denounces team’s decision to honor anti-Catholic group: ‘God cannot be mocked’ | Catholic News Agency
  • 2023-Will There Be Three Days of Darkness? | Catholic Answers