#Pope Saint Cornelius

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SAINTS OF THE DAY (September 16)

Saint Cornelius was elected Pope in 251 during the persecutions of Emperor Decius.

His first challenge, besides the ever present threat of the Roman authorities, was to bring an end to the schism brought on by his rival, the first anti-pope Novatian.

He convened a synod of bishops to confirm him as the rightful successor of Peter.

The great controversy that arose as a result of the Decian persecution was whether or not the Church could pardon and receive back into the Church those who had apostacized in the face of martyrdom.

Against both bishops who argued that the Church could not welcome back apostates, and those who argued that they should be welcomed back but did not demand a heavy penance of the penitent, Cornelius decreed that they must be welcomed back and insisted that they perform an adequate penance.

In 253, Cornelius was exiled by Emperor Gallus and died of the hardships he endured in exile. He is venerated as a martyr.

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Saint Cyprian of Carthage is second in importance only to the great Saint Augustine as a figure and Father of the African church.

He was a close friend of Pope Cornelius. He supported him against the anti-pope Novatian and in his views concerning the re-admittance of apostates into the Church.

Saint Cyprian was born to wealthy pagans around the year 190. He was educated in the classics and in rhetoric.

He converted at the age of 56, was ordained a priest a year later, and made bishop two years after that.

His writings are of great importance, especially his treatise on ''The Unity of the Catholic Church'' in which he argues that unity is grounded in the authority of the bishop, and among the bishops, in the primacy of the See of Rome.

In "The Unity of the Catholic Church," St. Cyprian writes:

"You cannot have God for your Father if you do not have the Church for your mother....

God is one and Christ is one, and his Church is one; one is the faith, and one is the people cemented together by harmony into the strong unity of a body....

If we are the heirs of Christ, let us abide in the peace of Christ; if we are the sons of God, let us be lovers of peace."

During the Decian persecutions, Cyprian considered it wiser to go into hiding and guide his flock covertly rather than seek the glorious crown of martyrdom, a decision that his enemies attacked him for.

On 14 September 258, however, he was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Valerian.

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I nominate Pope St Cornelius, and you can add my vote to Saints Francis of Assisi, Joan of Arc, John the Apostle, Julian of Norwich, Lucy, Mary Magdalene, Michael the Archangel, Nicholas of Myra and Teresa of Avila.

Pope St Cornelius added to the pre-schism list, and everyone else has got another vote!!

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINTS CORNELIUS AND CYPRIAN Feast Day: September 16

In the third century, the emperor Decius decided that all who would not give up their Christian faith should be killed. The pope, Fabian, was martyred along with many others. But there were apostates, Christians who did give up their faith. Emperor Decius thought that without a pope, the Church would die, so he prevented the election of another bishop of Rome. A council of priests secretly carried on the work. After a year, while the emperor was away at war, Cornelius was elected pope.

Cornelius found himself in the midst of problems. A priest named Novatian—who became an antipope—and his followers believed that apostates could not be accepted back into the Church even if they had repented. Cornelius called a council of bishops together to settle the dispute. The council reaffirmed Cornelius’s position as pope and condemned Novatian’s view. After two years as pope, Cornelius was arrested under the emperor's rule and sentenced to banishment. He died in exile in 253.

Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage in North Africa, was a friend and supporter of Cornelius's at this time. Cyprian was born in Carthage about 210, the son of pagan parents. Cyprian lived a virtuous life after being converted to Christianity as an adult. He was made a priest and then a bishop.

As bishop of Carthage for nearly 10 years, Cyprian had only one year of peace. After that, the persecutions under Decius began, as well as disagreements over what to do with apostates. Like Cornelius, Cyprian had to deal with Novatian. New persecutions broke out under Emperor Valerian. Cyprian was arrested and tried for being a Christian. When he was read his death sentence, he exclaimed: 'Blessed be God!' He was martyred in 258.

Cornelius and Cyprian encouraged each other to lead virtuous, self-sacrificing, and loving lives for God. There is no greater gift that one friend can offer to another. Today, let us think of ways to help our friends grow closer to God.

Source: Loyola Press

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𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥

Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs

Lk 7:1-10

When Jesus had finished all his words to the people,

he entered Capernaum.

A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die,

and he was valuable to him.

When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him,

asking him to come and save the life of his slave.

They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying,

"He deserves to have you do this for him,

for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us."

And Jesus went with them,

but when he was only a short distance from the house,

the centurion sent friends to tell him,

"Lord, do not trouble yourself,

for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.

Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you;

but say the word and let my servant be healed.

For I too am a person subject to authority,

with soldiers subject to me.

And I say to one, Go, and he goes;

and to another, Come here, and he comes;

and to my slave, Do this, and he does it."

When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him

and, turning, said to the crowd following him,

"I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."

When the messengers returned to the house,

they found the slave in good health.

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"The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church." - #Tertullian

September 16 is the #FeastDays of Saints Cornelius (Pope) and Cyprian (Bishop), Martyrs. #HolyMartyrs 

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Today the Church honors Pope St. Cornelius.

Ora pro nobis.

Pope Saint Cornelius was a Roman priest who was elected pope during the lull in the persecution of Christians under Emperor Decius (AD 249–251).

During the period of persecution under Emperor Decius, and after the martyrdom of Pope Saint Fabian, the Roman Church was unable to elect a new pope. During the persecution it proved impossible to elect a successor, and the papal seat remained vacant for over a year. In the fourteen months without a pope, the leading candidate, Moses, had died under the persecution. In AD June 251, Decius was killed in battle with the Goths, which provided a brief window for the election of a new bishop of Rome.

Although Novatian was the pre-eminent theologian in Rome, and the first Roman theologian who used the Latin language rather than Greek in his writings, and who had largely administered the Church of Rome during the period of persecution (for which he expected to be elected pope), the moderate Roman Cornelius was elected over Novatian and others as the twenty-first pope in AD March 251. Novatian then proclaimed himself pope, and the Church of Rome fell into schism.

Those who supported Novatian and his rigorist position, that the lapsed could not be re-admitted to the Church under any circumstances, had Novatian consecrated bishop and refused to recognize Cornelius as Bishop of Rome. Both sides sent out letters to other bishops seeking recognition and support. Cornelius had the support of Cyprian, Dionysius, and most African and Eastern bishops while Novatian had the support of a minority of clergy and laymen in Rome. Cornelius's next action was to convene a synod of 60 bishops to acknowledge him as the rightful pope. The synod excommunicated Novatian as well as all Novatianists. Also addressed in the synod was that Christians who stopped practising during Emperor Decius's persecution could be re-admitted into the Christian community only after doing penance.

The verdict of the synod was sent to the Christian bishops, most notably the bishop of Antioch, a fierce Novatian supporter, in order to convince him to accept Cornelius as bishop of Rome. The letters that Cornelius sent to surrounding bishops provide information of the size of the church in Rome at that time. Cornelius mentions that the Roman Church had, "forty six priests, seven deacons, seven sub-deacons, forty two acolytes, fifty two ostiarii, and over one thousand five hundred widows and persons in distress." His letters also inform that Cornelius had a staff of over 150 clergy members and the church fed over 1,500 people daily. From these numbers, it has been estimated that there were at least 50,000 Christians in Rome during the papacy of Pope Cornelius.

As a side note, all Christian worship throughout the world was originally offered in Greek (the language of the New Testament), the Scriptures were read in Greek, and all scholarly theological writing was in Greek. Translations of the Gospels began to appear in the 4th c. AD in regional languages, such as Syriac, Gothi, Ge’ez, Armenian, Coptic, and Georgian, which also shaped growing provincial changes in the liturgy. In the Western Church, translations of the Gospels into Latin began to be made piecemeal by various translators in the early 4th c. AD, which collectively are called the Vetus Latina. It was not until the Vulgate translation (vulgate meaning “vulgar”, the Latin word for “common”, referring to the common language of Rome, Latin) was commissioned by Pope Damasus I in AD 382 that a singular, authoritative Latin version of the Holy Scriptures that Latin began to replace Greek as the language of worship and scholarship in Western half of the Roman Empire. It is a sad note of history that in the 16th c. translations began to be made into regional languages because very few could read Latin, just as had been commissioned by Pope Damasus in AD 382. Latin was a dead language, and mostly only scholars could read or speak it. Even the average clergy not trained as scholars could barely read it, and in the liturgy the people were reciting prayers with little to no comprehension. The response of the Roman Church was regrettably intolerant and violent, and was no small part of what precipitated the Protestant Reformation. Today, no matter the language used in Western Christianity, during the liturgy we can still see the vestiges of the Greek liturgy, such as when we pray “Kyrie Eleison, Christie Eleison, Kyrie Eleison”. The Vulgate is largely the work of Jerome who, in AD 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Vetus Latina Gospels used by the Roman Church. Later, on his own initiative, Jerome extended this work of revision and translation to include most of the books of the Bible. The Vulgate became progressively adopted as the Bible text within the Western Church.

The persecutions resumed in AD 251 under the new Emperor Trebonianus Gallus (AD June 251 to August 253). Cornelius was exiled to Centumcellae, Italy, where he died in AD June 253. The Liberian catalogue ascribes his death to the hardships of banishment; later sources say he was beheaded.

Almighty God, by whose grace and power your holy martyr Cornelius triumphed over suffering and was faithful even to death: Grant us, who now remember him in thanksgiving, to be so faithful in our witness to you in this world, that we may receive with him the crown of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Amen.

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Nuestra Señora de las Lajas / Our Lady of the Flagstones, Colombia (1754), Saints Cornelius and Cyprian and the Saints for 16 September

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Holidays 9.16

Holidays

Aluminum Foil Day

American Legion Day

Anne Bradstreet Day

Armed Forces Day (Malaysia)

Artemis Asteroid Day

Cherokee Strip Day (Oklahoma)

Collect Rocks Day

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 6: Children and Youth

Federal Fast (Switzerland)

Fiestas Patrias (Chile)

Global Female Condom Day

Hari Taika (a.k.a. Teej; Special Female Employees Holiday; Nepal)

Heroes’ Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Hole-in-One Day

International Day for Interventional Cardiology

International Day of Science, Technology and Innovation for the South (UN)

International Day For the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (UN)

International Day of Listening

International Identity Day

International Potcake Day

Juliet’s Day (Verona, Italy)

Lesbian Visibility Day (Paraguay)

Malaysia Day (Australia; Malaysia)

Martyrs’ Day (Libya)

Mayflower Day

Miniature Day

National Ask an Atheist Day [also 4.16]

National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina

National Gymnastics Day

National Identity Day (Nigeria)

National Latino Crafts Day

National Opioid Awareness Day

National Sit with a Stranger Day

National 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day

National Stepfamily Day

National Tattoo Story Day

National Teaching Assistants’ Day (UK)

National Working Parents Day

916 Day

Owain Glyndŵr Day (Wales)

Pack Basket Day (French Republic)

Penama Day (Vanuatu)

Play Doh Day

Plover Appreciation Day

Sabra and Shatila Anniversary Day (Lebanon)

Sea Starwort Day

Stay Away From Seattle Day

Stepfamily Day

Tattoo Story Day

Teenager Workout Day

Trail of Tears Commemoration Day

Working Parents Day

World Barber Day

World Jhatka Day

World Ozone Day (India)

World Play-Doh Day (a.k.a. National Play-Doh Day)

Wrinkled Raincoat Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day

National Choose Your Chocolate Day

National ‘Clink’ and Drink Champagne in Your Kitchen Day

National Guacamole Day

Independence & Related Days

Alagoas Statehood Day (Brazil; 1902)

Indokistan (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Mexico (from Spain, 1810)

Papua New Guinea (from Australia, 1975)

3rd Monday in September

Bettagsmontag (Switzerland) [Monday after 3rd Sunday]

Human Rights Day (Antarctica) [3rd Monday]

Manic Monday [3rd Monday of Each Month]

Meatball Monday [3rd Monday of Each Month]

Meditation Monday [Every Monday]

Monday Musings [Every Monday]

Motivation Monday [Every Monday]

National Cupcake Week begins (UK) [3rd Monday]

National Woman Road Warrior Day [3rd Monday]

Respect For the Aged Day (Japan) [3rd Monday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 16 (3rd Full Week of September)

Astronomy Week [Fall] (thru 9.22)

Hate Week (in George Orwell’s “1984”) [Monday of Last Full Week of Summer]

Malnutrition Awareness Week (thru 9.20)

National Love Your Files Week (thru 9.20) [3rd Full Mon-Fri Week]

National Postdoc Appreciation Week (thru 9.20)

Pollution Prevention Week (thru 9.22) [Begins 3rd Monday]

Festivals Beginning September 16, 2024

Americas Food & Beverage Show & Conference (Miami Beach, Florida) [thru 9.18]

Columbia County Fair & Livestock Show (Magnolia, Arkansas) [thru 9.21]

Sharon Corn and Music Festival (Sharon, Tennessee) [thru 9.21]

A Taste of the States: Miami (Miami, Florida) [thru 9.18]

Feast Days

Abundius, Abundantius and Their Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Andrew Kim Taegon (Christian; One of The Korean Martyrs)

Annie Afghan (Muppetism)

Art Sansom (Artology)

Calderon (Positivist; Saint)

Cornelius, Pope (Christian; Martyr)

Cornely (Christian; Saint) [Horned Animals]

Curcodomus (Christian; Saint)

Cynicism Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Cyprian of Carthage (Catholic Church)

Day of the Great Mother (Pagan)

The Day That Shall Not Be Named (Church of the SubGenius)

Edith of Wilton (Christian; Saint)

Euphemia (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Het-Het (Hathor, Egyptian Goddess of Drunkenness)

Flying Ointment Recipe Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

H. A. Rey (Artology)

Hiroya Oku (Artology)

James Alan McPherson (Writerism)

Jean Arp (Artology)

John Knowles (Writerism)

Lucia and Geminianus (Christian; Martyrs)

Ludmila (Christian; Saint)

Martyrdom of Imam Reza (Islamic; Iran)

Martyr’s Day (Libya)

Media Aestas X (Pagan)

Mike Mignola (Artology)

Ninian (a.k.a. Ninyas; Christian; Saint)

Seth (Artology)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chusok (Harvest Moon Festival; South Korea)

Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday (China)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [30 of 37]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [45 of 57]

Premieres

Antony and Cleopatra, by Samuel Barber (Opera; 1966)

Barney’s Version, by Mordecai Richler (Novel; 1997)

The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series; 1972)

Buena Vista Social Club (Album; 1997)

Corpse Bride (Animated Film; 2005)

Curious George, by H.A. Rey (Children’s Book; 1941)

The Dean Martin Show (TV Variety Series; 1965)

Drive (Film; 2011)

Fatal Attraction (Film; 1987)

A Fractured Leghorn (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

Frasier (TV Series; 1993)

The Grass Is Singing, by Doris Lessing (Novel; 1950)

Handy Manny (Animated TV Series; 2006)

Hounds of Love, by Kate Bush (Album; 1985)

In the Mood (Film; 1987)

Logan’s Run (TV Series; 1977)

Miami Vice (TV Series; 1984)

Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman (Novel; 1996)

Oil’s Well (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

The Pied Piper (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Pink Arcade (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

Pink S.W.A.T. (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

Play Ball, featuring Willie Whopper (Ub Iwerks MGM Cartoon; 1933)

Postman Pat (Animated TV Series; 1981)

Princess Caraboo (Film; 1994)

Punky Brewster (TV Series; 1984)

Rapper’s Delight, by The Sugarhill Gang (Song; 1979)

The Robe (Film; 1953)

See How They Run (Film; 2022)

Shindig! (Musical TV Series; 1964)

Sky King (Radio Series; 1951)

Sleepy Hollow (TV Series; 2013)

Snapchat (Social Media App; 2011)

The Soul Sessions, by Joss Stone (Album; 2003)

Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation (Animated Compilation Film; 1992)

Surfer Girl, by The Beach Boys (Album; 1963)

Talking Heads: 77, by Talking Heads (Album; 1977)

Timecop (Film; 1994)

Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)

A Victim of Gravity (Science Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1978)

Webster (TV Series; 1983)

Yogi’s Ark Lark (Hanna Barbera Animated TV Movie; 1972)

You’re Sixteen, recorded by Johnny Burnett (Song; 1960)

Today’s Name Days

Edith, Ludmilla, Mechthild (Austria)

Lyudmil, Lyudmila (Bulgaria)

Ciprijan, Eufemija, Kornelije (Croatia)

Ludmila (Czech Republic)

Euphemia (Denmark)

Aila, Aile, Aili, Alice, Aliise (Estonia)

Hellevi, Hilla, Hille, Hillevi (Finland)

Édith (France)

Cornelius, Euphemia (Germany)

Evfemia, Lountmilla, Melina (Greece)

Edit (Hungary)

Cipriano, Cipriano, Cornelio, Dolcissima, Edoardo, Eufemia (Italy)

Asja, Asnate (Latvia)

Edita, Jogintė, Kamilė, Rimgaudas (Lithuania)

Aslak, Eskil (Norway)

Antym, Cyprian, Edda, Edyta, Eufemia, Eugenia, Franciszek, Jakobina, Kamila, Kornel, Łucja, Lucja, Sebastiana, Sędzisław, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz (Poland)

Ludmila (Slovakia)

Cipriano, Cornelio, Juan, Rogelio (Spain)

Dag, Daga (Sweden)

Ludmilla (Ukraine)

Cornelia, Cornelius, Cornell, Edith, Nila, Nyla (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 260 of 2024; 106 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 1 of Week 38 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Muin (Vine) [Day 16 of 28]

Chinese: Month 8 (Guy-You), Day 14 (Guy-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 13 Elul 5784

Islamic: 12 Rabi I 1446

J Cal: 20 Gold; Sixday [20 of 30]

Julian: 3 September 2024

Moon: 97%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 8 Shakespeare (10th Month) [Tirso]

Runic Half Month: Ken (Illumination) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 89 of 94)

Week: 3rd Full Week of September

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 26 of 32)

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Holidays 9.16

Holidays

Aluminum Foil Day

American Legion Day

Anne Bradstreet Day

Armed Forces Day (Malaysia)

Artemis Asteroid Day

Cherokee Strip Day (Oklahoma)

Collect Rocks Day

Eleven Days of Global Unity, Day 6: Children and Youth

Federal Fast (Switzerland)

Fiestas Patrias (Chile)

Global Female Condom Day

Hari Taika (a.k.a. Teej; Special Female Employees Holiday; Nepal)

Heroes’ Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Hole-in-One Day

International Day for Interventional Cardiology

International Day of Science, Technology and Innovation for the South (UN)

International Day For the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (UN)

International Day of Listening

International Identity Day

International Potcake Day

Juliet’s Day (Verona, Italy)

Lesbian Visibility Day (Paraguay)

Malaysia Day (Australia; Malaysia)

Martyrs’ Day (Libya)

Mayflower Day

Miniature Day

National Ask an Atheist Day [also 4.16]

National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina

National Gymnastics Day

National Identity Day (Nigeria)

National Latino Crafts Day

National Opioid Awareness Day

National Sit with a Stranger Day

National 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Day

National Stepfamily Day

National Tattoo Story Day

National Teaching Assistants’ Day (UK)

National Working Parents Day

916 Day

Owain Glyndŵr Day (Wales)

Pack Basket Day (French Republic)

Penama Day (Vanuatu)

Play Doh Day

Plover Appreciation Day

Sabra and Shatila Anniversary Day (Lebanon)

Sea Starwort Day

Stay Away From Seattle Day

Stepfamily Day

Tattoo Story Day

Teenager Workout Day

Trail of Tears Commemoration Day

Working Parents Day

World Barber Day

World Jhatka Day

World Ozone Day (India)

World Play-Doh Day (a.k.a. National Play-Doh Day)

Wrinkled Raincoat Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day

National Choose Your Chocolate Day

National ‘Clink’ and Drink Champagne in Your Kitchen Day

National Guacamole Day

Independence & Related Days

Alagoas Statehood Day (Brazil; 1902)

Indokistan (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Mexico (from Spain, 1810)

Papua New Guinea (from Australia, 1975)

3rd Monday in September

Bettagsmontag (Switzerland) [Monday after 3rd Sunday]

Human Rights Day (Antarctica) [3rd Monday]

Manic Monday [3rd Monday of Each Month]

Meatball Monday [3rd Monday of Each Month]

Meditation Monday [Every Monday]

Monday Musings [Every Monday]

Motivation Monday [Every Monday]

National Cupcake Week begins (UK) [3rd Monday]

National Woman Road Warrior Day [3rd Monday]

Respect For the Aged Day (Japan) [3rd Monday]

Weekly Holidays beginning September 16 (3rd Full Week of September)

Astronomy Week [Fall] (thru 9.22)

Hate Week (in George Orwell’s “1984”) [Monday of Last Full Week of Summer]

Malnutrition Awareness Week (thru 9.20)

National Love Your Files Week (thru 9.20) [3rd Full Mon-Fri Week]

National Postdoc Appreciation Week (thru 9.20)

Pollution Prevention Week (thru 9.22) [Begins 3rd Monday]

Festivals Beginning September 16, 2024

Americas Food & Beverage Show & Conference (Miami Beach, Florida) [thru 9.18]

Columbia County Fair & Livestock Show (Magnolia, Arkansas) [thru 9.21]

Sharon Corn and Music Festival (Sharon, Tennessee) [thru 9.21]

A Taste of the States: Miami (Miami, Florida) [thru 9.18]

Feast Days

Abundius, Abundantius and Their Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Andrew Kim Taegon (Christian; One of The Korean Martyrs)

Annie Afghan (Muppetism)

Art Sansom (Artology)

Calderon (Positivist; Saint)

Cornelius, Pope (Christian; Martyr)

Cornely (Christian; Saint) [Horned Animals]

Curcodomus (Christian; Saint)

Cynicism Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Cyprian of Carthage (Catholic Church)

Day of the Great Mother (Pagan)

The Day That Shall Not Be Named (Church of the SubGenius)

Edith of Wilton (Christian; Saint)

Euphemia (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Het-Het (Hathor, Egyptian Goddess of Drunkenness)

Flying Ointment Recipe Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

H. A. Rey (Artology)

Hiroya Oku (Artology)

James Alan McPherson (Writerism)

Jean Arp (Artology)

John Knowles (Writerism)

Lucia and Geminianus (Christian; Martyrs)

Ludmila (Christian; Saint)

Martyrdom of Imam Reza (Islamic; Iran)

Martyr’s Day (Libya)

Media Aestas X (Pagan)

Mike Mignola (Artology)

Ninian (a.k.a. Ninyas; Christian; Saint)

Seth (Artology)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chusok (Harvest Moon Festival; South Korea)

Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday (China)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Unlucky Day (Scandinavia) [30 of 37]

Unfortunate Day (Pagan) [45 of 57]

Premieres

Antony and Cleopatra, by Samuel Barber (Opera; 1966)

Barney’s Version, by Mordecai Richler (Novel; 1997)

The Bob Newhart Show (TV Series; 1972)

Buena Vista Social Club (Album; 1997)

Corpse Bride (Animated Film; 2005)

Curious George, by H.A. Rey (Children’s Book; 1941)

The Dean Martin Show (TV Variety Series; 1965)

Drive (Film; 2011)

Fatal Attraction (Film; 1987)

A Fractured Leghorn (WB MM Cartoon; 1950)

Frasier (TV Series; 1993)

The Grass Is Singing, by Doris Lessing (Novel; 1950)

Handy Manny (Animated TV Series; 2006)

Hounds of Love, by Kate Bush (Album; 1985)

In the Mood (Film; 1987)

Logan’s Run (TV Series; 1977)

Miami Vice (TV Series; 1984)

Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman (Novel; 1996)

Oil’s Well (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1929)

The Pied Piper (Silly Symphony Disney Cartoon; 1933)

Pink Arcade (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

Pink S.W.A.T. (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1978)

Play Ball, featuring Willie Whopper (Ub Iwerks MGM Cartoon; 1933)

Postman Pat (Animated TV Series; 1981)

Princess Caraboo (Film; 1994)

Punky Brewster (TV Series; 1984)

Rapper’s Delight, by The Sugarhill Gang (Song; 1979)

The Robe (Film; 1953)

See How They Run (Film; 2022)

Shindig! (Musical TV Series; 1964)

Sky King (Radio Series; 1951)

Sleepy Hollow (TV Series; 2013)

Snapchat (Social Media App; 2011)

The Soul Sessions, by Joss Stone (Album; 2003)

Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation (Animated Compilation Film; 1992)

Surfer Girl, by The Beach Boys (Album; 1963)

Talking Heads: 77, by Talking Heads (Album; 1977)

Timecop (Film; 1994)

Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1950)

A Victim of Gravity (Science Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1978)

Webster (TV Series; 1983)

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Today’s Name Days

Edith, Ludmilla, Mechthild (Austria)

Lyudmil, Lyudmila (Bulgaria)

Ciprijan, Eufemija, Kornelije (Croatia)

Ludmila (Czech Republic)

Euphemia (Denmark)

Aila, Aile, Aili, Alice, Aliise (Estonia)

Hellevi, Hilla, Hille, Hillevi (Finland)

Édith (France)

Cornelius, Euphemia (Germany)

Evfemia, Lountmilla, Melina (Greece)

Edit (Hungary)

Cipriano, Cipriano, Cornelio, Dolcissima, Edoardo, Eufemia (Italy)

Asja, Asnate (Latvia)

Edita, Jogintė, Kamilė, Rimgaudas (Lithuania)

Aslak, Eskil (Norway)

Antym, Cyprian, Edda, Edyta, Eufemia, Eugenia, Franciszek, Jakobina, Kamila, Kornel, Łucja, Lucja, Sebastiana, Sędzisław, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz (Poland)

Ludmila (Slovakia)

Cipriano, Cornelio, Juan, Rogelio (Spain)

Dag, Daga (Sweden)

Ludmilla (Ukraine)

Cornelia, Cornelius, Cornell, Edith, Nila, Nyla (USA)

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Gospel in Art: Saints Pope Cornelius and Bishop Cyprian, Martyrs

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St. Cornelius, Pope, Martyr and St. Cyprian, Bishop, Martyr

St. Cornelius, Pope, Martyr and St. Cyprian, Bishop, Martyr Feast date: Sep 16 Saint Cornelius was elected Pope in 251 during the persecutions of the Emperor Decius. His first challenge, besides the ever present threat of the Roman authorities, was to bring an end to the schism brought on by his rival, the first anti-pope Novatian. He convened a synod of bishops to confirm him as the rightful…

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SAINTS OF THE DAY (September 16)

Saint Cornelius was elected Pope in 251 during the persecutions of the Emperor Decius.

His first challenge, besides the ever present threat of the Roman authorities, was to bring an end to the schism brought on by his rival Novatian, the first anti-pope.

He convened a synod of bishops to confirm him as the rightful successor of Peter.

The great controversy that arose as a result of the Decian persecution was whether or not the Church could pardon and receive back into the Church those who had apostacized in the face of martyrdom.

Against both the bishops who argued that the Church could not welcome back apostates, and those who argued that they should be welcomed back but did not demand a heavy penance of the penitent, Cornelius decreed that they must be welcomed back and insisted that they perform an adequate penance.

In 253, Cornelius was exiled by Emperor Gallus and died of the hardships he endured in exile.

He is venerated as a martyr.

Saint Cyprian of Carthage is second in importance only to the great Saint Augustine as a figure and Father of the African Church.

He was a close friend of Pope Cornelius.

He supported him both against the anti-pope Novatian and in his views concerning the re-admittance of apostates into the Church.

Saint Cyprian was born to wealthy pagans around the year 190. He was educated in the classics and in rhetoric.

He converted at the age of 56, was ordained a priest a year later, and made bishop two years after that.

His writings are of great importance, especially his treatise on 'The Unity of the Catholic Church' in which he argues that unity is grounded in the authority of the bishop, and among the bishops, in the primacy of the See of Rome.

In 'The Unity of the Catholic Church,' St. Cyprian writes:

"You cannot have God for your Father if you do not have the Church for your mother.... God is one and Christ is one, and his Church is one; one is the faith, and one is the people cemented together by harmony into the strong unity of a body....

If we are the heirs of Christ, let us abide in the peace of Christ; if we are the sons of God, let us be lovers of peace."

During the Decian persecutions, Cyprian considered it wiser to go into hiding and guide his flock covertly rather than seek the glorious crown of martyrdom, a decision that his enemies attacked him for.

On 14 September 258, however, he was martyred during the persecutions of Emperor Valerian.

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Luke 7:1-10

Saints Pope Cornelius and Bishop Cyprian, Martyrs

Saint Anthony the Abbot with St. Cornelius and St. Cyprian,

Painted by Paolo Caliari (1528-1588), known as Paolo Veronese,

Painted between 1565-71,

Oil on canvas

© Pinacoteca di Brera, Italy

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT PETER CHRYSOLOGUS Feast Day: July 30

Peter Chrysologus was born in Imola, Province of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, North-Central Italy in the year 380. In due time, Cornelius, the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Imola, baptized him, educated him, and ordained him a deacon. He was made an archdeacon through the influence of Emperor Valentinian III.

In the year 424, the bishop of Ravenna died, and Cornelius of Imola, who was seen as the most qualified successor, went to Rome with his deacon Peter to obtain the papal confirmation.

The traditional account, as recorded in the Roman Breviary, Pope Sixtus III, who was inspired by a vision of St. Apollinaris, the first bishop of Ravenna, refused to ratify the election and appointed Peter in his place. Peter was nicknamed Chrysologus, which means 'golden-worded,' on account of his exceptional eloquence. The Emperor's mother, Galla Placidia, patronized many projects of Bishop Peter.

All his sermons were very simple and short, for he was afraid of fatiguing the attention of his hearers. In his extant homilies, Bishop Peter explained Biblical texts briefly and concisely.

He also condemned Arianism and Monophysitism as heresies and explained the Apostles' Creed, the mystery of the Incarnation, and other topics in simple and clear language. He dedicated a series of homilies to John the Baptist and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Peter advocated daily reception of Eucharist. He urged his listeners to confide in the forgiveness offered through Christ.

Peter died circa or after 450 during a visit to Imola, the town of his birth. Older reference books say he died on 2 December, but a more recent interpretation of the ninth-century 'Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis' indicated that he died on July 31. Peter is declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729.

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𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑

Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs

Gospel Lk 6:43-49

Jesus said to his disciples:

"A good tree does not bear rotten fruit,

nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.

For every tree is known by its own fruit.

For people do not pick figs from thornbushes,

nor do they gather grapes from brambles.

A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good,

but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil;

for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' but not do what I command?

I will show you what someone is like who comes to me,

listens to my words, and acts on them.

That one is like a man building a house,

who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock;

when the flood came, the river burst against that house

but could not shake it because it had been well built.

But the one who listens and does not act

is like a person who built a house on the ground

without a foundation.

When the river burst against it,

it collapsed at once and was completely destroyed."

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✝️ Today, the Church Celebrates Saints Cornelius & Cyprian ✝️

We honor Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, two great martyrs of the early Church who stood firm in their faith despite persecution. They remind us of the courage it takes to defend the truth and the power of unity in Christ. Let their example inspire us to remain steadfast in our faith, no matter the challenges we face. 🙏

“Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.” — Revelation 2:10