#gabriel of our lady of sorrows

[cruger2984]

THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT GABRIEL OF THE SEVEN SORROWS (Francesco Possenti) Feast Day: February 27

"Our perfection does not consist of doing extraordinary things but to do the ordinary well."

St. Gabriel's life reveals that a profound love for the Mother of Sorrows is of the very essence of the Passionist charism, for it was Mary who appeared to young Paul Francis Daneo, the Passionist founder, and called him to found the Congregation.

Francisco Possenti was born in Assisi on March 1, 1838, the eleventh child of Sante Possenti and Agnes Frisciotti.

The first year of his life was spent away from his family with a nursing woman who cared for him because his mother was unable. In 1841 Sante moved the family to Spoleto where he was appointed magistrate. In that same year, the youngest Possenti child died at just six months old; Francis' nine-year old sister, Adele, soon followed. Just days later, his heartbroken mother was too called to eternal life. Francis had lost his mother at just 4 years old.

Tragedy continued to plague the family during his youth. In 1846 Francis' brother, Paul, was killed in the Italian war with Austria. Another brother, Lawrence, later took his own life. Such events, however, did not rob Francis of his spirit and cheerfulness. During his formative years, Francis attended the school of the Christian brothers and then the Jesuit college in Spoleto. He was lively, intelligent and popular at school. At sixteen, he suffered a life-threatening illness. Praying for a cure, Francis promised to become a religious. With recovery, however, Francis quickly forgot his promise. But God's call would not be denied, and Francis soon turned his heart to the Congregation of the Passionists.

Francisco was less than pleased with his teenage son's decision. Determined to show Francis the joys of a secular life of theater and society parties, Sante continued to hope Francis would find pleasure in a social life. But the young man was not to be dissuaded. Immediately after completion of his schooling, he left for the Passionist novitiate in Morrovalle. In the novitiate, he cultivated a great love for Christ Crucified. Francis received the Passionist habit on September 21, 1856, which that year was the Feast of the Sorrowful Mother.

He was given the name: Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother. A year later he took his vows.

His monastic life preparing for the priesthood made Gabriel a secluded, non-public figure. His writings reflect his close relationship with God and His mother.

These were difficult and tumultuous times in Italy. The new Italian government issued decrees closing religious Orders in certain provinces of the Papal States. The new Passionist province of Pieta, to which Gabriel belonged, was in the center of this chaos. By 1860, the Passionists had ceased apostolic work due to the growing threats surrounding the community. During this period various Italian provinces were overrun by soldiers who robbed and terrorized the towns with little mercy.

The people of Isola would always remember him as 'their Gabriel.'

Struck with tuberculosis at the age of 24, Gabriel died on February 27, 1862, before his ordination to the priesthood. His fidelity to prayer, joyfulness of spirit and habitual mortifications stand out in his otherwise ordinary life.

Pope Benedict XV canonized Gabriel in 1920 and declared him a patron of Catholic youth. His patronage is also invoked by the Church for students, seminarians, novices and clerics. Thousands of divine favors are attributed to his intercession with Christ Crucified and the Sorrowful Mother Mary.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (February 27)

Gabriel was born Francesco Possenti on 1 March 1838 in Assisi, Italy.

He was baptised on the day of his birth in the same font in which Francis of Assisi had been baptised.

He lost his mother when he was only four years old.

He was educated by the Jesuits and, having been cured twice of serious illnesses, came to believe that God was calling him to the religious life.

Young Francis wished to join the Jesuits but was turned down, probably because of his age, not yet 17.

Following the death of a sister to cholera, his resolve to enter religious life became even stronger. He was accepted by the Passionists.

Upon entering the novitiate, he was given the name Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows.

Ever popular and cheerful, Gabriel quickly was successful in his effort to be faithful in little things.

His spirit of prayer, love for the poor, consideration of the feelings of others, exact observance of the Passionist Rule, as well as his bodily penances — always subject to the will of his wise superiors — made a deep impression on everyone.

His superiors had great expectations of Gabriel as he prepared for the priesthood, but after only four years of religious life, symptoms of tuberculosis appeared.

Ever obedient, he patiently bore the painful effects of the disease and the restrictions it required, seeking no special notice.

He died peacefully on 27 February 1862 at the age of 24, having been an example to both young and old.

He was beatified by Pope Pius X on 31 May 1908. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XV on 13 May 1920.

He is the patron saint of Catholic youth. His patronage is also invoked by the Church for students, seminarians, novices, and clerics.

[night-night-stories-before-bed]

Masterlist

Jjk

- There will be peace when we are done (Bottom!Gojo/ Top!Male!Reader)

-

Scream

- Nightly Banters (Ghostface/Gn!Reader)

- You shouldn't have done that (Ghostface/Gn!Reader)

- Partners in crime (Ghostface/Gn!Reader)

Batman

- Don't Take My Sunshine Away (Bruce Wayne/Male!Reader) 1, 2, 3, 4

- Dirty Heart (Bruce Wayne/Vampire!MaleReader)

Harry Potter

- Two birds on a wire (Severus/Male!Reader)

Supernatural

- A horned protector (Dean & Demon!Male!Reader)

Stranger Things

- The sins of our fathers (Billy Hargroves/Male!Reader)

COD

- You are home (Simon Riley/Male!Reader)

- No one is left behind (Simon Riley/Male!Reader)

Iron Man

- You truly are a merchant of Death (Tony Stark/Cult Leader!Male!Reader)

- In exchange for two drops of blood (Tony Stark/Cult Leader!Male!Reader)

- ‘Cause you are mine (Yandere!Tony!Stark/Male!Reader)

Miraculous Lady Bug

- Hate me, love me, you can't live without me (Bottom!Gabriel/Male!Reader)

Spider-Man across the multiverse

- 1, 2, 3 scammers get scammed (Miles Morales & Mentor!Male!Reader)

Interview with the vampire

- Broken Angel (Lestat/Male!Reader)

- Drama Queen (Lestat/Male!Reader)

The Flash

- As One (Barry Allen/Male!Reader)

One Piece

- Drowning his sorrow until he forget (Shanks/Male!Reader)

Dead Space

- Haunted (Isaac Clarke/Male!Reader)

Halloween

- Cursed (Micheal Myers/Witchy!Gn!Reader)

The boys

- Shameless (Bottom!Homelander/Top!Male!Reader)

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

St. Gabriel Possenti

1838 - 1862

Feast Day: February 27

Patronage:  Abruzzi, Italy, Catholic Action, clerics, students, young people

One of thirteen children, St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was led by Our Lady to give up ambitions of a secular career to enter the Passionist Congregation. His life was given to prayer, sacrifice, and a devotion to Our Lady and the contemplation of her sorrows over the suffering of Jesus. Many miracles are attributed to him after his death. Pope Benedict XV named him as a patron for young people.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[ave-immaculata]

I am once again asking St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows to pray that I grow in the virtue of humility

[anastpaul]

Our Morning Offering – 28 February – O Mother of Sorrows, Stand by Me in My Last Agony

Our Morning Offering – 28 February – St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows/Gabriel Possenti CP (1838-1862) Confessor O Mother of Sorrows,Stand by Me in My Last AgonyBy St Gabriel Francis Possentiof Our Lady of Sorrows (1838-1862) O Mother of Sorrows,by the anguish and lovewith which thou did stand at the Cross of Jesus,stand by me in my last agony.To thy maternal heartI commend the last three hours…

[that-love-is-all-there-is]

happy feast of St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, y'all

[mykidself]

96 Albums I listened to, and was deeply into or deeply impacted by, age 5-18, in (roughly) chronological order. Made with Topsters.

List of artists and album titles behind the cut.

1. The Beatles - With The Beatles

2. Peter Gabriel - Shaking the Tree

3. Various Artists - The Lion King

4. Elton John - Elton John's Greatest Hits

5. Original London Cast - Phantom Of The Opera

6. Hanson - Middle Of Nowhere

7. The Wallflowers - Bringing Down The Horse

8. Smash Mouth - Astro Lounge

9. Sugar Ray - 14:59

10. Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind

11. Third Eye Blind - Blue

12. Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want

13. Green Day - Dookie

14. blink-182 - The Mark, Tom And Travis Show

15. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret

16. Our Lady Peace - Clumsy

17. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

18. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape

19. Nirvana - Nevermind

20. Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl

21. Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

22. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

23. Papa Roach - Infest

24. Staind - Break the Cycle

25. Alien Ant Farm - Anthology

26. Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler

27. P.O.D. - Satellite

28. System of a Down - Toxicity

29. Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

30. System of a Down - System of a Down

31. Staind - Dysfunction

32. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People

33. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American

34. Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?

35. System of a Down - Steal This Album!

36. blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket

37. Tool - Lateralus

38. Tool - Ænima

39. Tool - Undertow

40. Deftones - White Pony

41. Evanescence - Fallen

42. 36 Crazyfists - Bitterness the Star

43. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step

44. A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms

45. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

46. dredg - El Cielo

47. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon

48. Pink Floyd - The Wall

49. Radiohead - Kid A

50. Depeche Mode - Violator

51. Opeth - Blackwater Park

52. Opeth - Damnation

53. Opeth - Deliverance

54. The Ataris - So Long, Astoria

55. The Ataris - Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits

56. The Ataris - End Is Forever

57. Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer

58. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity

59. The Early November - The Room's Too Cold

60. Further Seems Forever - The Moon is Down

61. Finch - What It Is to Burn

62. Thursday - War All The Time

63. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

64. Staind - 14 Shades of Grey

65. Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground

66. Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors

67. Elliott Smith - XO

68. Elliott Smith - Either/Or

69. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief

70. Radiohead - The Bends

71. Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

72. Coheed and Cambria - The Second Stage Turbine Blade

73. Queen - Greatest Hits

74. The Decemberists - Picaresque

75. The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts

76. The Decemberists - Her Majesty the Decemberists

77. Jonathan Larson - Rent

78. The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls

79. Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous

80. AFI - Sing the Sorrow

81. Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch

82. Green Day - American Idiot

83. Jimmy Eat World - Futures

84. System of a Down - Hypnotize

85. System of a Down - Mezmerize

86. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

87. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

88. The Beatles - Love

89. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

90. Arcade Fire - Funeral

91. Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism

92. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

93. Radiohead - OK Computer

94. Elliott Smith - Figure 8

95. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill

96. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

[wingsoverlagos]

St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows // Paul McCartney

is this something

[locustheologicus]

Los Inmigrantes Son Profetas!

On Sunday, March 17, Bishop Seitz from El Paso, Texas, visited two parishes in our diocese, Our Lady of Sorrows in Corona Queens and St. Gabriel's in East New York Brooklyn. Bishop Seitz presided over the 10:30am Mass in Corona, where he reflected on the words of the prophet Jeremiah and suggests that immigrants are prophets.

"They are like the canaries in the mine," Bishop Seitz goes on to say, "they give the signal to the world that when they have to leave their homes and families, they point out challenges in the world that require justice and our response."

He goes on to say that "When they are forced to leave this is a signal for us to engage the love of God in responding to the social challenge that love demands from us."

Reflecting on the gospel, Bishop Seitz tells us that "Jesus says that we must be like the seed that dies to itself so that the Lord can begin something new, a new growth. In this way migrants live like our Lord Jesus preaches, in this way they follow his example of dying to one’s self and preparing themselves and the world for something new."

Bishop Seitz reminds us that "We are all immigrants, it’s just that most of us have forgotten this truth. But we must acknowledge and live this truth so that the Lord can make, through us, a better and more just world. As Jesus commands us too."

Bishop Seitz, along with Bishop DiMarzio, blessed the young catechist students, many of them immigrants.

The community offered their own gift to the Bishops with a beautiful serenade at the conclusion of the Mass.

Bishop Seitz and Bishop DiMarzio went on to visit the immigrant services that these two parishes offer with support from Catholic Charities. That includes food and clothing distribution, as well as ESL and OSHA classes.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (February 27)

(1 March 1838 – 27 February 1862)

Francesco Possenti was born on 1 March 1838, in Assisi, Italy, the eleventh of thirteen children born to his mother, Agnes, and his father, Sante.

He lost his mother when he was only four years old.

He was educated by the Jesuits and, having been cured twice of serious illnesses, came to believe that God was calling him to the religious life.

Young Francesco wished to join the Jesuits but was turned down, probably because of his age. He was not yet 17 then.

Following the death of a sister to cholera, his resolve to enter religious life became even stronger.

He was accepted by the Passionists. Upon entering the novitiate, he was given the name Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows.

Ever popular and cheerful, Gabriel quickly was successful in his effort to be faithful in little things.

His spirit of prayer, love for the poor, consideration of the feelings of others, exact observance of the Passionist Rule, as well as his bodily penances—always subject to the will of his wise superiors— made a deep impression on everyone.

His superiors had great expectations of him as he prepared for the priesthood, but after only four years of religious life, symptoms of tuberculosis appeared.

Ever obedient, he patiently bore the painful effects of the disease and the restrictions it required, seeking no special notice.

He had prayed for a slow death so as to be able to prepare himself spiritually.

He died on 27 February 1862, holding close an image of Our Lady of Sorrows and smiling peacefully.

Those who were with Possenti when he died reported that at the moment of death, he sat up in bed and his face became radiant as he reached out to an otherwise unseen figure that was entering the room.

It was said that Possenti had seen the Virgin Mary at the very moment of his death.

Possenti was beatified by Pope Pius X on 31 May 1908.

The outbreak of the First World War delayed Possenti's canonisation for a while, but on 13 May 1920, he was raised to the altars by Pope Benedict XV.

[brookston]

Holidays 2.27

Holidays

Anosmia Awareness Day

Aspirin Day

Doctors’ Day (Vietnam)

False Flag Day

Flag Day (Antigua and Barbuda)

Goat Willow Day (French Republic)

Godhra Train Burning Remembrance Day (India)

The Hop (Fairy Holiday)

Insipid Day (according to Jonathan Swift)

International Polar Bear Day

Majuba Day (Orania, South Africa)

Marathi Language Day (India)

Mercury Day Day

Mr. Rogers Remembrance Day

National Albert Day

National Anosmia Awareness Day

National Cigar Day

National Khachapuri Day (Georgia)

National Protein Day

National Retro Day

National She’s The B.O.S.S. Day

National Susan Day

National Term Limits Day

No-Brainer Day

Oops Day (Commemorating Tower of Pisa Leaning)

Peace Memorial Holiday (Taiwan)

Perseverance Day (Elder Scrolls)

Pokémon Day

Public Sector Day (Kuwait)

Ralph Nader Day

Read Five Pages in the Dictionary Day

Special Operations Forces Day (Russia)

Threepenny Day (Eton College, England)

World NGO Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

The Big Breakfast Day

National Grape Harvest Festival (Argentina)

National Kahlua Day

National Milk Tart Day (South Africa)

National Strawberry Day

World’s Biggest Tea Party Day (Pakistan)

4th & Last Tuesday in February

Digital Learning Day [4th Tuesday]

World Spay Day [Last Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning February 27 (4th Week)

International Petroleum Week [thru 2.29]

Independence & Related Days

Aurumia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Dominica (from UK; 1967)

Dominican Republic (from Haiti, 1844)

Lebanon (Declared; 1945)

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Declared sovereignty over Western Sahara, 1976)

Slavtria (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

St. Kitts Statehood Day (West Indies; 1967)

Festivals Beginning February 27, 2024

BakingTech Conference (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 2.29]

Geneva International Jewish Film Festival (Geneva, Switzerland) [thru 3.4]

Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (Houston, Texas) [thru 3.17]

Iowa Hawkeye Farm Show (Cedar Falls, Iowa) [thru 2.29]

Wilmington Beer Week (Wilmington, Delaware) [thru 3.3]

Feast Days

Alnoth (Christian; Saint)

Anaximenes (Positivist; Saint)

Bhumchu (Sikkim, India)

Bir Chilarai Divas (Assam, India)

Carl Sagan Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Day of Selene (Goddess of the Moon; Ancient Greece)

Day of the Elders (Pagan)

Equirria (Ancient Roman Chariot and Horse Race) [1st of 2 / 2nd one 3.14]

Equaria, Mars Gradius (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Feast of Morrighan, the Three-Fold Goddess of War & Death (Badbh, Remain and Macha; Celtic Book of Days)

Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Christian)

Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (Christian; Saint)

Galmier of Lyon (a.k.a. Baldomerus; Christian; Saint)

George Herbert (Anglicanism)

Guru Ravidas Jayanti / Magha Purnima (India)

The Hop (Shamanism)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Writerism)

Honorina (Christian; Saint)

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (Artology)

John of Gorze (Christian; Saint)

John Steinbeck (Writerism)

Julian, Cronin and Besas (Christian; Martyrs)

Leander of Seville (Christian; Saint)

Silly Hat Day (Pastafarian)

Thalelaeus the Hermit (Christian; Saint)

William F. Lamby (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [12 of 71]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [13 of 60]

Premieres

The Adventures of Chip ’n’ Dale (Animated TV Series; 1959)

The Arctic Giant (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#4]

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (TV Game Show; 2007)

The Black Prince, by Iris Murdoch (Novel; 1973)

Fast and Moose or Charley’s Antler (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 156; 1962)

The Fella with a Fiddle (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

The Female Man, by Joanna Russ (Novel; 1975)

Girlfriend, by Avril Lavigne (Song; 2007)

The Gold Bricks, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 45 & 46 1965)

Good Bye Lenin! (Film; 2004)

Hotel California, by The Eagles (Song; 1977)

House Made of Dawn, by N. Scott Momaday (Novel; 1968)

Jaws, by Peter Benchley (Novel; 1974)

The Magnet Men, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 43 & 44; 1965)

Not Barking (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

Orange & Lemons, by XTC (Album; 1989)

O-Solar Meow (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1967)

Picador Porky (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Psyche, by Matthew Locke (Opera; 1675) [oldest known opera in English]

The Shriek (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1933)

Some Kind of Wonderful (Film; 1987)

Symphony No. 8 in F Major, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Symphony; 1814)

To Bring You My Love, by PJ Harvey (Album; 1995)

A Whale of a Tale or That She Blows Up (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 155; 1962)

Wigwam Whoopee (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

The Wild Chase (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

Wild Wild World (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

You Better You Bet, by The Who (Song; 1981)

Today’s Name Days

Baldur, Gabriel, Marko, Markward (Austria)

Donat, Gabrijel (Croatia)

Alexandr (Czech Republic)

Leander (Denmark)

Helbe, Helve, Helvi (Estonia)

Torsti (Finland)

Honorine, Léandre (France)

Baldur, Gabriel, Marko (Germany)

Asklepios, Asklipios, Nisios (Greece)

Edina (Hungary)

Leandro, Onorina (Italy)

Andra, Daiva, Līva, Līvija (Latvia)

Fortūnatas, Gabrielius, Ginvilas, Skirmantė (Lithuania)

Laila, Lill (Norway)

Aleksander, Anastazja, Auksencjusz, Gabriel, Gabriela, Honoryna, Leander, Leonard, Sierosława (Poland)

Procopie, Talaleu (Romania)

Alexander (Slovakia)

Gabriel (Spain)

Lage (Sweden)

Margaret (Ukraine)

Houston, Leander, Leandra, Leandro, Leland (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 58 of 2024; 308 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 9 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 10 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 18 (Xin-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 18 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 17 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 28 Grey; Sevenday [28 of 30]

Julian: 14 February 2024

Moon: 91%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 2 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Anaximenes]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 69 of 89)

Week: 4th Week of February

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 9 of 30)

[portraitsofsaints]

Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows St. Gabriel Possenti 1838 - 1862 Feast Day: February 27 Patronage:  Abruzzi, Italy, Catholic Action, clerics, students, young people

One of thirteen children, St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows was led by Our Lady to give up ambitions of a secular career to enter the Passionist Congregation. His life was given to prayer, sacrifice, and a devotion to Our Lady and the contemplation of her sorrows over the suffering of Jesus. Many miracles are attributed to him after his death. Pope Benedict XV named him as a patron for young people. {website}

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 2.27

Holidays

Anosmia Awareness Day

Aspirin Day

Doctors’ Day (Vietnam)

False Flag Day

Flag Day (Antigua and Barbuda)

Goat Willow Day (French Republic)

Godhra Train Burning Remembrance Day (India)

The Hop (Fairy Holiday)

Insipid Day (according to Jonathan Swift)

International Polar Bear Day

Majuba Day (Orania, South Africa)

Marathi Language Day (India)

Mercury Day Day

Mr. Rogers Remembrance Day

National Albert Day

National Anosmia Awareness Day

National Cigar Day

National Khachapuri Day (Georgia)

National Protein Day

National Retro Day

National She’s The B.O.S.S. Day

National Susan Day

National Term Limits Day

No-Brainer Day

Oops Day (Commemorating Tower of Pisa Leaning)

Peace Memorial Holiday (Taiwan)

Perseverance Day (Elder Scrolls)

Pokémon Day

Public Sector Day (Kuwait)

Ralph Nader Day

Read Five Pages in the Dictionary Day

Special Operations Forces Day (Russia)

Threepenny Day (Eton College, England)

World NGO Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

The Big Breakfast Day

National Grape Harvest Festival (Argentina)

National Kahlua Day

National Milk Tart Day (South Africa)

National Strawberry Day

World’s Biggest Tea Party Day (Pakistan)

4th & Last Tuesday in February

Digital Learning Day [4th Tuesday]

World Spay Day [Last Tuesday]

Weekly Holidays beginning February 27 (4th Week)

International Petroleum Week [thru 2.29]

Independence & Related Days

Aurumia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Dominica (from UK; 1967)

Dominican Republic (from Haiti, 1844)

Lebanon (Declared; 1945)

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Declared sovereignty over Western Sahara, 1976)

Slavtria (Declared; 2021) [unrecognized]

St. Kitts Statehood Day (West Indies; 1967)

Festivals Beginning February 27, 2024

BakingTech Conference (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 2.29]

Geneva International Jewish Film Festival (Geneva, Switzerland) [thru 3.4]

Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo (Houston, Texas) [thru 3.17]

Iowa Hawkeye Farm Show (Cedar Falls, Iowa) [thru 2.29]

Wilmington Beer Week (Wilmington, Delaware) [thru 3.3]

Feast Days

Alnoth (Christian; Saint)

Anaximenes (Positivist; Saint)

Bhumchu (Sikkim, India)

Bir Chilarai Divas (Assam, India)

Carl Sagan Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Day of Selene (Goddess of the Moon; Ancient Greece)

Day of the Elders (Pagan)

Equirria (Ancient Roman Chariot and Horse Race) [1st of 2 / 2nd one 3.14]

Equaria, Mars Gradius (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Feast of Morrighan, the Three-Fold Goddess of War & Death (Badbh, Remain and Macha; Celtic Book of Days)

Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Christian)

Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows (Christian; Saint)

Galmier of Lyon (a.k.a. Baldomerus; Christian; Saint)

George Herbert (Anglicanism)

Guru Ravidas Jayanti / Magha Purnima (India)

The Hop (Shamanism)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Writerism)

Honorina (Christian; Saint)

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (Artology)

John of Gorze (Christian; Saint)

John Steinbeck (Writerism)

Julian, Cronin and Besas (Christian; Martyrs)

Leander of Seville (Christian; Saint)

Silly Hat Day (Pastafarian)

Thalelaeus the Hermit (Christian; Saint)

William F. Lamby (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Lucky Day (Philippines) [12 of 71]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [13 of 60]

Premieres

The Adventures of Chip ’n’ Dale (Animated TV Series; 1959)

The Arctic Giant (Fleischer Cartoon; 1942) [#4]

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (TV Game Show; 2007)

The Black Prince, by Iris Murdoch (Novel; 1973)

Fast and Moose or Charley’s Antler (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 156; 1962)

The Fella with a Fiddle (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

The Female Man, by Joanna Russ (Novel; 1975)

Girlfriend, by Avril Lavigne (Song; 2007)

The Gold Bricks, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 45 & 46 1965)

Good Bye Lenin! (Film; 2004)

Hotel California, by The Eagles (Song; 1977)

House Made of Dawn, by N. Scott Momaday (Novel; 1968)

Jaws, by Peter Benchley (Novel; 1974)

The Magnet Men, Parts 3 & 4 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 43 & 44; 1965)

Not Barking (WB MM Cartoon; 1954)

Orange & Lemons, by XTC (Album; 1989)

O-Solar Meow (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1967)

Picador Porky (WB MM Cartoon; 1937)

Psyche, by Matthew Locke (Opera; 1675) [oldest known opera in English]

The Shriek (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1933)

Some Kind of Wonderful (Film; 1987)

Symphony No. 8 in F Major, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Symphony; 1814)

To Bring You My Love, by PJ Harvey (Album; 1995)

A Whale of a Tale or That She Blows Up (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 155; 1962)

Wigwam Whoopee (Fleischer/Famous Popeye Cartoon; 1948)

The Wild Chase (WB MM Cartoon; 1965)

Wild Wild World (WB MM Cartoon; 1960)

You Better You Bet, by The Who (Song; 1981)

Today’s Name Days

Baldur, Gabriel, Marko, Markward (Austria)

Donat, Gabrijel (Croatia)

Alexandr (Czech Republic)

Leander (Denmark)

Helbe, Helve, Helvi (Estonia)

Torsti (Finland)

Honorine, Léandre (France)

Baldur, Gabriel, Marko (Germany)

Asklepios, Asklipios, Nisios (Greece)

Edina (Hungary)

Leandro, Onorina (Italy)

Andra, Daiva, Līva, Līvija (Latvia)

Fortūnatas, Gabrielius, Ginvilas, Skirmantė (Lithuania)

Laila, Lill (Norway)

Aleksander, Anastazja, Auksencjusz, Gabriel, Gabriela, Honoryna, Leander, Leonard, Sierosława (Poland)

Procopie, Talaleu (Romania)

Alexander (Slovakia)

Gabriel (Spain)

Lage (Sweden)

Margaret (Ukraine)

Houston, Leander, Leandra, Leandro, Leland (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 58 of 2024; 308 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 9 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 10 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 18 (Xin-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 18 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 17 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 28 Grey; Sevenday [28 of 30]

Julian: 14 February 2024

Moon: 91%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 2 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Anaximenes]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 4 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 69 of 89)

Week: 4th Week of February

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 9 of 30)

[anastpaul]

Quote/s of the Day – 27 February – St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

Quote/s of the Day – 27 February – Monday of the First Week in Lent – The Memorial of St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows/Gabriel Possenti CP (1838-1862) “By sin, O Jesus,I gave Thee Thy Deathbut I do not despair of Thy Forgiveness.Those Scourges call me,those Arms extended invite methat injured Heart offers mea secure shelter.” “I will attempt,day by day,to break my will into pieces.I want to do…

[that-love-is-all-there-is]

St Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows my beloved, I wish I had more books about you, or that they sold your image on medals