Bishop Barbarito’s latest “Living the Truth in Love” column for the Florida Catholic looks at the special commemorations contained in our new month:
August — the month of Mary’s Immaculate Heart
We are presently in the newly arrived month of August. Augustus Caesar, one of the emperors of ancient Rome, named the month after himself as Julius Caesar, another previous emperor of Rome, named the month of July after himself. The name August, from the Latin “Augustus,” means venerable, worthy and revered, coinciding with the notion of the greatness of the emperor.
August is popularly considered a transitional month. It is the beginning of the end of summer, the time when the school year begins, a month of hot weather as well as possible stormy weather here in Florida, and a time of changing pace. During August, we transition from the summer to a more routine way of life and begin to prepare for the return to work as well as the more normal routines of life. Once September arrives, and we celebrate Labor Day, a new phase of transition begins.
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