Today is Friday, The 13th of
September 2024, and it is just a few days before my 84th birthday,
and that’s Good – in fact, it’s Excellent, thank God!
If you can’t find something good in today,
read in silence the “Morning Prayer” above shared on Facebook today, Friday The
13th, by Evangeline Mariano.
About
“Friday The 13th,” Wikipedia
says (en.wikipedia.org):
Friday
the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when
the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which
happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same
year. For example, 2015 had a Friday the 13th in February, March, and November,
which will happen again in 2026. Leap years that begin on Sunday (i.e. that
follow Dominical Letter AG) such as 2012 and 2040, also have 3 Friday the 13ths
in January, April and July. 2017 through 2020 had two Friday the 13ths, as did
2023; 2016, 2021 and 2022 had just one Friday the 13th, as will 2025, 2027, and
2028; 2024 will have two Friday the 13ths.
The 2nd Friday the 13th
of 2024 will occur in December, 3 months from now.
Again, from Wikipedia, on the “Unluckiness
Of 13”:
… The
unlucky nature of the number "13" is a Norse myth about 12 gods
having a dinner party in Valhalla. The trickster god Loki, who was not invited,
arrived as the 13th guest, and arranged for Höðr to shoot Balder with a
mistletoe-tipped arrow. ... Balder died, and the whole Earth got dark. The
whole Earth mourned. It was a bad, unlucky day. This major event in Norse
mythology caused the number 13 to be considered unlucky.
It is
possible that the publication in 1907 of TW Lawson's popular novel Friday, the Thirteenth contributed to
popularizing the superstition. In the novel, an unscrupulous broker takes
advantage of the superstition to create a Wall Street panic on a Friday the
13th.
“Norse myth.” Wikipedia says:
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology,
is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old
Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and
into the Nordic folklore of the modern period.
Are we Catholics exempted from Friday the 13th “unfortunateness”? Don’t forget “The Last Supper” by Leonardo
da Vinci. How many were present at the last supper before Christ’s
crucifixion? 13.
The
superstition seems to relate to various things, like the story of Jesus' Last
Supper and crucifixion in which there were 13 individuals present in the Upper
Room on the 13th of Nisan Maundy Thursday, the night before his death on Good
Friday.
Well, as a Catholic, today, Friday The 13th
of September 2024 is Good Friday! What else can it be? I’m alive, and that’s
Good!@517
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