"will someday die. It is medieval Latin, dating to 1287. Related but distinct is the expression ""memento mori"" (remember that you are mortal) which carries some of the same connotation as . For Horace, mindfulness of our own mortality is key in making us realize the importance of the moment. ""Remember that you are mortal, so seize the day."" Over time the phrase also came to be associated with penitence, as suggested in many vanitas paintings. Today many listeners will take the two phrases as representing almost opposite approaches, with urging us to savour life and urging us to resist"
"Carpe diem is the second-person singular present active imperative of ""carpō"" ""pick or pluck"" used by Horace to mean ""enjoy, seize, use, make use of"". ""Diem"" is the accusative of ""dies"" ""day"". A more literal translation of would thus be ""pluck the day [as it is ripe]""—that is, enjoy the moment. Text from ""Odes"" : Perhaps the first written expression of the concept is the advice given by Siduri to Gilgamesh, telling him to forgo his mourning and embrace life although some scholars see it as simply urging Gilgamesh to abandon his mourning, ""reversing the liminal rituals of mourning and"
"diem"" as his guiding philosophy. Carpe diem is the second-person singular present active imperative of ""carpō"" ""pick or pluck"" used by Horace to mean ""enjoy, seize, use, make use of"". ""Diem"" is the accusative of ""dies"" ""day"". A more literal translation of would thus be ""pluck the day [as it is ripe]""—that is, enjoy the moment. Text from ""Odes"" : Perhaps the first written expression of the concept is the advice given by Siduri to Gilgamesh, telling him to forgo his mourning and embrace life although some scholars see it as simply urging Gilgamesh to abandon his mourning, ""reversing the"
"river while the two were competing in a swimming contest and in his grief, Kalamos allowed himself to also drown. He was then transformed into a water reed, whose rustling in the wind was interpreted as a sigh of lamentation. The word Karpos derives from the Proto-Indo-European language root *""kerp-"". Cognates can be found in many Indo-European languages including modern English in words such as ""harvest"" (via Germanic), ""carpet"", ""excerpt"" and ""scarce"" (via Latin). Coming to English directly from the Greek ""karpos"" are the following: A well-known expression in Latin is ""carpe diem"" (""pluck the day"") from the Latin verb"
"The poem evokes the aphorism ""carpe diem"", which is Latin for ""seize the day"". Donne encourages the lady to focus on the present day and time versus saving herself for the afterlife. Donne is able to hint at the erotic without explicitly referring to sex, using images such as the flea that ""pamper'd swells"" with the blood of the lady (line 8). This evokes the idea of an erection. The speaker complains that ""This is more than we would do!"" (line 9) The speaker claims it would be ""sacrilege"" to kill the flea. He holds the flea up in the"
"Refrigerium The Latin word refrigerium literally means ""refreshment"", and is the origin of the English noun ""refrigerator"" (""Webster, 1913""). In ancient Rome, the word referred specifically to a commemorative meal for the dead consumed in a graveyard. These meals were held on the day of burial, then again on the ninth day after the funeral, and annually thereafter. Early Christians continued the refrigerium ritual, by taking food to gravesites and catacombs in honor of Christian martyrs, as well as relatives. The early Christian theologian Tertullian used the term ""refrigerium interim"" to describe a happy state in which the souls of"
"angelorum, panem verum caelestem, Dei Verbum aeternum, Iesum Christum Dominum nostrum, nobis impertiaris, ut Eo mens nostra pascatur, et per carnem et sanguinem Eius alamur, foveamur, corroboremur."" which translates to We wretched and needy mortals give reverent thanks to you, almighty God, heavenly Father, for this food, which you have given us to nourish our bodies, praying at the same time that you may bestow on us the food of angels, the true heavenly bread, the eternal Word of God, Jesus Christ Our Lord, that our souls may feed on him, and that through his flesh and blood we may"
"of the ""commercium"", or ""wondrous exchange."" The idea of the ""commercium"" comes from the ""O admirabile commercium"" sung at the Vigil of Epiphany. The ""commercium"" stands as a summary of all the ""exchanges"" within the New Testament: that in Jesus Christ the free, righteous, and blessed God becomes a servant, sin, and suffers death so that an enslaved, sinful, and suffering humanity might be freed, made righteous, and inherit eternal life. Equally important, however, is the ""connubium"", or the nuptial union between Christ and believers. Przywara was an important influence upon Karl Rahner, who gave the laudatio for Przywara in"
"the concept is described as ""the damned have holidays"". In the book, the damned take an excursion to heaven (for refreshment) where they are invited to stay. Refrigerium The Latin word refrigerium literally means ""refreshment"", and is the origin of the English noun ""refrigerator"" (""Webster, 1913""). In ancient Rome, the word referred specifically to a commemorative meal for the dead consumed in a graveyard. These meals were held on the day of burial, then again on the ninth day after the funeral, and annually thereafter. Early Christians continued the refrigerium ritual, by taking food to gravesites and catacombs in honor"
"Te Deum The Te Deum (also known as Ambrosian Hymn or A Song of the Church) is an early Christian hymn of praise. The title is taken from its opening Latin words, ""Te Deum laudamus"", rendered as ""Thee, O God, we praise"". The term can also refer to a short religious service, held to bless an event or give thanks, which is based upon the hymn. The hymn remains in regular use in the Catholic Church, Lutheran Church, Anglican Church and Methodist Church (mostly before the Homily) in the Office of Readings found in the Liturgy of the Hours, and"
"a smallpox epidemic. However, despite these numerous obstacles, the ""Malmédiens"" succeeded in saving their tradition which is still going on today. The name of the Malmedy carnival originates in the Latin word ""quadragesima"", shortened to ""quaresima"", which means forty. Forty represents the number of days that separates Ash Wednesday from Holy Week. The word quaresima grew and turned into the French word ""Carême"" and the Walloon word ""Cwarmê"". In a lot of places on the planet, people celebrate Mardi Gras, called after the enormous quantity of food absorb before the deprivation of Lent. It is the definitive day of carnival."
"they rest in peace); the ""Deo gratias"" response is replaced with ""Amen"". Black is the obligatory liturgical colour of the vestments in the earlier forms, while the later form allows a choice between black and violet, and in some countries, such as England and Wales, white. The sequence Dies irae, recited or sung between the Tract and the Gospel, is an obligatory part of the Requiem Mass before the Novus Ordo changes. As its opening words ""Dies irae"" (""day of wrath"") indicate, this poetic composition speaks of the Day of Judgment in fearsome terms; it then appeals to Jesus for"
"Aperis tu manus, et imples omne animal benedictione tua."" ""Benedic nobis, Domine, et omnibus tuis donis, quae ex larga liberalitate tua sumpturi sumus, per Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum. Deus est caritas. Qui manet in caritate manet in Deo et Deus in illo. Sit Deus in nobis, et nos maneamus in illo."" <br> Translated into English, the ""Oratio Ante Cibum"" reads as follows: The eyes of all look towards you and trust in you, O God. You give them food in due season. You open your hands and fill every living thing with your blessing. Bless us, O Lord, and all"
"death. Siduri, nonetheless, has a long conversation with Gilgamesh, who boasts of his exploits and is forced to explain why his appearance is so haggard. When he asks for help in finding Utnapishtim, Siduri explains the difficulties of the journey but directs him to Urshanabi, the ferryman, who may be able to help him cross the subterranean ocean and the ominous ""waters of death"". Several scholars suggest direct borrowing of Siduri's advice by the author of Ecclesiastes. The advice given by Siduri has been seen as the first expression of the concept of ""Carpe diem"" although some scholars see it"
"Eternal Rest Eternal Rest or Requiem aeternam is a Western Christian prayer asking God: (1) to hasten the progression of the souls of the faithful departed in Purgatory to their place in Heaven (in Roman Catholicism)<br> This Roman Catholic doctrine is found in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 1030-1032: The United Methodist Church teaches the ""truth of intercessory prayer for the dead"" and that ""prayer for the dead has been a widespread practice throughout Christian history [and] is a profound act of love addressed to a God of love"". The Latin text in the Roman Rite of the"
"Gaudeamus igitur ""De Brevitate Vitae"" (Latin for ""On the Shortness of Life""), more commonly known as ""Gaudeamus Igitur"" (""So Let Us Rejoice"") or just ""Gaudeamus"", is a popular academic commercium song in many European countries, mainly sung or performed at university and high-school graduation ceremonies. Despite its use as a formal graduation hymn, it is a jocular, light-hearted composition that pokes fun at university life. The song is thought to originate in a Latin manuscript from 1287. It is in the tradition of ""carpe diem"" (""seize the day"") with its exhortations to enjoy life. It was known as a beer-drinking"
"translation of the Te Deum, which was translated into English in the 19th century as ""Holy God, we praise thy name."" ""In the Book of Common Prayer, verse is written in half-lines, at which reading pauses, indicated by colons in the text."" A Te Deum service is a short religious service, based upon the singing of the hymn, held to give thanks. In Sweden, for example, it may be held in the Royal Chapel in connection with the birth of a Prince or Princess, christenings, milestone birthdays, jubilees and other important event within the Royal Family of Sweden. In Luxembourg,"
"sequence"" Dies Iræ"", recited or sung between the Tract and the Gospel, is an obligatory part of the Requiem Mass in the earlier forms. As its opening words, ""Dies irae"" (Day of wrath), indicate, this poetic composition speaks of the Day of Judgment in fearsome terms; it then appeals to Jesus for mercy. Some of these differences may have arisen from treating this Mass as supplementary to the Mass of the day. In other cases, the Requiem Mass preserves the tradition of a more primitive age. The suppression of the Alleluia, Gloria in excelsis, and the Gloria Patri seems to"
"Concupiscence Concupiscence (from Late Latin noun ""concupiscentia"", from the Latin verb ""concupiscere"", from ""con-"", ""with"", here an intensifier, + ""cupi(d)-"", ""desiring"" + ""-escere"", a verb-forming suffix denoting beginning of a process or state) is an ardent, usually sensual, longing. In Catholic theology, concupiscence is seen as a desire of the lower appetite contrary to reason. There are nine occurrences of ""concupiscence"" in the Douay-Rheims Bible and three occurrences in the ""King James Bible"". It is also one of the English translations of the Koine Greek epithumia (ἐπιθυμία), which occurs 38 times in the New Testament. In Judaism, there is an"
"congregation made a response (antiphon) to each recitation. The celebrant’s first recitation was Psalm 116:1–9 (Psalm 114:1–9 in the Septuagint), and the congregation’s first responding antiphon was verse 9 of that Psalm. Psalm 114:9 in the Vulgate says, ""placebo Domino in regione vivorum"" (""I will please the Lord in the land of the living""); the equivalent verse in English bibles is Psalm 116:9, ""I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living"". The Vulgate verse follows the Greek Septuagint in meaning. The Christian scholar John Chrysostom (347–407) understood the verse to mean that ""those who had departed"
"translated as ""super-essential"": """"Daily"" (""epiousios"") occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. Taken in a temporal sense, this word is a pedagogical repetition of ""this day,"" to confirm us in trust ""without reservation."" Taken in the qualitative sense, it signifies what is necessary for life, and more broadly every good thing sufficient for subsistence. Taken literally (epi-ousios: ""super-essential""), it refers directly to the Bread of Life, the Body of Christ, the ""medicine of immortality,"" without which we have no life within us. Finally in this connection, its heavenly meaning is evident: ""this day"" is the Day of the Lord, the"
"the Breviary. Prominent events in the ""temporale"" are: ""Lent"" (including Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, and Holy Week); the Paschal Triduum (including Good Friday, Holy Saturday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday); and ""Easter Time"" (the fifty days from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday). Temporale The temporale ( or ) is one of the two main cycles that, running concurrently, comprise the Liturgical year in Roman Catholicism, defined by the General Roman Calendar. (The other cycle is the ""sanctorale"".) The term comes into English from medieval Latin ""temporāle"" (from ""tempus"" 'time'). The ""temporale"" consists of"
"Day of Pentecost. Some Anglican provinces continue to label the Sundays between Easter and the Ascension ""Sundays After Easter"" rather than ""Sundays of Easter""; others, such as the Church of England and ECUSA, use the term ""Sundays of Easter"". Paschal Tide is a season of joy. The colour for the Office ""de tempore"" is white; the Te Deum and Gloria are recited every day even in the ferial Office. On Sundays the ""Asperges"" is replaced by the ""Vidi Aquam"" which recalls the solemn baptism of Easter eve. There is no feast day from Easter until Ascension. The Armenians during this"
"""quotidianum"", rather than the alternative Latin translation of ""supersubstantialem"". This ""quotidianum"" interpretation is first recorded in the works of Tertullian. This was used in the Vetus Latina, a collective term for various ""Old Latin"" Bible translations prior to Jerome's Vulgate. The Vulgate is a late fourth-century Latin translation of the Bible from its original languages, and was largely the work of St. Jerome, who was commissioned by Pope Damasus I in the year 382 to revise the ""Vetus Latina"". In Luke 11:3, Jerome rendered ""epiousios"", via what had become at that point tradition, as ""quotidianum"", and yet in Matthew 6:11"
"YOLO (aphorism) YOLO is the acronym of ""you only live once"". Along the same lines as the Latin """"carpe diem"""" (""seize the day""), it is a call to live life to its fullest extent, even embracing behavior which carries inherent risk. Similar phrases have been in use for more than a century, including these: In the early 21st century, the acronym ""YOLO"" became a staple of music and youth culture, being a subject of graffiti, Twitter hashtags, pranks, tattoos, music, television shows, and merchandise. The acronym was most popularized in the 21st century by rapper Drake, who planned to release"
"a service is held annually in the presence of the Grand-Ducal Family to celebrate the Grand Duke's Official Birthday, which is also the nation's national day, on either the 23rd or 24th June. Te Deum The Te Deum (also known as Ambrosian Hymn or A Song of the Church) is an early Christian hymn of praise. The title is taken from its opening Latin words, ""Te Deum laudamus"", rendered as ""Thee, O God, we praise"". The term can also refer to a short religious service, held to bless an event or give thanks, which is based upon the hymn. The"
"Terce Terce, or Third Hour, is a fixed time of prayer of the Divine Office in almost all the Christian liturgies. It consists mainly of psalms and is said at 9 a.m. Its name comes from Latin and refers to the third hour of the day after dawn. The origin of Terce, like that of Sext and None, to which it bears a close relationship, dates back to Apostolic times. According to an ancient custom of the Romans and Greeks, the day and night respectively were divided into four parts of about three hours each. The second division of the"
"Compline Compline ( ), also known as Complin, Night Prayer, or the Prayers at the End of the Day, is the final church service (or office) of the day in the Christian tradition of canonical hours. The English word ""Compline"" is derived from the Latin ""completorium"", as Compline is the completion of the working day. The word was first used in this sense about the beginning of the 6th century by St. Benedict in his ""Rule"" (""Regula Benedicti""; hereafter, RB), in Chapters 16, 17, 18, and 42, and he even uses the verb ""complere"" to signify Compline: """"Omnes ergo in"
"Temporale The temporale ( or ) is one of the two main cycles that, running concurrently, comprise the Liturgical year in Roman Catholicism, defined by the General Roman Calendar. (The other cycle is the ""sanctorale"".) The term comes into English from medieval Latin ""temporāle"" (from ""tempus"" 'time'). The ""temporale"" consists of the movable feasts, most of them keyed to Easter (which falls on a different Sunday every year), including Ascension, Pentecost (Whitsun), and so on. The ""sanctorale"" consists of the fixed feasts, celebrated on the very same date each year (no matter what the day of the week), including Christmas"
"condita'. The new millennium that Rome entered was called the ""saeculum nouum"", a term that got a metaphysical connotation in Christianity, referring to the worldly age (hence 'secular'). A saeculum is not normally used for a fixed amount of time, in common usage it stands for about 90 years. It can be divided into four ""seasons"" of approximately 22 years each; these seasons represent youth, rising adulthood, midlife, and old age. The word has evolved within Romance languages (as well as and ) to mean ""century"": Saeculum A saeculum is a length of time roughly equal to the potential lifetime"
"""carpe diem"", in imitation of the Greek poet Anacreon and his epigones. The two anacreontic sonnets are also most likely homages to Edmund Spenser. Spenser's Amoretti and Epithalamion have a three-part structure: a sonnet sequence of 89 sonnets, a small series of anacreontic verses and a longer epithalamium. Shakespeare imitates Spenser with a sequence of 152 sonnets, two anacreontic sonnets and a long complaint. Sonnet 153 and 154 are used as a statement to address the conflict within the love triangle. The Dark Lady is the object of desire from sonnet 127 to 152. The sonnets revolve around the love"
"Pie Jesu ""Pie Jesu"" (original Latin: ""Pie Iesu"") is a text from the final couplet of the ""Dies irae"" and often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass as a motet. The settings of the Requiem Mass by Luigi Cherubini, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Kim André Arnesen and Fredrik Sixten include a ""Pie Jesu"" as an independent movement. Of all these, by far the best known is the ""Pie Jesu"" from Fauré's Requiem. Camille Saint-Saëns said of Fauré's ""Pie Jesu"" that ""[J]ust as Mozart's is the only 'Ave verum corpus', this is the only 'Pie"
"hymnals list it as ""traditional""). Dona nobis pacem (canon) ""Dona nobis pacem"" () is a song with Latin text, often sung as a canon or round (where each section starts a new voice). The words, which mean ""Grant us peace"", come from a portion of the Agnus Dei from the Roman Catholic Latin Mass. It is the invocation to the Lamb of God to have mercy and grant peace to the worshipers. It is said to have been introduced into the Mass by Pope Sergius I in 687, and is the last phrase of the Latin form: The origin of"