Pretty interesting; it's nice to hear some Catholic context about the eclipse. My coworkers are mostly trying to line up the timing to US-only events, such as grid takeover, alien reveals, and protestant eisegesis of the rapture, as if we are the center of the world, haha. We're located in the path of totality, so the local news has been hyping up the event.
Total eclipses happen about every 18 months around the world, so I wonder if it could be just another natural phenomenon on the 8th, with an artificial importance? Have other eclipses lined up with important feast days? In 2017 I remember a friend giving me a pamphlet about the Apocalypse and some celestial event regarding Virgo and the Sun, but nothing happened.