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From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-04-01 – A scare
April 1st, 2026 Dear Diary, I had a nasty little fright today. Finance thing. Worse, donor thing. Worst, Knights of Malta thing. Turns out there were phone calls which Fr. Gilbert intercepted from a couple of the local Malta gents, … Read More
3 April: Feast of St. Richard of Chichester. A comment about science.
The feast of St. Richard of Chichester cannot go by without my remembering a limerick my old pastor Msgr. Richard Schuler would occasionally quote: There was an old Bishop of Chichester, Who said thrice (the Latin for which is ‘ter’), … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 45: Good Friday – Christ and our moral suffering
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Triduum discipline. We hear about Holy Cross in Jerusalem, the Roman Station for the Good Friday, where relics of the Passion are preserved with soil from Calvary. Card. Bacci talks … Read More
ROME 26/3– Day 10: Thursday in Holy Week
On this Holy Thursday the Roman sun arose at 06:49. The tramonta will be at 19:39. Listen for the Ave Maria Bell at 20:00… you won’t hear it… except at The Parish™ where it rings at the more technically accurate time rather than merely … Read More
ASK FATHER: 9 1st Fridays but how do Good Friday (April 3) and St. Joseph (May 1) impact that?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: If we are keeping the 9 first Fridays, with the Votive Mass of the Sacred Heart, how do Good Friday (April 3) and St. Joseph (May 1) impact them? I get your point: rulz iz rulz, … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 44: Holy Thursday – Why we eat the victim
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about St. John Lateran, the Roman Station for the Mass of the Last Supper. Card. Schuster gives insights into the Lesson for the Mass and about … Read More
ROME 26/3– Day 09: Wednesday in Holy Week
Tonight during Tenebrae we sang: Tuus est dies, et tua est nox: * tu fabricátus es auróram et solem. Tu fecísti omnes términos terræ: * æstátem et ver tu plasmásti ea. The Lord’s Sun rose upon Rome at 06::51. His … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 43: Spy Wednesday of Holy Week
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about St. Mary Major on the Esquiline Hill, the Roman Station. Fr. Troadec why we read all the accounts of the Passion. Card. Schuster presents the … Read More
Following years of abuse Knights of Malta to formally split with the Holy See
First, this… Arthur Roche leaving Divine Worship to become patron of the Order of Malta, according to a Vatican source. If true, great opportunity for Pope Leo to appoint a non-sociopath to supervise liturgy. — Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) March 29, … Read More
ROME 26/3– Day 08: Tuesday in Holy Week
In Rome, sunrise was at 06:52. Sunset was at 19:37. The Ave Maria Bell is listed in the 20:00 cycle. Things are going along at one might expect. I did have a bit of a surprise yesterday, however. As you … Read More
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