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Monthly Archives: October 2016
Rome Days 1-2: Of clams and griffons
I’ve been on the move since I got here with a large group of people. A shot from last nights supper. About all I was able to manage was a place of veg. Today I stopped at the shop where … Read More
Consistory
By now you have heard that there will be a consistory in November to create new Cardinals. The latest batch is a mixed bag. I have been going a zillion miles an hour since I hit Rome so I … Read More
Pray
We are on a cusp. Consistory announced today. Presidential debate tonight. I feel like…. Just pray. UPDATE: I’m afraid, in the matter of worldly goods. I’m very afraid. In the matter of heavenly goods, I remain unshaken. Friends, don’t let … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What was the good point you heard in the sermon for your Mass of obligation this Sunday. I didn’t preach. I said Mass very quietly at a side altar in Roman church with one young fellow making quiet responses. I … Read More
My View For Awhile: Long Trip Edition
I’m on my way for what’ll be a fairly long Italian sojourn, to include two pilgrimages. Happily Hurricane Matthew has started out too sea, so it sseems he…she… it won’t be a factor today. Remember when hurricanes were all female? … Read More
St John Paul II on the Rosary and the Family
St. John Paul II wrote in his 2002 Apostolic Letter on the Rosary, Rosarium Virginis Mariae: 6. … A similar need for commitment and prayer arises in relation to another critical contemporary issue: the family, the primary cell of society, increasingly … Read More
Thanks to readers and upcoming Mass for benefactors
Thanks to all you readers who are also monthly and occasional donors. I am grateful for your help, without which this is not possible. Thanks also to those of you who have sent items from my wish lists, stuff or … Read More
Of this and that
I am packing for my flight to Italy tomorrow. I’m pretty sure that my flights won’t be affected by nasty weather. Speaking of nasty weather, this morning I had a call from my mother in Florida, right on the coast where the … Read More
“In pensive mood I trod My garden plot one day;…”
Autumn Sighs By Cyril Robert In pensive mood I trod My garden plot one day; October’s smile was weary so! It’s green was gloomy gray. Where are the strains of summer gone? Its sun the livelong day? With sudden sadness … Read More
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