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Monthly Archives: October 2022
Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 20th Sunday after Pentecost (30th Ordinary – N.O.)
Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the 19h Sunday after Pentecost (29th … Read More
WDTPRS – 20th Sunday after Pentecost: Silence is a hallmark of the holy
This 20th Sunday after Pentecost’s ancient Collect is found without variation in the Liber Sacramentorum Gellonensis, written perhaps in Meaux, near Paris, between 790-800. The Gellone Sacramentary, which has Frankish influences, is a strand in the complicated web of manuscripts … Read More
ROME 22/10 – Day 23: Sups and Sips
7:29 was the moment of overcast sunrise in Rome and 18:19 is alotted for its setting. The Ave Maria Bell should be rung at 18:30. It is the 20th Sunday after Pentecost and the Feast of St. Severinus Boethius. He … Read More
Online video course on St. Augustine’s “City of God” to begin on 2 November ’22
My friend Robert Royal of The Catholic Thing and excellent commentator often on EWTN is going to teach another online course. I followed his courses on Dante’s Divine Comedy and on Augustine’s Confessions, both of which were worthwhile for me, even though … Read More
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ROME 22/10 – Day 22: A Tale of Two Pignatelli (…not a shape of pasta)
Our Roman glimpse of Helios was at 7:28 and the final glimpse should be at 18:20. The Ave Maria is slated for 18:30. In the older calendar we have today St. Mark of Jerusalem. In the newer calendar we have … Read More
ROME 22/10 – Day 21: Sirah, Sirloin and Sirleto
Sunrise: 7:27. Sunset 18:22. Ave Maria 18:30. It is the (new calendar) Feast of St. Gaspar del Bufalo, a great saint who fostered devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. An exorcist friend of mine describes how imploring a … Read More
ROME 22/10 – Day 20: Pizzas, Postcards and Pipsqueaks
Sunrise in Rome was scheduled for 07:26, and it happened. Sunset has been arranged by our Creator for 18:23. Today the Ave Maria bells moves up to 18:30 from 18:45. Time marches on. It is the Feast of St. John … Read More
DIEBUS SALTEM DOMINICIS – 20th Sunday after Pentecost: Tempus fugit.
“Brethren: Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” (Eph 5:15-16 … Read More
ROME 22/10 – Day 19: Slices
The Roman sun rose at 07:25 and it will set at 18:25, lest God determines otherwise. The forlorn Ave Maria bell should sound at 18:45. It is the Feast of St. Peter de Alcantara (+1562), a mighty Franciscan who was … Read More
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