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Monthly Archives: October 2024
Rome 24/10 – Day 27: The end of time
The sun rose today at 7:35 on the Vatican curial calendar but the hour is now different since daylight savings ended at 03:00 here in the Central European Time zone: hence 6:37 (the calendar is off a couple minutes according … Read More
BOOK REPORT: Brother Petroc’s Return by S.M.C.
Brother Petroc’s Return by S.M.C. US HERE – UK HERE Recommended to me by a priest friend recently here in Rome. I found it on Amazon.it and read it in one evening. Charming. No doubt S. M.C = Sr. Mary … Read More
Rome 24/10 – Day 26: Waiting for the bride
For the sun’s rising, I can report the hour of 07:34. Sunset is still a bit in the future as I write at 18:14. The Ave Maria is still in the 18:30 cycle. It is the feast of St. Dimitri … Read More
Annual St Crispin Day – Henry V speech roundup!
What you have been waiting for all month, I’m sure, knowing that soon it would be St. Crispin’s. The 3rd c. martyrs Crispin and Crispinian were killed in Soissons. They converted people as they plied their trade as cobblers and … Read More
Rome 24/10 – Day 25: “This day is called the Feast of Crispian…”
Behind the clouds over Rome, the sun rose at 07:32 and at 18:15 it will set, hopefully with no clouds, or at least no rain. I have to be out and about this evening. The Ave Maria ought to ring … Read More
Rome 24/10 – Day 24: Copies
While the sunset tonight will be at Rome’s 18:17, the sun rose behind rain clouds at 07:31. And I do mean rain. Tonight there ought to ring the Ave Maria in the 18:30 cycle in Roman Curia. However, I thought … Read More
23 October 2023 – The altar painting of the Holy Trinity by Guido Reni taken down for an exposition.
23 October 2023 – The altar painting of the Holy Trinity at Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini in Rome by Guido Reni is taken down for an exposition.
Rome 24/10 – Day 23: The Deposition
At 7:30 the sun rose here in Rome. It set at 18:18. The Ave Maria is at 18:30 I think a church in the neighborhood is ringing the Ave Maria. I’ll try to capture it. It was 3-4-5-1 at exactly … Read More
Rome 24/10 – Day 22: Over the river
07:29 for the sun rise and 18:20 for the sunset here in Rome. It was a lovely midday and not so lovely late afternoon. The Ave Maria is 18:30. It is/was the Feast of St. John Paul II. Lord, thank … Read More
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