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Monthly Archives: November 2024
My View For Awhile: last leg – UPDATING
In Rome the sun rose at 06:58 and it set at 18:51. The Ave Maria in reality is in the 19:15 cycle. The calendar guys finally got it right. It is the feast of the “second founder” of the Jesuits, … Read More
USA Day 2 – Scratching that itch
Last night we were out for Chinese in Queens! Our place has good, but not great Xiao Long Bao. I really miss my old place where they were exceptionally. They went to the zoo after covid theatre and change things … Read More
I had a funny thought about a possible US Ambassador to the Holy See – UPDATED
I had a funny thought. I wonder what would happen if President Again Trump appointed Bp. Joseph Strickland as Ambassador to the Holy See. After all, every single one of the Holy See’s Ambassadors are bishops. No one can say … Read More
USA Day 1 – A soft landing
Back in Rome, the sun was supposed to rise at 06:56 and set at 16:53, the two ends of the day clamping in on the residents like a Death Star dumpster. The numbskulls who are in charge of the Roman … Read More
Rome 10/24 – My view for awhile – UPDATED
I was up well before sunrise at 06:45. I wont see anything of sunset at 16:45. The calendar still has the Ave Maria at 17:30. Grrr. Thank you for this day, Lord. It is the Feast of St Juan Diego. … Read More
Rome 24/10 – LAST full Day 42: chores
On this my last full day in Rome the sun rose at 06:53. It set at 16:55. They are still screwing up the Ave Maria Bell on the calendar. Telling. Thank you, Lord, for this day. Thank you for tomorrow. … Read More
Rome 24/10 – Day 41: Another heartbreak
The sun rose behind clouds at 06:52. I hope we will have clear skies when it sets at 16:56. The Ave Maria should ring in its 17:15 cycle and the Vatican calendar has still got it wrong. I double … Read More
Catholic Unscripted on FIRE
This is amazing… it’s not just about that tragedy who is Welby. Even if you have to put it on a high speed, watch and/or listen. I’m an old vet of the Catholic internet and these three are newcomers. They … Read More
Thoughts about the Feast of the Dedication of a Church: “It is not the same thing to pray in private, or to pray in the sacred sanctuary and to take part in the rites of Catholic Liturgy.”
Today at Mass for this Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica I was struck by the beauty of the orations and imagery. First, there was the collect, which I mention elsewhere. The first reading is from the Book … Read More
WDTPRS: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, Rome’s Cathedral
Since I am in Rome, it is appropriate to post about the Feast of the Dedication of the Papal Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior and St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist, which we call St John … Read More
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