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Monthly Archives: May 2025
ROME 25/5– Day 39: meat
I remain tired. Or, psychologically relieved. PTSD/Moral Injury for years. On this day we celebrate the one whom Dante put in Hell for having made “the great refusal”. Just goes to show that quitting the papacy is not recommended. We … Read More
Circi mei omnes omnesque simiae.
The face when you realize that now this is all YOUR circus, and they are all YOUR monkeys. pic.twitter.com/eKkjEhsc7d — ??. ??????, ?? (@dismasop) May 18, 2025 A new line? Circi mei omnes omnesque simiae. Fr. Z swag HERE.
ROME 25/5– Day 38: light and emotion
On this Sunday when we saw the Inaugural Mass of the Pontificate of Leo XIV, the sun rose over Rome at 5:45. After we celebrate Vespers tonight, our Roman evening will grow golden to the setting of the sun at … Read More
“Shut up, pray for the man, keep doing your thing and stay out of sight. Winter is not over. The wolves are not dead yet.”
I have a text group which includes very bright, highly credentialed men, of high caliber and “work” experience, including a religious, curial official, rooted Roman, etc. This is something that appeared today in the “stream”. I’ve edited it and pasted … Read More
Peter.. keys.. net… coat of arms… regnal name. Yeah.
Leo XIV’s “Fisherman’s Ring” for the beginning of his pontificate. Not bad. A0 L’Anello del Pescatore, che sarà consegnato a Papa Leone XIV durante la celebrazione per l’inizio del Ministero Petrino, su cui è raffigurata l’immagine di San Pietro con … Read More
4th Sunday after Easter (Vetus Ordo): St. James, anger, and your
Our look into the first reading for Sunday’s Holy Mass in the Vetus Ordo of the Roman Rite continues with the Epistle for the 4th Sunday after Easter which is from the Letter of the Apostle St. James. James is … Read More
ROME 25/5– Day 37: hard choices
5:46 – this was sunrise 20:28 – this will be sunset 20:45 – this is for the Ave Maria Bell St. Paschal Baylón is remembered on his feast day. He was a model of perseverance in pursuing his vocation. He … Read More
ROME 25/5– Day 36: Caponata
On this Feast of St. John Nepomuceno the sun came into view at 5:47. We will lose sight of it again at 20:27. Our ears will not hear the un-run Ave Maria Bell at 20:45 in the Roman Curia, but … Read More
Concerning the Pope’s… Popes’… pectoral Cross
This is a new Cross…
ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?
The Eternal City became noticeably brighter with the rising of the sun at 5:48. The light will diminish significantly at 20:26. The Ave Maria Bell is in the 20:45 cycle right now. It is Feast of St. Jean Baptiste de … Read More
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