Daily Rome Shot 1516

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I spotted it first at Catholic World Report, a repost from the blog of a priest in Michigan, Fr. Steve Mattson. Fr. Mattson reacts to the … what shall we called them… despotic antics? … regarding sacred worship by Most Reverend Michael Martin, OFM Conv., Bishop of Charlotte. It seems appropriate to post on this today, the anniversary of the death of Benedict XVI, because Fr. Mattson says he was greatly influenced by Ratzinger’s liturgical views and proposals. He recounts the effects on the congregation from putting in a communion rail (I saw this with my own eyes at a parish where I was the weekend help). He closes:

My advice to the lay faithful, even if he never does what I propose, is to keep on praying, keep on receiving, and keep on having babies. The future is theirs. And it’s reverent.

Wordle today: 4

NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

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White to move and mate in 4.