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Monthly Archives: January 2026
WDTPRS: Septuagesima Sunday
The Collect of the Mass for Septuagesima Sunday is bracing. It has a different feel than many of our Sunday orations. Bl. Ildefonso Schuster observes, that this prayer “betrays the deep affliction which weighed on the soul of St. Gregory … Read More
Sunday “in the seventieth” – Septuagesima
We have already come to Septuagesima Sunday, so early this year thanks to the vagaries of the Moon. Pre-Lent is here. With the traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, in the Vetus Ordo, you cannot be surprised by Lent sneaking … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1540 – Request
I ask that in your kindness you might say a decade of the Rosary for my mother. Welcome registrants: Edsterman calenyulmaion
Daily Rome Shot 1539 – Request
Before all else, I ask that in your kindness you might say a decade of the Rosary for my mother. Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance … Read More
29 Jan – Hearts and Vinegar – A sweet and sour taste of St. Francis de Sales in Benedict XVI’s ‘Spe salvi’
In the traditional Roman calendar, today is the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor. He was a great warrior for the Church in the face of the Protestant Revolt. According to the Louis de la Rivière in … Read More
Dezinformatsiya is alive and well
Some years ago I read a stunning, alarming, enlightening book: Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategies for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism by Ronald Rychlak and Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa. Rychlak wrote books about the smearing of … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1538
Today’s Wordle: 5 Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, groceries, etc.. At no extra cost, you provide … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1537
Interior of San Nicola in Carcere, in which Card. Burke is celebrant and I am the deacon… fitting, since I was ordained a deacon in this church. Meanwhile… Assim era a caligrafia de São Tomás de Aquino pic.twitter.com/4LZjHLFwo2 — Abrace … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 1536
I was ordained a deacon in this church. Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links. US HERE – WHY? This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, groceries, etc.. At … Read More
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