Monthly Archives: March 2026

ROME 26/3– Day 08: Tuesday in Holy Week

In Rome, sunrise was at 06:52. Sunset was at 19:37. The Ave Maria Bell is listed in the 20:00 cycle. Things are going along at one might expect. I did have a bit of a surprise yesterday, however. As you … Read More

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LENTCAzT 2026 – 42: Tuesday of Holy Week – Peter’s Passion

A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about Santa Prisca on the Aventine Hill, the Roman Station. The identity of St Prisca is uncertain. One tradition claims that she is identical with Priscilla, … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Judas and the 300 denarii v. the 30 pieces of silver

From a reader… QUAERITUR: A blessed Holy Week to you! I noticed that in the Gospel Judas complained that the ointment could have been sold for 300 coins. Are those the same coins with which he was paid later? Is … Read More

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WDTPRS – Tuesday in Holy Week: Our grasp on Christ, His grasp on us

[A special note for priests alone at the end.  Nobody else look! o{];¬) ] COLLECT (1962MR & 2002MR): Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis ita dominicae passionis sacramenta peragere, ut indulgentiam percipere mereamur. This prayer was in the 1962MR on Tuesday … Read More

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ROME 26/3– Day 07: Monday in Holy Week

If you were up and watching from the high ground, the Roman sun appeared at 06:55. No matter how low you may have been… no comment… the Roman sun set at 19:35, 5 minutes after the place where I pick … Read More

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LENTCAzT 2026 – 41: Monday of Holy Week – All tenderness

A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about Santa Praessede, the Roman Station, and also the former Station, connected to Peter when he fled Rome. Fr. Troadec has a beautiful reflection on the … Read More

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ROME 26/3– Day 06: Palm Sunday

For this Palm Sunday, European “Daylight Savings has kicked in.  We lost an hour, but we are back in usual sync with the USA. Today the sun rise in Rome was, therefore, 06:56, rather than 05:56.  Sunset is al 19:34, … Read More

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Tradition … “safeguard the faith and combat error”

Msgr. Gherardini was one of our profs at the Pontifical Lateran University. Check out this piece at One Peter Five, in which Gherardini’s thought about Tradition and the 1988 consecrations by Archbp. Lefevbre is briefly exposed. […] I will not … Read More

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What the Bishop of Charlotte is doing – UPDATE

UPDATE: A commentator pointed out… The photo in that first Tweet is not from the Diocese of Charlotte, though it is related to altar rails. https://www.facebook.com/groups/preservationsummorumpontificum/posts/979114669745334/ Apparently, Bishop of Boise, Idaho, ordered the disuse of altar rails in 2023 and … Read More

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LENTCAzT 2026 – 40: Palm Sunday – GO TO CONFESSION

A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about St. John Lateran, the Roman Station. I rant for a little while. Yesterday’s podcast – HERE

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