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Author Archives: Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
Daily Rome Shot 851
Photo from The Great Roman™ Welcome new registrants: nithinmathew prestbury Mary Y popshots Zeddy Tbone Meanwhile,… white to move and mate in TWO. Think fast! NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 5th Sunday after Epiphany (N.O.: 32nd) 2023
Share the good stuff. It’s the 5th Sunday Remaining after Epiphany in the Vetus Ordo and the 32nd Sunday of the Novus Ordo. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? … Read More
“There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom up. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary.”
I spotted this and it made me think of the potential – perhaps more and more real – of the the burden of moral injury on the part of faithful, traditionally-minded priests. On this day in 1885, George Smith Patton … Read More
26 November 2023 – STIR UP SUNDAY
26 November 2023 will be the 34th and Last Sunday after Pentecost, the last Sunday of this liturgical year. That means it will be STIR UP SUNDAY! Make your plans now so you don’t have to rush around or find … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 850
I’m back in my old chair. *sigh* And what news comes in? *sigh* I think I’m coming down with something. Welcome registrants: RTservo Baron Frank Meanwhile, I’ve asked for prayers to Bl. Luigi Maria Monti for Giancarlo. He was rushed … Read More
Pause. Ask your guardian angel to guard you. Done? Bp. Strickland. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Pause for a moment, now, and ask your guardian angel to guard you. Don’t be flowery. Ask. We have all read with unsurprised shock the announcement in today’s Bollettino, ironically under “rinuncie e nomine… resignations and appointments”. Sollevamento del Vescovo di … Read More
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NOT ROME 23/10 – Day 41: My View For Awhile – Last leg
UPDATE: When I updated this post from the airplane with the cat photo (below), I think the cat ate the chess puzzle. Darn cats. BLACK to move. MATE in FOUR. Use force! In Rome I might have seen the sun … Read More
NOT ROME 23/10 – Day 40: Back in the USA and a quick glimpse of Rome
In Rome the sun rose without me at 06:50 and it will set at 16:58. The Ave Maria Bell is to be at 17:30 but it won’t be rung. It is the Anniversary of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, … Read More
