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Category Archives: My View
ROME 22/06 – Day 23: Resistance is futile
Sunset was at 20:52 and, somewhere the Ave Maria may have rung at 21:15. The sunrise was at a distant 5:33. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance, it’s really important for me. US HERE – UK HERE And please let any … Read More
ROME 22/06 – Day 21: Different kinds of pawns
We are past the Solstice. Sunrise was at 5:33 and sunset will be at 20:52. The Ave Maria should ring at 21:15 One of the saddest lines in all of the New Testament, but also one leading to profound mysteries, … Read More
ROME 22/06 – Day 20: Field of flowers
Sunrise was at 5:33 and sunset at 20:51 and the Ave Maria, were it to chime in SCV, 21:15. The Summer Solstice occurred at 9:13 UTC. It is the Feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga in both the Novus and Vetus. … Read More
ROME 22/06 – Day 18: Honoring the Blessed Sacrament
On this fine, sunny, hot, Roman June day the sunset occurred at 5:32. Sunset, 20:51. Ave Maria, you already know….21:15. Today in many places there was the “external” celebration of Corpus Christi, or Corpus Domini, or Corpus et Sanguis Domini, … Read More
ROME 22/06 – Day 16: A video stroll and a Vietnamese hero
You know how this goes… 5:32 – 20:50 – 21:15. I went into Trastevere today over the Sistine Bridge, the Ponte Sisto, my favorite Roman bridge. My goal was to visit S. Giovanni de Matha (closed), S. Dorotea, S. M. … Read More
ROME 22/6 – DAY 15:
These long Roman summer days. This one started with sunrise at 5:32 and will conclude with sunset at 20:50. The ringing of the Ave Maria is scheduled for 21:15. It is the traditional Feast of Corpus Christi, often observed on … Read More
ROME 22/6 – DAY 14: Stirring it up a little
I was not up to see it, but I am confident that the Roman sunrise was at 5:32 and that the sunset will be at 20:50. In the Vatican City State the Ave Maria bell won’t ring at 21:15 as … Read More
St Philip Neri’s revived Confraternity fed the poor and got attacked for it. Wherein Fr. Z rants
I seek to accomplish a few things in this post. First, it is good to set the record straight, lately distorted by a minor trad site, gloria.tv. Also, repeat something I’ve bashed away at for years, but haven’t bashed lately. … Read More
ROME 22/6 – DAY 13: What is it with Jesuits and cubes?
5:32 was sunrise in Rome and 20:49 will be sunset, by which time I hope to be eating Spaghetti alle vongole with The Great Roman™. The Ave Maria bell is in its 22:15 cycle. I put some time and energy … Read More
ROME 22/6 – DAY 12: Full iron circle
The time of sunrise in Rome today was 5:32. Sunset will fall at 20:49. The Ave Maria won’t ring at 21:15 in the Vatican, but it should ring at one Roman parish at 21:19. It is the feast of St. … Read More
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