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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
ROME 25/10 – Day 23: Dynamite meal and sad news
I was purposely still asleep at sunrise, which was at 7:26. I was purposely not asleep for sunset which was at 18:23. The Ave Maria Bell would not have rung at 18:30 whether I was awake to hear it or … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 22: Development of Chicken
When the sun rose over Rome it was 7:25. It set awhile ago at 18:24. The Ave Maria Bell was to ring at 18:45. This is the 19th Sunday after Pentecost. Welcome registrants: Livingstone33 uncle051 Please remember me when shopping … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 19th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 29th) 2025
Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this 19th Sunday after Pentecost, … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 21: Broken stuff
At 7:24 the sun broke the plane of the horizon. It shall once again sink beneath it on the other side of the arc at 18:26. The Ave Maria Bell, in its Curial cycle format, ought to ring at 18:45. … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 20: BANNED!
7:23 and 18:28 and 18:45 In the traditional calendar it is the Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the Visitandine who received the messages of the Most Sacred Heart. Welcome Registrants: tz123 wzphl5 Luke Yesterday I treated myself to … Read More
Do you miss him yet?
Each and every day. Pope John Paul II was elected to the papacy on this day in 1978. pic.twitter.com/vvqKaBOtPg — Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) October 16, 2025 My ordaining bishop.
ROME 25/10 – Day 19: Yum
7:22 saw the sun rise here in Rome. 18:29 will see the sunset. 18:45 won’t hear the Ave Maria Bell that is supposed to ring. It is the 289th day of the civil year. There are 77 days left. Advent, … Read More
“There has never been anything like this in history; in doing this we are despising and proscribing the Church’s whole past.”
I saw the quote on twitter, but it was without a citation. I did some digging: “For fostering a true consciousness in liturgical matters, it is also important that the proscription against the form of liturgy in valid use up … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 18: reconstruction of the face of a world changing saint
7:21 18:31 18:45 By now… you know. Today is the Feast of St. Teresa of Avila (+4 Oct 1582). Last year I posted – HERE – that the tomb of St. Teresa was opened for examination and her body was … Read More
Study sheds light on generational divide among US priests – interesting stats, some not surprising but remain revelatory
The Pillar occasionally posts good things of interest, depending on the writer. In this case, Luke Coppen, my former (excellent) editor at the UK’s Catholic Herald posts about priests. Some excerpts with some emphases and comments. Study sheds light on … Read More
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