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YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS

PLEASE use the sharing buttons! Thanks! In your charity would you please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read? Continued from THESE. Let’s remember all who are ill, who will … Read More

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National Chess Day Sale – 11 October

Get some chess stuff! Do you have a board already? Get one for a friend. Every house, especially with kids, should have chess set. There are electronics you can use to train, along with books… remember books? Interested in learning?  … Read More

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ROME 25/10 – Day 14: A blessing

7:16 is when the sun brought rosy fingered Dawn to Rome. The  Roman sun sets today at 18:37.   We move from the 19:00 cycle to the 18:45 cycle for the non-ringing of the Ave Maria Bell. It is the Feast … Read More

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Cross-Posting with One Peter Five: 18th Sunday after Pentecost

Some of you may know that I also post a weekly offering at One Peter Five.  I comment on the readings for the upcoming Sunday Mass, and sometimes also an oration.  Here is something of what I wrote for this … Read More

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ROME 25/10 – Day 13: “Clergy Appreciation Month”. 50% off. Oh… and food.

At 7:15 the sun crept over the Seven Hills like Augustus’s shade inspecting his quondam empire, gilding the domes and pigeons of Rome in imperial light. By 18:39, Sol will yawn and slip behind Janiculum, leaving the city to its … Read More

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ROME 25/10 – Day 11/12

Hodie Romae sol ortus est hora septima et quartadecima minuta. Occidet autem hora duodevicesima et quadragesima minuta. Campana “Ave Maria” pulsari debet hora undevicesima. Hic dies festus est sancti Ioannis Henrici Newman atque sancti Abrahae Patriarchae Veteris Testamenti. Eodem die … Read More

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9 October – Feast of St. John Henry Newman – WDTPRS: Collect for Newman and “Lead, Kindly Light”

Here is the COLLECT for the Feast of  St. John Henry Newman Memorial, anniversary of the day, 9 October 1845, when he was brought into greater light and received into Holy Catholic Church at Littlemore. Pope Leo XIV will proclaim … Read More

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Another report of pain in the Diocese of Charlotte

I warmly recommend this piece at Crisis for your reading and your wide sharing with all whom you know. You may know the facts. The Bishop of Charlotte suppressed the people who had a Traditional Latin Mass in different locations, … Read More

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The Altar of Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica. What a shame.

What a shame that altar was torn out.  The Altar of Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica. I was there that morning and saw them doing it.  They hadn’t gotten the crime finished before we priests were about to say our … Read More

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ROME 25/10 – Day 10: ASK FATHER: “What is the Ave Maria Bell?”

7:12 was when the chariot of Helios began to grace the Roman skies. 18:44 is when Pyrois, Eous, Aethon, and Phlegon will seeks their nightly stable. 19:00 is when the Ave Maria Bell should ring. Yeah… it’s day 10, not … Read More

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