Daily Rome Shot 1040

Yesterday in Norway, in Round 8, Magnus beat Pragg and retains the lead.  Alas, Hikaru lost to Firouzja.  Fabiano beat Ding.  All the commentators are worried about Ding Liren.   Some wondered if this wasn’t some sort of stratagem before having to face Gukesh for the world title.   It doesn’t seem likely.  Some people wondered if Francis’ erratic statements were some sort of stratagem.  Also, not likely.  Perhaps a tactic.

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White to move and mate in 2.

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Daily Rome Shot 1039 – and a question

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In Norway, Nakamura beat Magnus who flagged in armageddon and the leader gap has narrowed.  Ding broke his losing streak by drawing against Pragg but lost in armageddon.   Magnus is still in the lead.

White to move and mate in 3.

NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

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“Katonda!” The Feast of St Charles Lwanga, Martyr. A patron saint for LGBT

“Katonda!”St Charles Lwanga

This year, using the Traditional Missale Romanum, we celebrate today the Feast of St. Charles Lwanga.  The decree Cum sanctissima allows for the celebration of Saints canonized after 1962 provided that the day is not some feast that would outweigh it.

If you don’t know this saint, be sure to read this.  It is powerful.


As “Pride” month continues…

Today is the feast of St. Charles Lwanga and companions, murder victims and martyrs of homosexual depravity.

Today we might also contemplate the various ways in which the State is encroaches in our lives in this regard and tries to force us to do things that are repugnant to nature and to God’s laws.

Today we should especially ask God to forgive and convert all those who in any way have contributed to or succumbed to any aspect of what is rightly called toxic “gender theory” and called demonic, due to its origin.

More on that HERE and HERE and HERE.

Today is the feast day of a saint, who died as a martyr especially because he resisted a sodomite king, who was furious that he and many children wouldn’t have homosexual sex with him.

St. Charles Lwanga and many other martyrs died between 1885 and 1887 in Uganda. They were beatified in 1920 and canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964.

In 1879 the White Fathers were working successfully as missionaries in Uganda.  They were, at first well received by King Mutesa.

Then there came a new pharaoh, as it were.

Mutesa died and his son, Mwanga, took over.  He was a ritual pedophile.

Charles Lwanga, a 25 year old man who was a catechist, forcefully protected boys in his charge from the king’s sodomite advances.

The king had murdered an Anglican Bishop and tried to get his page, who was protected by Joseph Mukasa, later beheaded for his trouble.  On the night of the martyrdom of Joseph Mukasa, Lwanga and other pages sought out the White Fathers for baptism. Some 100 catechumens were baptized.

A few months later, King Mwanga ordered all the pages to be questioned to find out if they were being catechized.  15 Christians 13 and 25 identified themselves.  When the King asked them if they were willing to keep their faith, They answered in unison, “Until death!”

They were bound together and force marched for 2 days to Namugongo where they were to be burned at the stake.  On the way, Matthias Kalemba, one of the eldest boys, exclaimed, “God will rescue me. But you will not see how he does it, because he will take my soul and leave you only my body.”  He was cut to pieces and left him by the road.

When they reached Nanugongo, they were kept tied together for seven days while the executioners prepared the wood for the fire.

On 3 June 1886 (that year the Feast of the Ascension… therefore a Thursday), Charles Lwanga was separated from the others and burned at the stake. The executioners burnt his feet until only the charred stumps remained.  He survived.  His tormentors promised that they would let him go if he renounced his Faith. Charles refused saying, “You are burning me, but it is as if you are pouring water over my body.”  They set him on fire.

As flames engulfed him he said in a loud voice, “Katonda! – My God!”

“Katonda!”  … Better than “Wakanda!”

His companions were also burned together the same day. They prayed and sang hymns.

Charles Lwanga and companions died for their Faith and because they resisted the intrinsically evil of homosexual sex.

[…]

Charles Lwanga, pray for us!

Katonda!

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Thanks to the Great Roman.  Here are a couple of shots of the canonization ceremony for St. Charles and companions…. during Vatican II.


Meanwhile….

 

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Daily Rome Shot 1038

Yesterday in Italy was the observance of the Feast of Corpus Christi.  I am glad that the custom of a Eucharistic procession from St. John Lateran to St. Mary Major has been revived.  I have great memories of years past with John Paul II and Benedict XVI and truly massive throngs of people.

This year members of the Archconfraternity from The Parish™, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, founded by St. Philip Neri, participated in the Mass at St John Lateran and the procession.  You can tell from the seating, how “senior” the Archconfraternity is.  Here are the “guardians” of the Archconfraternity, including The Great Roman™.

Two members were asked to carry the canopy for the procession.

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Mate in 3.  Black to move.

NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

My thanks go out to someone who got one of the Remote Chess Academy courses using my link. I don’t know who or where you are, but thank you! I hope it helps your game. He’s a good teacher.

Everyone blunders.  That is, everyone makes moves in chess which, as soon as your hand leaves the piece you’ve moved, you see that it was a dreadful error, sometimes losing the game (not always).  Yesterday, in Norway, the world champion Ding Liren was pitted against undoubtedly the best chess player in the world, period, Magnus Carlsen.  As you know, Magnus declined to defend his title, which lead to a match between Candidates #2 and #3, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren. Dign won. Then Ding disappeared. He has said that he had health problems, which involved depression. Ding will soon have to defend his title against Dommaraju Gukesh. Ding has been playing again but losing a lot. A lot. He is a shadow of his former self. Some of the other players are concerned to the point that they are commenting. Some time ago, Magnus opined that Ding might be “broken”. In any event, yesterday in Norway Ding blundered mate in 2 against Magnus.

Here it is.  You can see what’s coming.  White’s queen swoops in on the h7 pawn in a clearance sacrifice.  Black’s king is forced to take.  White’s e4 rook slides over to h4 mate.  The king has nothing, because of the pawn on f5 and the bishop on that diagonal from d5 to g8.  This is so fundamental that everyone watch was shocked.

Magnus said:

“He just seems to be off. You can see it both from his demeanor, but also from the way that he often makes critical decisions quickly. He doesn’t think when he needs to think and just generally plays without any confidence. I wish him well, I hope he gets better, but for now it’s just sad to see.”

In your charity, perhaps you could stop and say a prayer for Ding Liren, who seems to be struggling.

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes: Corpus Christi or 2nd Sunday after Pentecost 2024

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 Corpus Christi (Sunday) or the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost?

Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.

Was there a procession with the Blessed Sacrament?

What hymns were sung?

Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?

A couple thoughts about the sign of the cross: HERE  A taste…

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Christ’s followers know by faith that bread is changed into His flesh and wine into His blood. Man cannot understand this, cannot perceive it; but a lively faith affirms that the change, which is outside the natural course of things, takes place. Under the different species, which are now signs only and not their own reality, there lie hid wonderful realities. His Body is our food, His Blood our drink. And yet Christ remains entire under each species. The communicant receives the complete Christ uncut, unbroken and undivided. Whether one receives or a thousand, the one receives as much as the thousand. Nor is Christ diminished by being received. The good and the wicked alike receive Him, but with the unlike destiny of life or death. To the wicked it is death, but life to the good. See how different is the result, though each receives the same.

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Daily Rome Shot 1037

Photo from The Great Roman™.  The Archconfraternity from The Parish™ is participating in the Eucharistic Procession – NOW – from St. John Lateran to St. Mary Major.

Welcome registrants:

CWheeler
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White to move.  Can you avoid a draw and get a win?  Not easy.


1.g4 a5 2.a4 Kf6 3.h4 Ke6 4.g5 Kf7 5. Kf5 Kg76.h5 Kf7 7.Ke5 and wins—and not 7.g6+ and draws!
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

Yesterday in Norway, BIG things took place.  All three classical games resolved in victories.  Hence, changes!  Hikaru Nakamrua defeated the struggling shadow of Ding Liren with black and Pragg beat Fabiano Caruana.  That means that Hikaru passed Fabi in the live classical ratings to become the world #2 with 2802.8.  Magnus Carlsen is in 2nd place in the tournament after beating Alireza Firouzja in a rook pawn endgame.  Magnus showed an important maneuver called triangulation at the end to gain the the right time and space against the enemy king.  From Chessbase:

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If you can’t visualize that, the idea is this.  Black’s king is up against the wall.  White’s king has more space to move.  Therefore, white’s king can move in a little triangle and still defend the pawn which restricts black’s king.   Then, once black’s king is out of position on e8, white can move Ke4 and then go to g6 get the pawn on h6.  There’s nothing black can do.  For example, 81…. Ke8 82. Ke4 Kf8 83. Kf5 Kf8 84. Kg6 Kg8. 85. Kxh6 Kf7 86. Kg5 (defends the f pawn).  One of them will queen.

Chess is about time and space. In some pawn endings you can take over the opposition and put your opponent in zugzwang by losing a tempo.

Interested in learning?  Try THIS.

3:16 isn’t just in John.

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Everybody out! 

At Fishwrap (National Sodomitic Reporter) a piece entitled:

Is now the time for LGBTQ priests and religious to come out?

Have we reached a moment when it’s time for the many LGBTQ bishops, priests, deacons, brothers and sisters of the Catholic Church to come out?

[…]

And then, later…

“For as some in the church may denounce us as a blight upon the purity of the church, in fact Catholicism depends on us, and has done so for a very long time. Gay, bisexual priests and deacons preside at the sacraments not just in big cities, but in significant numbers throughout the Catholic Church. LGBTQ religious teach, do research and write the papers that both leaders and the faithful depend on. We work for justice and serve the neediest and most forgotten. LGBTQ Catholic clergy and religious run institutions such as colleges and soup kitchens, refugee centers and the church’s own dioceses. And in what remains, despite Francis’ best efforts, as a pretty bleak time in the church, we help keep the faith alive, even as some of our fellow clergy and religious demean us or label us predators.”

First of all, I do not for a moment accept the premise that “Catholicism depends on us”.  Absurd.  The writer is delusional.  Catholicism cannot depend on something that is a disorder.  The acts are sinful.  Catholicism is the corrective for disorder and for sins.

That said, I say, “Go for it!”   Yup.  Everybody out!  Declare yourselves!  Go ahead.

 

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Daily Rome Shot 1036

Hey a******900@charter.net! My thank you note was kicked back. New email?

You too, s*****41@nc.rr.com

Black to move and mate in 4.

NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

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From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus” – 24-05-30 – Bishops meeting

30 May 2024

Dear Diary,

Next meeting in Louisville, long haul drive, I think I can do it. Or rather Fr. Tommy or Gilbert, can, drive.  At least I don’t have to get on a plane. Happy memories of cousin Barney’s wedding in Louisville. Gonna head for the bar and get a mint julep and a hot brown sandwich – bacon, turkey, cheese and more cheese.

If I rest up a lot before, I think I can look okay to the guys, my old chipper self. Can’t show weakness, that’s for sure. They smell blood in the water and start looking at you like you’re gonna get a visit from……someone. Like the Noonch – can’t believe Florange is still here even though he’s now well over 75. They’ll say it’s governance issues or something, and then two brother bishops show up to evaluate your outfit. And evaluate you. I mean me. Can’t have that. Gotta look like I run a tight ship and that I’m all right. Got the material for the meeting this week – always more paper than I can ever read. There’ll be a presentation on something like the laity/marriage/family life/pro-life/youth/young adult ministry thing is now all folded in somehow. Did I miss when that happened? Is that the latest thing? Do I have to fold all my offices together? I’ve got separate offices for all that – and separate staff – each with their own great furniture! Do I have to combine those? Dang it, that means I might have to fire people – that’s the first thing I can think of and I hate that because then I’m the bad guy. But, I might get some of their furniture. That’s a win-win for me.

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“Christ was a porter when he opened the gates of hell. He was an exorcist when he…”.

I saw something great at Twitter/X.  Full credit to an Irish Dominican Fr Conor McDonough, OP for what I am reorganizing and posting.

‘Christ was a porter when he opened the gates of hell. He was an exorcist when he expelled the seven demons from Mary Magdalene. He was a lector when he opened the book of Isaiah. He was a subdeacon when he turned water into wine at Cana in Galilee.’

‘He was a deacon when he washed the feet of the disciples. He was a priest when he received bread and broke it and blessed it. He was a bishop when he raised his hands to the heavens and blessed his apostles’ (Collectio Canonum Hibernensis, early 8th century).

I spent some time looking for the origin of these images.    They seem to be from a 9th c. Missal from the Abbey of Corbie, the Sacramentaire grégorien dit de Corbie ou de Saint Eloi.   But… I can’t find it.   I found the Sacramentary (HERE), but it didn’t have these images!

 

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