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I was delighted to see “my” vestment in use at the parish today. It was just one of seven beautiful red vestments which some of you readers help to buy. Only one of the new ones has my coat-of-arms. The other reds there were in bad shape and all mismatched. Now there are lovely Roman chasubles in red that match.
Thank you, again. Next … BLACK! Those of you who couldn’t get in on the red, can get in on the BLACK sets.
In churchy news I noted with interest that the DUTCH Bishops – yes, you read that right – have uttered a collective “No” to blessings SS couples. It’s not a 110% repudiation, but we are talking about the Dutch! Also, in ITALY Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, 58, who – once secretary of the CDF – was sacked by Francis after the CDF’s document in 2021 against blessings for SS couples was just elected as the head of the Bishops’ Conference of Emilia-Romagna, a key region around heavily communist Bologna. That’s 15 dioceses including little San Marino-Montefeltro.
You are probably now thinking of the duplicitous denizen of the Inferno with the fraudulent Guido da Montefeltro, whom Dante encounters in canto 27. Guido, formerly a military leader who got himself excommunicated. Boniface lifts it and Guido become a friar. Then Boniface asks Guido’s advice about how to get rid of political enemies – inducing him to break a promise to stay out of things, with a promise to absolve the sin before Guido commits it. Nice. In the Italian, there is a fantastic sibilance when Guido speaks to imitate the sound of a rustling flame. The souls are like flames.
S’i’ credesse che mia risposta fosse
a persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
questa fiamma staria sanza più scosse;
ma però che già mai di questo fondo
non tornò vivo alcun, s’i’ odo il vero,
sanza tema d’infamia ti rispondo.
Click!
If I thought my answer was
to someone who might return to the world,
this flame would move no more;
but since from this depth it never happened
that anyone alive returned (if I hear right),
without fear of infamy I’ll answer you
Guido only says anything to Dante, because he doesn’t think anyone could leave the Inferno.
The 86th edition of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament is taking place on January 13-28 in Wijk aan Zee. It’s Round 7. I’m just tuning in because I was at OTB from 8-Noon getting my butt kicked. It was not pleasant but it was instructive. I have another opening to work on now, because this particular guy plays it a lot and it catches me off base. At Tata, however, I am delighted to report that, staying on theme, Vidit beat Puer.
My gal Ju drew. Nodirbeck beat Anish, which is interesting. He’s tough. In the Challengers Section, IM Eline Roebers (2381) beat GM Mustafa Yilmaz (2666) but today lost to Saleh Salem (2630) Maurizzi beat Niemann. Yay. Alas, Niemann drew today. Boo.
Elsewhere, a 14 yr old Ukrainian kid of Kyiv – perhaps ethically more mature than Puer – has become the world’s youngest grandmaster. This underscores just how low my spirits are in my pursuit, eventually, of a rating of 2000. I am ancient, in chess terms. The youngest ever GM was Abhimanyu Mishra, who was 12 in 2021.
Meanwhile, try this on for size!
White to play and mate in 2.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Today, 20 January, is the feast of early martyrs, St. Fabian, who became Pope and St. Sebastian, a soldier who had risen through the ranks at the time of Diocletian. When the Emperor learned that Sebastian was a Christian, the soldier was pressed with dire threats to apostatize. He refused. Sebastian was tied up and shot full of arrows, but he lived on, nursed to health by St. Irene. Having regained his health, he went to Diocletian and admonished him for his sins. He was then beaten to death with rods, fustuarium, a punishment of the legions.
St. Ambrose preached about Sebastian, saying that the saint was originally from Milan. In the medieval period he was increasingly invoked against Plague, probably because of the association of disease striking people like arrow from the blue. Also, in 680 Sebastian was invoked against a plague and it remitted.
Hence, it is not a surprise that Sebastian is invoked in the Rituale Romanum against disease in the first of the three orations declared by the priest.
Exáudi nos, Deus salutáris noster: et intercedénte beáta et gloriósa Dei genitríce María semper vírgine, et beáto Sebastiáno mártyre tuo, et ómnibus Sanctis, pópulum tuum ab iracúndiae tuae terróribus líbera, et misericórdiae tuae fac largitáte secúrum.
Vouchsafe to hear us, O God, our salvation: and, the glorious and blessed Mary, Mother of God and ever Virgin, of Thy martyr Saint Sebastian and all the saints interceding, free Thy people from the terrors of Thy wrath, and make them tranquil by the abundance of Thy mercy.
And apt prayer for evil times and on a pivotal day.
Preaching about Sebastian, St. Ambrose says (Exp. Ps. 118. ch. 20):
The persecutors who are visible are not the only ones. There are also invisible persecutors, much greater in number. This is more serious. Like a king bent on persecution, sending orders to persecute to his many agents, and establishing different persecutors in each city or province, the devil directs his many servants in their work of persecution, whether in public or in the souls of individuals.
Of this kind of persecution Scripture says: All who wish to live a holy life in Christ Jesus suffer persecution. “All” sufffer persecution; there is no exception. Who can claim exemption if the Lord himself endured the testing of persecution? How many there are today who are secret martyrs for Christ, giving testimony to Jesus as Lord! The Apostle knew this kind of martyrdom, this faithful witnessing to Christ; he said: This is our boast, the testimony of our conscience.
In our nation, persecution of individuals by the Left is on the rise. There are more than disease plagues! There more diseases than physical!
They are doing Satan’s work. It is right to pray against them using all our spiritual tools. Fathers! Take note! Recite Ch. 3 Title XI of the Rituale Romanum privately if you must. But say it.
Do not give in to the darkness by either running from it, or by descending into hatred.
Is God allowing things to happen in society and the Church to wake us all up? Many currents in the country are rapidly shifting to the Left. When people forget about God, God will provide wake up calls.
Was/is the pandemic one of the them? Are our elected and appointed leaders, secular and sacred, wake up calls?
Pray to St. Sebastian that God will treat us better than we deserve. Ask Him for miracle. Beg God for the sudden, complete reform of the Church, doctrinally, morally, especially liturgically.
I would so much rather that the peoples of the earth wake up to God by a great miracle than that they wake up because of a cataclysm.
I would so much rather that our persecutors wake up to their evils than that they eventually, unrepentant, go to Hell.
Let us pray.
And I send out my thanks to the many “Irenes” who been of aid to me.
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I am thrilled at yesterday’s results.
The most unlikable characters at the Tata Steel chess tournament, Alireza “the Boy” Firouzja and Hans Niemann, both got their asses kicked by girls.
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As far as Firouzja is concerned, at the moment he is unlikable because of the spoiled-brat behavior he exhibited at the end of the year to “farm” rating points and take the Candidate slot away from Wesley So. I may relent on that eventually. Niemann… just unlikable. Sorry.
Firouza (2759), who has been doing well, dropped to 4th after his drubbing by Women World Champion Ju Wenjun (2549). She had fought Ian Nepomniachtchi to an 80 move draw. Against the Boy she brought an end game that left the commentators flabbergasted at the calculation. It’s worth watching. People will talk about it for a long time and it’ll wind up in a book or two. Here’s the link – about over 5.5 hours into the coverage – where the end game is really getting to be something. Puer is toast at this point, but Ju has to play precisely. HERE
That was in the Masters section. In the Challengers section Eline Roebers (2391) beat Niemann (2692) – video of the end HERE.
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It usually happens that women and men play in different sections. There are reasons for that, including women and girls space where they are less likely to be treated badly. That is – or was – a serious issue according to Judith Polgar, whom I believe. Also, the women’s section and the open section (in which, I suppose, women should be able to play) sometimes have different rules, which is … wrong. There should be level playing fields. However, yesterday’s victories by Roebers and Ju show that their presence among the men isn’t a sop or a stunt. Even if it were, they have demonstrated that they belong there.
Yesterday’s results will increase my anxiety level the next time at our Club’s OTB a mom brings her 12 year old daughter to play. That happened a while back and I didn’t assume anything except that she could be rated 2400 online. It didn’t turn out that way, but you never know with these darn kids. Some time ago I wrote about an 8 year old girl at the European Blitz Championship. Brrrr. A fun video about her playing a 79-year old British champ in one of the most prestigious clubs in London. HERE
I feel like raising a slightly chilled glass of Norcia Beer in honor of Ju and Roebers. I’ll bet you do to! You can make that happen!
Ju plays Vidit today. Nepo v. Prag. Ding v. Nodirbek. Puer v. Wei Yi. GO WEI!
Meanwhile, try this one!
White to move and mate in 2.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Remember… it is an attack on Tradition and on the Traditional Roman Rite, but even more it is an attack on the people who want them. They don’t like the people.
Bad news.
France
On the eviction of the Fraternité Saint-Pierre from the Diocese of Quimper et Léon
January 18, 2023
The Fraternité Sacerdotale Saint-Pierre (FSSP) was informed by Monsignor Dognin on Thursday, December 14, 2023 of his wish to revoke the agreement between the Fraternité… pic.twitter.com/u7myVqezwY
The Missionaries of St. John the Baptist and the two exclusively TLM parishes they take care of are no more in the Diocese of Covington, KY. pic.twitter.com/eVyzd7VJ53
St. Gregory Society ends 38 years of tradition in New Haven, Connecticut after order to suppress celebration of the traditional Latin Mass. https://t.co/cBENHthDpj
Pray for all the people who will so badly hurt by these moves. Pray that they keep up their spirits and they maintain charity at all times. Pray that their faith not be weakened and they do not lose hope in their disappointment.
At The Catholic Thing there is a piece about Card. Fernandez and his “idée fixe”, HERE. Ouch.
Here is a fine new translation of St. Augustine’s Confessions by Anthony Esolen. Beautifully printed and bound by the good folks at TAN. It is a lovely volume.
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Meanwhile, white to move and mate in two.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
The 86th edition of the “Wimbledon of Chess”, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, is taking place on 13-28 January in Wijk aan Zee. Round 5 today. I’m rooting for Women’s World Champ Ju Wenjun against World Champ Rating Farmer Alireza “the Boy” Firouzja.
Ceterum censeo Firoujza esse delendum.
Have some lovely wine from traditional monks of Le Barroux, made from the revived papal vineyards of the Avignon Popes.
The “Federated Computer” post has generated some interest, so I am told. This is a terrific idea that could save people a lot of money while protecting their data. If I were a diocesan bishop, I would move away from the costly big corporate “SaaS” to Federated like a shot. If I had anything going online and had any concern about getting cancelled because of content… Federated!
Today I’m chatting with the fellow who runs Federated (see HERE) who has also obtained his Extra license and is doing fun SotA things and QRP with a very cool transceiver… I want one. If anyone out there is not using their Xiegu or LAB599…
So, we are chatting about using Federated to build a live video, audio and chat platform (kinda like YouTube) for streaming and archiving live Masses. We are talking about chess online and Twitch, etc. We are talking about subsets of Catholics involved in all these different activities. The topic turned to prepping and how many Mormon churches had satellite dishes.
I opined that every Catholic diocese should have a shack (in ham terminology, the room where you have your radios, transceivers, etc.). In fact, I thought every parish should have one. There would be hams in every parish, for sure. Lots of them out there.
I then mused that every seminarian should be given classes to obtain an amateur radio license (and Morse for CW). Every priest should be offered classes. Religious should make it part of their formation.
FSSP… SSPX… INSTITUTE… ETC. … you would do well to do this.
There may… heh, will… come a day.
It was spectacularly short sighted for the Holy See to roll back their radio capabilities. I think they will never be able to put it back together. But that’s the Vatican for you… now.
Meanwhile, this new year is underway. I hope WB0YLE will be abl to get all the components of Zednet working again. I’ll try to remember to keep my AllStarLink on and sometimes Echolink when I am just hanging around.
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Today with the way “Big Tech” is openly hostile to customers like us, why – other than habit or false convenience – anyone continues to use Google, Zoom, Dropbox, Office365, or Apple software services to run a team or business.
Each of these companies supports really horrible social policies, they throw folks off their system if they support the “wrong” causes, they use our data for training their AI stomping on our privacy. The lists goes on and on.
Here is some material Federated sent me that I’ve simplified…
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Services like Dropbox and Zoom are now mining all the data to feed A.I. Sound good to you?
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Video conferencing (Zoom replacement) and group chat (Slack replacement);
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How they treat customers:
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PS: Dioceses, parishes, schools… which all have teams that increase the cost of “Saas” … you name it, could save huge money and have all their data safe and secure. And they wouldn’t be using services that hate what the Church stands for. Just sayin’.
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Sant’Antonio Abatte. Decoration around the side chapel of my beloved adoptive Roman parish where St. Giovanni Battista de Rossi’s altar is and tomb was before his body was translated to a new church built in his honor.
Here’s a shot of the chapel, on the Feast of St. Giovanni, in action. The decorations on wall are cut off on the left.
News about Christmas cards – now trailing off – and how to send. HERE
Meanwhile, in chessy news, The “Wimbeldon of Chess” is going on, Tata Steel in Wijk aan Zee. Young Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (Prag – 18 yrs – 2748.3) defeated world champ Ding Liren (2776.4) and, by doing so, surpassed former long-time world champ Viswanathan Anand (Vishy – 2748.0) as India’s top ranked. Anish Giri (2759.6), far more likeable than “the Boy” (2765.4* – boooo!), is now in sole 1st with a victory over Gukesh Dommaraju (2721.3).
Ceterum censeo puerum Firouzja esse delendum.
In my own process of destruction and revival and destruction, yesterday in OTB I won all my games but the last, a protracted battle of 39 moves over about 45 minutes. I had handily beaten one opponent, who usually plays better and then had a long fight with The Oldest Member™ (one of the strongest) and then moved on to The President™. We had a little miniature as an amuse bouche: he threw the Fried Liver at me and I threw it right back.
My 5. … Nd5 was a mistake that he could have exploited with 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ to blast my structure to bits. 5. … Na5 to attack the bishop on c4 was better. His 6. Qf3 wasn’t best. Instead, he should have taken Nxf7. His 7. Qxd5 was suboptimal. He should have taken with Bxd5. As it went, I could play 7. … Be3. 10. Qe4+ he threw in the Liver.
Meanwhile, something far more challenging.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
I’ve had notes asking about what I have been cooking. Not a lot. I did get a little ambitious the other day and made gyoza, fried dumplings (pork, garlic, ginger, green onion. The pork was ground, but it needed to be ground more finely. Lesson learned.
Black vinegar, ginger, hot chili oil.
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We are in Venice, today. I’m thinking of St. Jude, Patron of the “Impossible”. My friend Fr. Carlos Martins has a major relic of the Apostle which he is bringing to parishes around these USA. Also, Sts. Simon and Jude’s Feast is my birthday. Also, I have an intention in their queue for my mother. This is Santi Simone e Giuda Apostoli, or “San Simone Piccolo” on the Grand Canal, probably the first thing that catches your eye when you get off the train and leave through the front of the station.
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Meanwhile, its white’s move. Mate in 2.
Click!
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
The “Wimbeldon of Chess” is going on, Tata Steel in Wijk aan Zee. After Round Three Anish has caught up to “the Boy” at 2.5. Nepo and Ding and Nodirbek 2.0. The female champ Ju Wenjun is struggling with .5 but there’s a lot of chess to be played. Ding handled Gukesh with relative ease, if anything at this level can be considered easy.
At my level, however, yesterday at OTB I had a mixed day. I played like a blockhead for two games, one with a truly stupid blunder which I made because I was way ahead and forgot one of my first principles in my complacency: “Ask yourself if this move makes sense.” In the second game, against a strong player, I tried a new opening. Ohhhh boy was that a disaster! It turned into a hilariously irritating miniature. I took that page from my score book and put it on my bathroom mirror. It might migrate the door of the microwave during the day. However, in my final game of the morning, I reverted to a tried and tested (no, not e4) approach and swiftly overwhelmed my opponent with aggressive play on all three “sides”.
Meanwhile, speaking of overwhelming, The Terminator v. The Hulk…
We never stop competing! It was fantastic to hang with my friend @LouFerrigno and play chess yesterday. He’s a fantastic player! pic.twitter.com/GakSgw3N2I
Chess is enjoying an explosion of popularity in the whole world.
Will the Catholic Church’s entities be – once again – behind the curve?
Fathers! Bishops! Start youth chess clubs and intergenerational clubs in your parishes and schools! I’ll bet you that strong and dependable adults will come out of the woodwork to teach the young. There are many older people who would like to have an activity and maybe contact with young people. This is really a THING.
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In churchy news I noted with interest that the DUTCH Bishops – yes, you read that right – have uttered a collective “No” to blessings SS couples. It’s not a 110% repudiation, but we are talking about the Dutch! Also, in ITALY Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, 58, who – once secretary of the CDF – was sacked by Francis after the CDF’s document in 2021 against blessings for SS couples was just elected as the head of the Bishops’ Conference of Emilia-Romagna, a key region around heavily communist Bologna. That’s 15 dioceses including little San Marino-Montefeltro.Click!
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