Just a few pics I took last night, to share something of the moment and my view.
From my phone:
An exhausted me.
Note the edge of the Roman hat.
These are the guys I was standing near. Happy, diocesan men. They aren’t part of a specialized group. THIS, friends, is how we proceed. Five more years and we’ll have a whole new thing going on.
Back in the press office after the big event.
From my camera:
Walking home after meeting friends for a late supper.
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on “Our ordinary world, the one in which we work and fall in love and watch TV—it’s thinner than paper, and the demons pour through it in hordes.”: “The Church’s office language is Latin. Demons are legalistic. Latin has specific juridical language. Besides… the Church’s language is Latin.…”
on 13 May 609: Dedication of the Roman Pantheon, “Santa Maria ad martyres”. An account of Boniface IV’s exorcism of the temple and the screaming of the demons.: “Amazing. This is the sort of thing that was done when we weren’t a “loser” church– when we actually believed…”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “When I saw that video and blatantly defiant disrespect for Our Lord, my eyes and ears felt like they were…”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “I was once told by the late Fr. John O’Connor that the thing to do if you see dancing at…”
on Daily Rome Shot 156: “Santa Caterina di Siena, Santa Maria sopra Minerva. She was a Third Order Dominican.”
on 13 May 609: Dedication of the Roman Pantheon, “Santa Maria ad martyres”. An account of Boniface IV’s exorcism of the temple and the screaming of the demons.: “Amen, Fr. Z., a hearty Amen, regarding the evil Pachamama and what took place over the very bones of St.…”
on “Our ordinary world, the one in which we work and fall in love and watch TV—it’s thinner than paper, and the demons pour through it in hordes.”: “Fr. Z, can you explain for us why, specifically, Latin is more powerful in dealing with demons than other languages?…” on Daily Rome Shot 154: “I’ll put you out of your misery. It is an inscription in the courtyard of the barracks of the Swiss…”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “I looked into this song, and it was written by a 24 year old in Zulu but has become a…”
on Daily Rome Shot 154: “rhurd: Looks good to this intermediate-level student. When I read “Hispanus” I was hoping next for a reference to Maximus…”
on 13 May 609: Dedication of the Roman Pantheon, “Santa Maria ad martyres”. An account of Boniface IV’s exorcism of the temple and the screaming of the demons.: “Father Z, this was an excellent post! Having been in the Pantheon in the early 2000s, I had no idea…” on Daily Rome Shot 153: “St. John XXIII on the right, on the left St. John Paul II who survived an assassination attempt by the…”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “The contents of the video are yet another example of the feminization of the Church. Hard to imagine new vocations…”
on REMINDER: Ascension THURSDAY – usually Holy Day of Obligation: “The last I heard the Ordinariate in North America has rescinded the dispensation except for the elderly and those with…”
on ASK FATHER: Is Mass valid if it is offered in a desecrated place? Wherein @fatherz rants.: “Any manifestations in the Pauline Chapel?”
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Love it, especially the circle drawn around the chosen one’s picture.
Fr. Tim Finigan has said a lovely prayer at the end of his post on Pope Francis:
“Let us pray especially that he be given the grace of state as he begins his ministry as the successor of Peter.”
I love seeing your pictures of Rome. I want to go one day!!
Must have been so exciting to be there among the crowd cheering for our new Pope.
Struck me yesterday how a humbling it was to see Benedict step down… then the election of a humble man who took a humble Saints name. Maybe Gods trying to tell us something?
Those are excellent, Fr. Z. It must have been surreal to be there, and especially surreal to walk back and see the empty Square. Yes you do look exhausted, but if there was ever a time to be exhausted, you found it. Sleep later. :) It sounds as if you are encouraged by the emerging religious you are meeting in Rome! That is very encouraging to us as well, I’m sure.
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on our new Holy Father. We fell in absolute love with him within fifteen seconds of seeing him. My heart just melted like butter.
Zuhlsdorf’s Law:
The integrity of the Technology vis Ti is inversely related to the importance of the Event vis Ei.
Therefore:
Ei = 1/Ti
We missed you Father!!
Fr. Z – will you still be joining Michael Voris on the cruise?
So exciting! I had the smoke-cam on, then heard voices from my computer as they saw white smoke. It was a wonderful day for us Catholics; no wonder the world is so envious!
When you’re having troubles with your computor, press F1
When you’re having troubles with your curia, press F1 for Francis I
Envious of your super cool hat, and can I share this great article here? http://www.patheos.com/blogs/standingonmyhead/2013/03/why-did-pope-francis-go-to-st-mary-major.html
First picture makes me think…
Inspector Z: Private Eye