Monthly Archives: June 2022

Obedience and being a “restorationist”

At Crisis there is a must read piece by Anthony Esolen. Here’s how it starts… Hello. My name is Tony. I am a restorationist. I wasn’t always this way. I grew up in the 1960s and the 1970s, and we … Read More

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ROME 22/06 – Day 19: At a snail’s pace

5:32 20:51 21:15 It has been so hot here, it is hard to have an appetite.  Not many food posts, as a result. A great inscription from the church where we had the first Benediction yesterday during the procession. The … Read More

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Really?

The new Vatican 20 Euro silver coin. HERE In the past, these coins and the annual medals have been used to make statements.  Some have been pretty dramatic, such as the famous Paul VI medal of 1973. But this?   Apart … Read More

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ROME 22/06 – Day 18: Honoring the Blessed Sacrament

On this fine, sunny, hot, Roman June day the sunset occurred at 5:32.  Sunset, 20:51.  Ave Maria, you already know….21:15. Today in many places there was the “external” celebration of Corpus Christi, or Corpus Domini, or Corpus et Sanguis Domini, … Read More

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Your (Corpus Christi) Sunday Sermon Notes – POLL

Far and wide the celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi, which properly fell last Thursday, has been transferred to this Sunday. Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday Obligation?  Let us know. … Read More

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ROME 22/06 – Day 17: SPLAT!

In Rome the sun rose at 5:32 and it will set at 20:51.  The Ave Maria is to be rung at 21:15 for the Curia and 21:21 for the rest of Rome. Today is the Feast of Santi Marco e … Read More

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YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS

PLEASE use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Registered here or not, will you in your charity 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 … Read More

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A look at Peter’s Pence

I just saw the Vatican’s Annual Disclosure about Peter’s Pence or Obolo di San Pietro for 2021.  The collection is taken up around the world around the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.  It is intended to provide means for … Read More

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ROME 22/06 – Day 16: A video stroll and a Vietnamese hero

You know how this goes… 5:32 – 20:50 – 21:15. I went into Trastevere today over the Sistine Bridge, the Ponte Sisto, my favorite Roman bridge. My goal was to visit S. Giovanni de Matha (closed), S. Dorotea, S. M. … Read More

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Worship Prefect interviewed.

At Vatican News we find an interview with the Prefect of Worship, whom Francis designated as a Cardinal, Archbp. Arthur Roche, once of Leeds and less-than-successful head of ICEL. Roche is an inveterate enemy of the Roman Rite, the Vetus … Read More

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