5:34 – 20:52 – 21:15 – HIKE!
More like “YIKES!” in Rome today.
It actually hit 104ºF.
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“He [Satan] will set up a counter-Church which will be the ape of the Church because, he the devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the anti-Christ that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ. In desperate need for God, whom he nevertheless refuses to adore, modern man in his loneliness and frustration will hunger more and more for membership in a community that will give him enlargement of purpose, but at the cost of losing himself in some vague collectivity.”
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
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Fabi lost yesterday because his bishop was restricted and couldn’t make any moves. Huh…
Amazing to realize how strong Magnus is. Ian vs. Magnus did not even seem like a contest, and Ian is demolishing the field here.
[Some of these games have been scary in their twists and turns. It’s an amazing field. I feel bad for J-KD. Actually, all of them have rather compelling stories and I feel for the lower tier. Even though we don’t have a strong reason to root for the ChiComs, DLR’s path to Madrid was amazing. RR, sort of the wild child in the pack. It’s all gripping. In any event, even the number two spot is going to be important, in the case that Magnus refuses to defend.]
That prosciutto e melone looks scrumptious! How I miss that from my Napoli days! It is NOT the same here in the US.
I’m sorry you have to leave. You love Rome and you appreciate it and all the history and beauty it has. Thank you for the photos, it’s all beautiful. Catholics of former days really loved God and the church and created so much timeless beauty. Only a cretin would not cherish all of it. The craftsmanship, the skill to make those things, even the floors are astonishing. What love they had.
“Gotta love a bishop.”
But the Queen reigns supreme!
[And, these days, sometimes they are the same.]
The confessionals are indeed beautiful, witnesses in carved wood to the Mercy of God.
However – maybe I’m paranoid – I like the security of a door or at least a curtain. Seems a little more private. If I have to speak louder because father can’t hear me, I would feel more at ease.
First, the Marian shrines are such a delight. The only country I have visited outside of the U.S.A. is Ireland and I absolutely loved finding the roadside and street shrines. The one which stands out in my mind was at the roundabout in Carrigaline, County Cork, Ireland. It was a grotto and I loved discovering it.
Second, earlier this month I finished a biography on Pope St. Gregory the Great. Thanks for the visual aids to go along with my reading.
Beautiful pictures, beautiful relics…
How close we are to all our Catholic brothers and sisters, even the saints from long ago.
The touch of a stone chair, the turn of a page… the taste of Christ’s Body and Blood.
The Madonelle statues and placards dedicated to the Virgin that you find on countless street corners in Rome are one of my favorite features of the city — so much so that we bought one IIRC at St. Paul’s bookstore near St. Peter’s during our visit in 2016. It’s now our “kitchen Madonella.” I’ve posted this before — here’s a description from Frank Koran’s terrific A Catholic’s Guide to Rome, which he wrote for the jubilee in 2000:
“There are also hundreds of Madonelle, statuettes of the Madonna, in niches on the fronts of buildings — especially corner buildings. Some are simple and unadorned, others ornamental — yet always tasteful. The best of these date from the Baroque period when they were decorated with stucco and wrought iron. This practice goes back to medieval times. The local Madonella was a neighborhood’s way of invoking the blessing and protection of the Virgin Mary. When the Angelus bells ran out at eventide, votive oil lamps were placed before these miniature shrines. These lamps helped to light Rome’s streets in the days before public electric illumination. As late as the end of the eighteenth century, more than two thousand of these Madonelle graced the office buildings and apartment houses of Rome. Some fifteen hundred have survived to our time, as a walk through the city, particularly the old districts, will reveal.”
Make that Frank Korn; thank you, autocorrect!
Thank you for the photos Father. Among your many talents, you are a good photographer. Your shots provide a view that others can’t.
And hey why don’t we eat bugs, instead of meat, like They want us to? I mean, gee look at that yummy giant bug appetizer you have there!
Safe travels.