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- dholwell on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “1. h4+ 2.gxh6 f5+ 3. Kg5 Rg3#”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Dear Masked Chicken, thank you for pointing me to your post of 22 March, which which I largely agree. My…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Yes. Let all the poisons come out! After seeing it on TV many years ago and reading the two volumes,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Perhaps world events are making some nervous international travelers. Personally, I would have loved to go to Poland on a…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “The bit about Claudius thinking that a return to the republic was likely or even possible may take its inspiration…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Pray for Derek Jacobi! Such a talented actor, but sadly, an irregular life.”
- on 15 April 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris: “I was wrong. It’s not a Cramnerian table. It’s a……. Ikea coffee table made to resemble a half Easter egg,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “The BBC “radio play” of I,Claudius is also rather good. https://share.libbyapp.com/title/505092”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “To MB: THE BEST TIME was a long time ago before Paul VI and Bergoglio and their hand-chosen sycophants decided…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “I don’t know where MB lives, but it’s objectively false to assert that the FSSP “now have a virtual monopoly…”
- on 15 April 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris: “Looking at the pictures, one can be grateful that the artist at least didn’t use this as an opportunity to…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “@MB “When a man feels like he has something no one else can give, something essential, and no one to…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “There was a time when if you wanted to know the miracles of the Church, the great teachings, the stories…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Out of my wife and my siblings & spouses, half are not RC anymore but are probably still on the…”
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Monthly Archives: September 2022
Daily Rome Shot 572, etc.
BLACK (my apologies) to move and win! It might be scary, but calculate. PRAY! PRAY this coming hurricane DOWN!
Persecution by Rome of the Bp. of Fréjus-Toulon – UPDATED
I firmly believe that their overreach will overtake them. Hitherto, Bp. Rey of Fréjus-Toulon in France has been open to accepting traditionally-minded seminarians and religious. Vocations in that diocese were up, unlike the rest of France. Hence, Rome is now … Read More
Travel, foreign currency, ATMS and YOU!
As I prepare for my upcoming Roman Sojourn, thanks to readers, I am making sure all my financial tools are tidy and functioning. Included in these tools is WISE, a nifty way to transfer funds and exchange with low fees … Read More
It’s Ember Friday in September. Fast and pray for the Church! DO IT!
Chaos is spreading. Synods loom on the horizon. Some aspects of the Church’s governance, teaching and worship are hardly to be recognized any longer as authentically Catholic, in continuity with what our forebears received and handed on. Shepherds at the … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 571, etc.
From a friend in Rome, today. TAN BOOKS has been faithful for years. Their recent titles are excellent. I’m just now looking at their new edition of the Seven Last Words of St. Bonaventure, due out later. Priestly chess players, … Read More
ASK FATHER: My grandparents were Masons. Is there demonic attachment now for generations?
This is an oldie post, slightly edited. I am prompted to repost it because I recently had the pleasure of meeting a friend for lunch who had been in the Masons for sometime before his conversion. From a reader… QUAERITUR: … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 570, etc. and a special birthday!
Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE From a letter I received, a game from 1921. White to win. Meanwhile, there was a development in the Magnus Carlson v. Hans Niemann drama. In the Julius Baer … Read More
Serotinal autumnal nycthemeral parity
Today is the Autumnal Equinox. The Sun crosses the celestial equator on its southerly course at 21:03 EDT (1:04 UTC of 23 September 2022). You knew that Autumn has come because in the traditional Roman calendar, so much more closely … Read More
My View For Awhile: Southbound
I’m on the hoof today, heading home after a great trip to the freezing cold north. It was only 86 yesterday. Last night my hosts and I had some classics. That’s not Norcia beer in that Norcia beer glass, but … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 569, etc.
Someone watched the consistory. My daily plea…. Please remember me when shopping online via Amazon. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE Black to move.
Daily Rome Shot 568, etc.
Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE Chess news. The Julius Baer Generation Cup recently got underway with top players. Magnus Carlsen was slated to play Hans Niemann. As you remember, in St. Louis a little … Read More
19 September 2022: The Blood of San Genaro
The blood of San Genaro, St. Januarius, liquified today in Naples, Italy, on the saint’s feast. There is video of the event. It’s a bit strange because it also includes pre-Mass warm ups and an open mic. Then you get … Read More
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: Supper with friends
Still in (near) the Windy City. Yesterday my hosts and I met up with a mutual friend of many years for lunch at the iconic SUPERDAWG. I’ve featured them here before. However, for supper we dined in. Primo: spaghetti all’arabbiata. … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 567, etc.
In Napoli, the blood of St. Januarius, San Genaro, liquified on his feast day, to the relief of Neapolitans everywhere. Be sure to check out the good monks of Le Barroux who are making wine from the ancient papal vineyards … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 566, etc.
Travel is tough these says but seeing friends worth it. Black to move. Tricky.
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: A bit of Rome in Chicago
I’m visiting friends and we decided on saltimbocca alla romana. Happily, even with chain supply problems, since we are in a heavily Italian neighborhood, there was plenty of veal and good prosciutto. There was a lot more than this. The … Read More
My View For Awhile: Society Edition
A couple of hops and I’ll be … not in but near the Windy City. That sad sad city, civilly and ecclesially. It ain’t my kinda town right now. Thence northward for meetings and personal chores and a glimpse of … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 565, etc.
Be sure to check out the good monks of Le Barroux who are making wine from the ancient papal vineyards in S. France. It’s black’s move to attain total domination. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – … Read More
Do know what “Maranatha” is in the Catholic Church? Really?
What passed through my mind when I read this… I’ll say, below. From NASA: Watch Live as NASA Spacecraft Collides With Far-Off Asteroid NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first mission to test technology for defending Earth against … Read More
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♬ “Let Church Bulletins Keep Silence” ♬
As you may remember “Rome”, in their micromangerial zeal for the faithful being mauled by their pastoral care, forbade that Mass times for TLMs be put in parish bulletins. Some priests started calling their TLM the “Youth Mass”, for obvious … Read More
dholwell on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “1. h4+ 2.gxh6 f5+ 3. Kg5 Rg3#”
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