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Monthly Archives: January 2023
Daily (sort of) Rome Shot 629
Welcome registrants: bwp2005-2022 JamesRockford Okay… maybe not of Rome itself, but it’s Roman right down to the maniple. My sender wrote: The TLM is so alive that the superhero-priests in children’s books are wearing maniples. I think we’re winning. Yes, … Read More
Your Holy Family (NO: Epiphany) Sunday Sermon Notes – 2023
Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. In very many places the observance of Epiphany (which is really on 6 January) was transferred to this Sunday. Was there a GOOD … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 628 … honoring a deceased Pope
Welcome: DcnMJ Catharina Note the coat of arms on the candelabra. The tiara above all on the catafalque. For larger, right click and open. From my parish in Rome, Ss. Trinità dei Pelegrini. Meanwhile,… White to move and persecute. NB: … Read More
ASK FATHER: Was Pope Benedict’s Funeral really a valid Mass? or just ugly?
From a reader…. QUAERITUR: Was Pope Benedict’s Funeral really a valid Mass? or just ugly?Cardinal Re was named as Celebrant, but Pope Francis, in Cope and stole, (not Chasuble) led the entire Liturgy of the Word and everything post- Communion. … Read More
WDTPRS – Holy Family (1962MR): Extend your family bond around someone who has no one else
When the Feast of the Holy Family comes around, we sometimes get comments about how many people are hurt because of their families. The Feast itself and the ideal of the Holy Family leaves them a little shaken. From the … Read More
Clericalism? I’ll show you clericalism!
They INSIST you stand. With your hands out. pic.twitter.com/iTwt0EjRUK — Matthew (@matthew__theo) January 6, 2023
Daily Rome Shot 628… NEW BEER!
From Card. Zen’s tweet. Meanwhile,… White to move. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Priestly chess players, drop me a line. HERE GREAT NEWS from the monks of … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 627 and entombment of Benedict XVI
Welcome: JohnTG1948 Centurion mjhackethal Jacquelinedawson28 PNF shgonzalez Yesterday. 5 January 2023. Following custom, and because it is also a legal act, there is a document placed in the tomb with deceased popes, enumerating their dates and deeds. It is called … Read More
ASK FATHER: Penance and abstinence on Friday, 6 January, Epiphany
From a reader… QUAERITUR: The feast of the Epiphany is a Friday this year. Our FSSP calendar has it marked as a day of abstinence, according to 1962 law, but my TLM planner from The Liturgical Year calendar family does … Read More
A New Year. Remembering past injuries. Clinging to past sins. The Purification of Memory
A the beginning of a new civil calendar year, quite a few people are moved (at least for a while) to assess their lives and resolve (at least for a while) to make some changes. These changes are mostly about … Read More
Suburbanbanshee on Daily Rome Shot 1075: “They really did have leather shield covers shaped like faces. You carve a wooden mold, you stretch leather over it,…”
