Daily Archives: 25 February 2023

WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Lent (N.O.): our season of transforming mystery

The Roman Station for the 1st Sunday of Lent is St. John Lateran. COLLECT – LATIN TEXT (2002MR): Concede nobis, omnipotens Deus, ut, per annua quadragesimalis exercitia sacramenti, et ad intellegendum Christi proficiamus arcanum, et effectus eius digna conversatione sectemur. Quadragesima is the … Read More

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WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Lent (TLM): our season of transforming mystery

With this 1st Sunday of Lent we are fully into our forty day season of purification and preparation. Speaking of forty, the Latin for Lent is Quadragesima, “fortieth”.  St Leo the Great (d 461) used the phrase quadragesimale ieiunium, “the … Read More

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From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” 23-02-25 “Cathedraticum”

Feb 25th 2023, Dear Diary, A strange thing happened today.  I suddenly hear Fr. Tommy shouting something in Latin in his office over and over again.  Chester was immediately on the case and I followed.   There was Tommy with the … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 674

Photo by The Great Roman™ Welcome new registrant: Miso Akita Meanwhile,… White to move. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. … Read More

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