ROME 23/04 – Day 22: Nuptial and Nutella

Sun: came up at 0618.  Sun: went down at 2001  The Ave Maria is stuck at 2015 for a while.

Three Pope martyrs were in the book for today, Soter (+175), Caius (+296) and Agapitus I (+536).

Concerning the last, a shout out to my good friend Fr. Pasley who has a statue of Agapitus at his church.

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Rome is pretty quiet in the morning at the hour I head to church for Mass.

One of the priests at one of the altars.  Traditional concelebration.

Smiley cookies with Nutela.  Who knew?

Those wouldn’t be at all messy to eat.  Nah.   Maybe that’s why they are smiling.

Come to think of it… the more you look at them, the more sinister they get.

Back to church later in the morning for a nuptial mass.  There was an early music ensemble providing music, including a theorbo.  You don’t see a theorbo every day.

“But Father! But Father!  A theo… throeba… WHATEVER that is is not inviting for congregational singing!   You sit there all smuggedy and listen instead of sing.  We need more guitars which make all the young people want to come to the gathered assembly.   But no.  You… you… HATE VATICAN II!”

Here’s more about the theorbo.

Missa Papae Marcelli.

No they didn’t wave it.  And, no, there was no broken glass.

A friendly wave from Pope Benedict… XIV.  I think he’s trying to get someone’s attention to remove that darn canvass from in front of the noteworthy inscription under his niche.

“Hey… you.  Can you help me out here?  I don’t want to get paint on my cassock.”

Here’s some more theorbo.