ROME 23/05 – Day 05: Days of celebration

Can this be rapid?

Sunrise, 05:59

Sunset, 20:15

Ave Maria 20:30

Feast of Pius V.

Look at this prayer and think about what he did.

O, God, Who graciously chose blessed Pius as Supreme Pontiff, to crush the enemies of Your Church and to restore divine worship, grant that we may be guarded by his help and remain so steadfast in Your service that, having overcome the snares of all enemies, we may enjoy a lasting peace.

And…

the offertory…

Offertory
P. The Lord be with you.
S. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Jer 1:9-10
Behold I have given my words in thy mouth: Lo, I have set thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root up, and pull down, and to waste, and to destroy, and to build, and to plant. Allelúja.

Think about that prayer and the work he did on the Roman Missal!  With Card. Sirleto.

I’m tired.  So, here’s a glimpse of breakfast.  Eggshells here are a lot stronger!

Basted, with pane di Lariano.

Tonight, just across the way, the English College had Vespers in honor of the Coronation tomorrow.  I was invited.

It was hard to miss the beginning time… just under my window as it was….

Inside isn’t bigger than the outside but it is nicer.

At the end, as was proper…

Maybe more on this. Tomorrow, Swiss Guards are being sworn in. I’m invited.

Can you do without a… no, you can’t.

Finally, remember the Dominican sisters.  They need you.

I need you too.

Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE  These links take you to a generic “catholic” search in Amazon, but, once in and browsing or searching, Amazon remembers that you used my link and I get the credit.

I’ll be back with more, but I am wiped out.

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5 Comments

  1. Argument Clinician says:

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  2. Maximillian says:

    “Tonight, just across the way, the English College had Vespers in honor of the Coronation tomorrow. I was invited.”

    Did Cardinal Roche know of your presence ? I don’t think he would be happy for you to be there.

  3. TheCavalierHatherly says:

    My new favorite Pius V story (courtesy of Wikipedia):

    “Sixtus of Siena (or Sixtus Senensis) (1520–1569) was a Jew who converted to Roman Catholicism, and became a Roman Catholic theologian… He began his career as a Franciscan preacher, speaking throughout Italy. Though he was convicted to die in Rome for the crime of heresy or recidivism, he was saved by a Dominican inquisitor, the future Pope Pius V, who repealed the condemnation when Sixtus recanted and pledged to transfer to the Dominican Order instead. He is considered one of the two most outstanding Dominican scholars of his generation.”

    He couldn’t get Queen Bess, but a Charles converting to Catholicism… there are precedents.

  4. JonPatrick says:

    If Charles became Catholic he would have to abdicate as the Monarch being head of the Church of England cannot be Catholic. Hopefully someday the UK will disestablish the CofE so they could have a Catholic King.

  5. TheCavalierHatherly says:

    @JonPatrick

    He still, technically, has ultimate say over that. James II was king, and Catholic. Parliament fought him and replaced him the same way they fought (and murdered) Charles I in order to keep their ill-gotten gains. I highly doubt that Parliament cares about the great threat of popery, these days.

    Historically speaking, for example, the Catgolic Emperors of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were legally the heads of the national protestant assemblies in those countries. Bizzare, but there it is.

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