Daily Rome Shot 710

Up this street every morning for Mass.  *sigh*

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I received a book from my wish list by Fr. James Mawdsley, fellow cancelled priest,

Crucifixion to Creation: Roots of the Traditional Mass Traced back to Paradise

US HERE – UK HERE

NB: The title seems backwards.  In effect, Fr. Mawdsley points to the foreshadowing of Holy Mass and its effects from Creation all the way through salvation history.  He also has a chapter on the assault on the Mass and the attempts on its “roots”.  I look forward to getting into this one.

I very much like books by priests with long experience of celebrating Mass which are about the individual elements – their origins, their possible symbolic meanings.  There are some greats, such as Gihr, Croegaert, Sheen, Knox, etc.  I’ve contemplated writing one myself.

I note this with interest…

It is undoubtedly so.   More here on SAVE THE LITURGY – SAVE THE WORLD.

Meanwhile, I have another reader to thank, and I don’t know who it is.   One of you sent me some San Pellegrino Bitter (a zero-alcohol aperitif common in Italy).  When the box was delivered it was damaged and the gift slips were gone.  So, thanks who ever you are.  A toast to you.

In chess news, in Round 7 of Norway Chess, we saw the match that Magnus Carlsen would have wanted in another World Championship defense: Carlsen v. Firouzja. In a fun moment, Carlsen went into the “Confessional” I mentioned yesterday and talked about his strange 3. Bd3.

“I hadn’t thought about 1…e6 and 2…c5… It’s funny we’ll have a totally new game after move three,” Carlsen says from the confessional. ?#NorwayChess pic.twitter.com/m3BXWPIf8j

— ChesscomLive (@ChesscomLive) June 6, 2023

Magnus needs a haircut. At least he got rid of that ratty beard.

Hikaru Nakamura and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov had a crazy QGA in which both players were in theory for over 20 moves. My mind reels. Shakh lost on time. My guy Wesley So defeated Nodirbek with a QGA. Yay! Fabiano is still on top of the heap, even though he flagged in his Armagedon game against young Gukesh… and he was clearly winning! If you want to see the end rush with seconds left… HERE. Wesley moved up to 3rd. There is a good interview with Wesley after his victory. I’ve bookmarked the start. Genuinely nice fellow. HERE.

Yesterday I apprehensive about going to OTB.  Today I am less so.

Also, I got a book of essays by the fellow I mentioned the other day, Raymond Keene.    US HERE – UK HERE  Evocative titles on the contents page… HERE.  This guy can write.

White to move and obtain a winning position.  F7 is a interesting square, isn’t it?

NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

POSTSCRIPT:

I wish players at the top level would come to matches well-dressed, in a suit. I guess I’m getting old.