Daily Rome Shot 718 (not so much but I make up for it, also with video)

I know it’s not a “Rome Shot”, but I couldn’t help myself.

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My guy Wesley So won ‘Armageddon Series: Americas’. The series was broadcasted live on 16 online and TV platform. During the games they are tracking players heart rates. Wesley won that one too, at 177/minute. Who says chess isn’t a sport? The series has daily matches of two blitz games (three minutes plus a two-second move increment) and, if necessary, an Armageddon game (five minutes for White, four for Black) in which a draw is a win for black. So far, the Americas, Asia and Oceania and Women have played. Europe and Africa weeks will be the penultimate before the Grand Finale in September.

Okay… okay… it is a Rome Shot post, so here’s some of Rome.

From last Sunday’s Mass and Eucharistic procession for the external observance of Corpus Domini.

And here is a great moment. Look! Up in the sky! It’s….

What were they looking at?

People were throwing flower petals from their window. Very sweet.

Once again, please, prayers for my mother.

And, my incessant plea, 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.

And to offset the tenebrous influence of a different Benedictine on the blog today, the wonderful nuns of Gower Abbey, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, have a new disc and digital download:

Tenebrae at Ephesus

US HERE – UK HERE

These are the RESPONSORIES of Tenebrae for all three days of the Triduum.  They are, arguably, the most beautiful chants of the entire liturgical year.

White to move.  Mate in 2.

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

Today is, again, a very lean day for monthly donors.

As yesterday, I have no idea why there are two donate buttons. I can’t get rid of the duplicate.