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Monthly Archives: August 2023
Daily Rome Shot 763
Photo by The Great Roman™ The Benedictines of Le Barroux are making wine. Help them and enjoy! 10% with code “FATHERZ10” Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE These links take you to a generic “catholic” … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 11th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 19th) 2023
Share the good stuff. It’s the 11th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo and the 19th Sunday of the Novus Ordo. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? Tell … Read More
“Hail Mary, full of grace. Shoot the Devil in the face.” KID ART!
One of my favorite depictions of the Blessed Virgin shows her protecting a soul in the form of a child from the Devil whom she is beating with a club. I also have one of St Margaret beating Satan with … Read More
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Tagged kid art, rosary
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QUESTION FOR READERS: reMarkable (and digital notebooks)
As I look down the road to writing projects, I have a question for the readership. During the wonderful conference for priests held by the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology, I sat at most of the sessions next to … Read More
WDTPRS – 11th Sunday after Pentecost: healthy “pessimism”
With a minor variation this week’s Collect was in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary. It survived the cut to live on in the Novus Ordo Missale Romanum as the Collect on the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 762
Photo from A. White to play and mate in 2. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Your use of my Amazon affiliate link is a major part of my … Read More
WDTPRS – 19th Ordinary Sunday: Father God, not Stranger God
The Collect for the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time was not in previous editions Missale Romanum before the 1970 Novus Ordo. It has roots in the 9th century Sacramentary of Bergamo and thus is ancient text. Note that for the 2002 … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-08-09: Vetitum guy
August 9th, 2023 Dear Diary, The vetitum guy from the Pie Town diocese faked a coronary! Claimed he had chest pains, went to ER, they couldn’t find anything, but admitted him for more evaluation. He calls for the Catholic chaplain … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 762
Welcome registrant: roundrockpilgrim2023 The traditional monks of Le Barroux make wine in the ancient papal vineyards near Avignon. FATHERZ10 gets you 10% off. White to play and mate in 2. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day … Read More
10 August: Wonderful Collect for St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence the deacon and martyr is beloved of the Romans. He has many churches in the City, which is a sign of how deeply he was venerated in centuries past. Today in the traditional form of the Roman Rite … Read More
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