Meanwhile,….
Black to move (despite board orientation). White has made a bad move with h4. Punish it.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Interested in learning? Try THIS.
I checked the “Earth Labora” page of the traditional Benedictine monks of Le Barroux, who are making good wines from the ancient vineyards left by the Avignon popes. They have 10 and 20 and 40 year PORTS. HERE I haven’t had any yet.
For 10% off at their store use the code FATHERZ10
They also have an assortment:
Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalis Wine Assortment
Of course it is mostly red. I’ve had all three of these wines. Very good. HERE
Featuring 10 bottles of Via Caritatis Lux Red wine, this wine assortment was created in honor of his eminence Cardinal Mueller’s recent visit to Washington, D.C. It also includes one bottle each of the Via Caritatis Lux White and Lux Rosé wines, as an additional gift.
Remember that Card. Müller has been pretty vocal lately with a) his concerns about the upcoming “walking together” (toward the cliff) and b) pressure on Bp. Strickland. A toast to Card. Müller!
I’ve been hearing more and more about ChatGPT, which is an online A.I. site. You can ask questions or even put it to tasks. About a year ago, one of you readers had ChatGPT write a poem about “walking together about walking together-ity” upcoming in October. Since I will be in Roma at that time, I hope the air quality isn’t reduced because of their gaseous emissions. I digress. That eerily accurate and pretty good A.I. generated poem is HERE: It ran…
Synod on Synodality: A Poem by ChatGPT
In chambers where agendas play,
A Synod’s dance begins its sway,
A masquerade of “dialogue” they say,
Yet veils are thin, truth’s price to pay.
Synod on synodality, a modern scene,
Where liberal dreams may intervene,
A clever ruse, a cunning scheme,
In name of progress, they convene.
With every vote and subtle nod,
A liberal agenda seeks to prod,
Traditional hearts, they aim to sway,
But through the haze, we see their play.
Oh, Synod’s charade, you’re quite the show,
A liberal fest, with pomp aglow,
They whisper change and “open minds,”
Yet core beliefs, they leave behind.
Synod on synodality, a circus grand,
Where principles shift like shifting sand,
Tradition’s voice they try to drown,
While “tolerance” is their new crown.
But we’re no fools, we see the game,
Behind the curtain, it’s all the same,
A liberal masquerade, oh what a sight,
Where truth and orthodoxy take their flight.
So Synod, dance with your intent,
Your liberal leanings, blatant and bent,
A spectacle of “dialogue” and “new,”
Yet through it all, tradition rings true.
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Rome Shot: The left side panel of the marble altar sculpture of St. Thomas of Villanova (by Melchiorre Caffa, 1635 – 1667) in the side chapel dedicated to him in the Basilica di Sant Agostino.
http://www.churches-of-rome.info/CoR_Info/SA%20078/pages/DSC_1716.html
Rome Shot: In the linked site it says this is a “stucco” by someone else, Andrea Bergondi from about 1760, so the artist above appears to be incorrect.
St. Thomas of Villanova needs to come back and exorcise the university named after him. Ora pro nobis!
Thank you uncle for the link!!!
“Exorcism by the Saint of a demoniac”
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-thomas-of-villanova/
” He was canonized in 1658. Thomas of Villanova’s liturgical feast is celebrated on September 22.
Reflection
The absent-minded professor is a stock comic figure. Thomas of Villanova earned even more derisive laughs with his determined shabbiness and his willingness to let the poor who flocked to his door take advantage of him. He embarrassed his peers, but Jesus was enormously pleased with him. We are often tempted to tend our image in others’ eyes without paying sufficient attention to how we look to Christ. Thomas still urges us to rethink our priorities.”
I refuse to go play with this ChatGPS since it’s main purpose of existence is to rob us (by replacing us) of our humanity.
ChatGPT recalls the old brazen head of (relying on faulty memory here) of Albertus Magnus that St. Thomas Aquinas smashed. In any case, even the pagan oracles got important matters right sometimes ;-)
I clicked your link and now desire the 40 year old tawny port.
My wife is against spending $152 and some change on this. How can I convince her that this is a crucial investment?
@redneckpride4ever
Qui bibit, dormit.
Qui dormit, non peccat.
Qui non peccat, sanctus est.
Ergo, qui bibit, sanctus est.
Think of it as a kind of ‘spiritual’ investment.
St Corbinian’s Bear, your link is incorrect – it goes to stcorbiniansbesr.blogspot.com/ instead of to stcorbiniansbear.blogspot.com/
I’m so glad to see you back. That was a long hibernation!
Solution to the puzzle here? I can’t figure out how to attack the previous move.
Dustin: 1. h4 Rxf3.
1. h4 attacks black’s knight, but it leaves a wicked tactic for black. 1. … Rxf3 attacks the enemy queen. If white’s bishop takes (2. Bxf3) then black gets a nasty royal fork on h3. If the queen runs to, say, c2, then 2. … Rg3 followed by 3. … f3 and white is in trouble.