In Rome today the sun rose at 07:10 and will set at 18:46. The Ave Maria should sound at 19:00.
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This is a 1st Friday! See to your devotions.
Devotions are more important than ever, I think, for our troubled time. Chief among these ought to be the revival of the real Forty Hours Devotion. This should be undertaken for the sake of grave dangers to the Church and society not just from outside the Church but also from within the Church. The Holy Rosary and Novenas and time before the Blessed Sacrament, voluntary penances in reparation for sins… all these must be our constant practice now more than ever. We see what’s going on, seemingly inexorably. All of us have to do something about it.
Meanwhile, I saw this ridiculous but perhaps practical car on a walk this morning after Mass. Someone really likes dogs.
I went to the fishmonger to get clams for tonight’s supper and what do I find? One of those screens that show the inner workings of Swimming Together about Swimming Togetherity.
Do NOT be distracted by the dead eyes. I’m sure they are paying attention to the one who is talking.
Can you imagine sitting, day after day, in the hideous Sala Nervi (aka Paul VI Audience Hall) at round tables listening to the bloviating? Day in and day out. Hours.
This is how I picture it after a week or so.
What did that tech on each table cost? I hope one of the newsies asks.
My flower guy, Pippo, says “Hi!”
35 years at this stand.
At the veg stand it was time to get puntarelle which are shreds of a large type of chicory stems and leaves which are then crisped up in cold water so they curl.
Meanwhile, black to move and win material.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
In chess news… I haven’t been paying close attention since I’ve been in Rome. However, after the opening day of the U.S. Championships in St. Louis, Sam Sevian in Rd 2/2 is the only one who won (not just draw) so he’s in the lead with a lot more chess to be played. On the women’s side, it’s Nazi Paikidze. My guy Wesley So drew against Leinier Dominguez Perez in Rd 1 and Dariusz Swiercz in Rd 2.
For my part, I’m doing some puzzles and playing online a little. I need to get back into my routine. I’ve also got a course underway.
I should head over to the P.za der Fico this afternoon. I need to stretch my legs. Also, I think that tomorrow morning is when some people gather at the Largo Febo. I might have a look.
Finally, if you were around in the days of the CompuServe Catholic Forum, you might remember in your prayers Harriet Lee Sporn, who died recently. She was a frequent commentatrix.
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I have often thought that a surgical microquake directly underneath the Paul VI hall would do much to advance the cause of Christian civilization.
Pippo is more real than that phony set up in the audience hall designed to make everyone feel like they’re doing something.
I’d much rather spend my day surrounded by beautiful flowers than spent one second among the “important” people in that audience hall.
Dear Father,
this is so sweet. It takes a lot (of time and love) to make a Roman market stall trader (not to mention his wife) so friendly!
Benfatto! Ed auguri per la festa di domani!
1. … gxf2+
2. Kxf2 (forced, Kh1 leads to Qg2#) Ng4+
3. hxg4 Qxe5
What a contrast –
God’s beautiful creation at Pippo’s Stand vs the Paul VI Hall.
i’m doubtful my 40 kg dog would fit in that little car, let alone me!
Hard floors, high ceilings, 12 people at a table, several hundred people speaking different languages. I hope this is a picture of the dining room, not the small-group settings. Who can even hear, never mind listen closely?
No, I cannot imagine being there all day. There are many things I’d rather do. Trying my hand at boxing Tyson Fury is one of the things I’d rather do.
You know what I’m scared of? Hearing for the rest of my life the term, “in the spirit of synodality”. The evil step child of the “spirit of the council”.
The tables and chairs in the demonic Paul VI auditorium look like a batch of corona virus.
I really enjoyed the pictures.
(are Romans always that happy)
I recalled Father Z’s photo of the fish when I read this story in The Telegraph:
From ‘It’s like being whisked back to a more refined era’: Britain through the eyes of French tourists, by Anthony Peregrine, October 9, 2023:
Excerpt:
In a similar vein, Benoît from the Pas-de-Calais thought the British squeamish, nowhere near as full-frontal as the French where food was concerned. “It always amuses me to see the horrified reactions of British people in restaurants in France when served fish with their little faces still on,” he said. “The faces still on the fish, I mean.”