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Meanwhile, in St. Louis yesterday, all four games were drawn, leaving my guy Wesley, Fabi and Leinier tied in 1st. However, Wesley has a bye today (the last round) because Duda dropped out leaving an odd number of players. Today Fabi v. Rapport (not having a great tournament) and Dominguez v. Aronian. If Fabi and Leinier lose… arithmetically there could be six players tied for first.
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Home and Kitchen Deals – 30 Nov
Today is the Feast of St. Andrew. For your Vetus Ordo knowledge, in the traditional Roman Missal there is a section called the Sanctoral, which has the Feasts of Saints and mysteries. St. Andrew is the first saint listed in the Sanctoral section because his is the first feast that was on the universal calendar that could be in Advent, which is the beginning of the liturgical year. The earliest the 1st Sunday of Advent can fall is 27 November. On 29 Nov, St. Saturninus receives only a commemoration.
Another way of seeing this is that St. Andrew provides a bridge between the old liturgical year and the new year, fitting for the first of the Apostles to have approached Christ after John the Baptist pointed Him out (John 1:40-42). Tradition has it that St. Andrew was crucified on a crux decussata, an X shaped Cross.
Much of the remains of St. Andrew eventually made their way to Rome, although Paul VI gave major relic of the Apostle to the Greek Orthodox.
And… the Christmas Novena begins!
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The Christmas Novena is one of my favorite prayers. The words, the imagery, and the cadence of the prayer speak to my soul. Oddly enough, my favorite time to recite it is while I drive to and from work in darkness while the car is still cold and not yet warm. It puts “in piercing cold” in perspective.
Christmas Novena
“Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born
Of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold.
In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires Through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of his Blessed Mother. Amen.”