In Rome the sun rose without me at 06:50 and it will set at 16:58. The Ave Maria Bell is to be at 17:30 but it won’t be rung.
It is the Anniversary of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, some sources say the 1700th.
If anyone out there is name Theodore, it is your name day (martyr, soldier +306)
Where I am the sun will set at 16:43.
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Yesterdays flight was one of the most uncomfortable I’ve ever experienced because of the seat.
Comfort+.
HA!
There was virtually no resistance in the cushion, so it was mainly a metal bar. 10 hours. I used blankets and a pillow. That helped, but… whew. It was awful. Also, the “entertainment system” kept freezing up and rebooting. Pull my ball cap down over my eyes and snooze till it comes back.
Entry to these USA was pretty easy. Luggage came quickly. No traffic outside so my ride was right there.
For supper we went to a place called….
And we had…
Not Chicago style beef sandwiches, for sure, but really good. Fantastic onion rings, too.
Which drink is mine?
Moving… hard to get a clean shot.
Meanwhile, back in Rome, a smaller catafalque has replaced the large.
Meanwhile, white to move.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
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3:16 isn’t just in John.
Right now, I’m still working through the fascinating…
No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men
For example:
No apologies, then, for the masculine institutions of the past. Instead, we should question our refusing to grant to men and boys the opportunity or even the legal permission to form groups that are natural to them and that have proved to be so marvelously productive. I am not going to prescribe for every man and woman what groups they may or may not join. But what if something of that masculine conflict, that dynamic enmity, that sharpening of opponent against opponent and friend against friend, that bold affirmation of equality within hierarchy, and that readiness of equals to form and to submit to hierarchies is dissipated in the company of girls and women, so that the groups no longer accomplish all that they might? What if the sign on the tree house, No Girls Allowed, is not meant so much to keep girls away but to protect the male friendships from having to compete with eros—to attract the boys to male teams and to keep them in, ultimately for the good of the women that those same girls will become?
Think, think. Roman Catholics have abundant experience of what happened when girls were permitted to serve at the altar. The boys disappeared. Why? No doubt for a variety of coinciding reasons, most of which the boys themselves would have been hard put to describe. The camaraderie was spoiled. The older boys, instead of being rather like the first mate or the master-at-arms aboard a ship, instructing the smaller boys in what to do and how to do it, would now stick out and look absurd. The priests themselves lost interest in what had been the church’s most obvious source of vocations to the priesthood. What the servers were expected to do was less and less, till finally in many a parish they are little more than cute decorations in pajamas. Nobody, not even the women who pressed for altar girls, thinks of them as essential, or as soldiers of Christ in training. It is not just that boys find it repugnant to be decorative, to be observed as being pretty. It is that the whole deal ceases to be inspiring or interesting. Thus do boys largely accept the sexual indifference that their elders preach to them, but they behave as anyone with any knowledge of the creature would have predicted. They may indeed say that there should be women priests. They will say so as they stay home on Sunday, playing video games.
Esolen, Anthony. No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men (p. 88). Regnery Gateway. Kindle Edition.
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1. Rg7+ Kh8
2. Rg1+ Ne5 (or f6)
3. Rxh1
This should be enough to crush black’s soul.
[Well said.]
You’re conspicuously silent about Cardinal Müller’s explosive remarks about PF’s frequent “material heresies” (as if a Pope could be a MATERIAL heretic). Instead, you want to regale us with your gastronomic proclivities.
Fine, be irrelevant Father.
[Here’s the score. Yesterday, I spent virtually the entire day travelling, crossing the Atlantic, without any internet access. On my arrival, I was then with my host and not online. Then, being 6 hours out of synch, I hit the wall. Then, on waking and finding 198 emails waiting, I started to dig into those. Then, of course, my host and I had some things to do, because I a) want to spend time with him and b) see something of the area, which is interesting. So, in between doing these things, I am trying to read things from my phone, which isn’t all that easy. Then, today, I had to write my piece for One Peter Five – ever seen those? – which don’t exactly write themselves. So, I’ll just respond simply: “Get off my back, please. You can wait and the world won’t crumble. Thanks in advance.”]
I had no idea!
Name is spelt like the one in the calendar (but Mexican by descent not Italian).
‘Theodore’. Each day I pray for the beatification of Servant of God Fr. Theodore Foley, C.P. He was Superior General of the Passionists in 1964. He was renowned for his humility, gentleness and sanctity. I believe he interceded for me in a minor miracle that allowed me to continue serving as a deacon.
Glad your home safe!
@Cornelius
Irrelevant reveries are far more important than whatever people happen to be fuming about at any given moment.
It’s all about the Hermeneutic of Conviviality (TM)
Welcome back to these USA Father!
I sympathize with your issues with the IFE. In the few times I fly lately I find I have about a 50% chance of getting one that is working. Usually all I want to do is display the map so I can track my progress but often I can’t even get that to work. I always bring a real paper book with me so I am not dependent on what passes for entertainment on the little seat back screen.
Fr Z:
Good comments. You are a real person and not a wired device, and have a real life outside of a computer.
I’m delighted you tried Brennan and Carr, and that you have good reports. The current owners are second cousins of mine.
Welcome back from your (sabbatical?) trip. I enjoyed your travelogue posts.
I do hope the flight attendants put the “cushion” on the list for maintenance!!!
Was it a sliced cheese or a melted goop? Looks great, and your beer is the one on the right.