We are out of the days of my natal month and the coincidence of calendar and my length of stay. I enter now into the final stretch of days here, aka crunch time. I’m disoriented at the prospect of leaving. I feel as if I haven’t gotten done some of what I came to do. What has happened, however, was a serious “recharging”, “deep cycle” so to speak.
The Ave Maria bells ought to chime at 17:30. The sun shall set at 17:07. Up came the sun at 06:40, somewhat obscured.
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It’ll probably rain this afternoon.
It is the Feast of All Saints. Most places are closed today.
I renew my request for prayers for Giancarlo through the intercession of Bl. Luigi Maria Monti. Ask the Blessed specifically for a sudden, complete and lasting healing.
Today we begin the month during which we pray in a special way for the souls in Purgatory. They are called “poor” in that they can do little for themselves in their time of purgation and they need our assistance. Happily we can do that as members, still, of the Church Militant.
Try to imagine the heavenly hosts rejoicing at the entry of another soul into the Beatific Vision, perhaps immediate, perhaps after a time of purification. We have the more or less famous stories of the officially and traditionally acknowledged saints in heaven, yet the vast majority of the multitudes in the beyond are anonymous to us in large part.
We can at times be very confident about the happiness in Heaven of this or that person, especially those who received the Last Sacraments and Apostolic Blessing. It is good to continue to pray for them.
Imagine also meeting someone in Heaven and learning that your prayers and penances. gaining indulgences, were helpful in abbreviating the time of purification.
On this joyous feast of All Saints, let us contemplate daly of our own path toward Heaven, which must involve death. Holy Church has us pray in the Litany of Saints that we be preserved from a sudden and unprovided death, that is, a death without the chance for a good confession and, if possible, anointing and Communion. As in everything else in life we need to practice to get good at something. So, be mindful of death as the way to Heaven.
“State buoni se potete… Be good if you can” (St. Philip Neri)
Take on some penances.
Go to confession.
Yesterday I received a kind donation of RLR via Chase/Zelle (a favorite way of receiving). RLR, I don’t have any email address for you, or I would send you a private note. Thank you.
Thank you Roman donors. Today’s Holy Mass is for your intention. You’ve covered my time here and I will return the favor in the best way I know how.
Speaking of cover, I went by a hat shop I used to frequent… I now have enough hats, I think, so I was not looking to buy, but just to admire.
It seems they don’t want you to know what they are up to. LOL. I noticed this after I shot the pic. The irony was too rich.
What’s the deal? They don’t want people to know their prices? What do they have?
At the place where LifeSite had their conference yesterday, I saw this which amused me greatly, given that the “Sant’Uffizio” or “Holy Office” was synonymous with the “Inquisition”. So,… “Inquisition and Spa”… for your “wellness”.
Probably a nice place.
This sight just cheered me up. Everything laid out in an orderly manner for priests and their Masses.
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Meanwhile, is it BLACK’s move. Can you find mate in 4?
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
The Summit Dominicans also make candles. Think: ADVENT WREATH.
Remote Chess Academy has a new price for their beginning package.
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Grey topper in the upper left corner of the display window: the photo is of Gary Oldman as young Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 film, “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.”
Nice collection of hats. You’ve got us covered.
I keep using your Amazon link when I make purchases.
— Guy
I think the decline (if not altogether vanishing) of men’s hats is yet another sign of our contemporary degeneracy.
Look at most photos from the 1940/50s of street life in America in any big city and invariably almost all the men (and women) are wearing hats and frankly (if I may say so) look quite sharp. Compare that with how people look nowadays [shudder].
I remember with fondness that my father clapped his fedora on his head everyday going to work in the big city – that was in the early 1960s.
There I go, showing my antiquarian tendencies . . .
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Happy feast day!
So, I heard that Archbishop Georg Gänswein’s book has now been released in English. I don’t have it yet, but there’s an intriguingly nebulous sentence in Chapter 7, apparently.
Per a review of the book by The Pillar, “Ganswein notes sheepishly that the pope’s [BXVI] Latin resignation announcement, drafted amid tight secrecy, contained a few errors.”
Hmmm…
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You usually tell us how to gain an indulgence for the poor souls. I remember that we have to go to confession, receive communion, be in the state of grace, pray for the intentions of the pope, and be free of all mortal or venial sin and even the inclination to sin, for the complete indulgence. Is that correct?
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i have a serious weakness for hats and so that shop could be dangerous for me. i also have an unusually large head, if their selection in 7 7/8 isn’t that broad then maybe it wouldn’t be.
In my experience, store photography in Italy is most often prohibited to discourage counterfeiting. The other reason is to avoid comparison pricing or ordering online.
I am a hat fanatic!
Not so long ago in London there was a spate of some people from distant lands (mentioning no names) who made it their business to go round the big shops, (Selfridges, Harrods etc) and photograph the displays, in order to copy the clothing designs/trends so they could be produced back home. Whether this still goes on?
Thank you Father Z.,
Death is a part of life. We miss our loved ones who have gone before us so much. Our consolation is in their holy deaths. We know that ours will come someday and we joke many many many years from now. Confession, Communion and Apostolic blessing is our new battle cry.
A gentleman is never seen without a hat.
Today, I wore my “hat français” (that’s “beret” to you).
About hats:
I never forgot the morning I showed up for medical ethics class (c.1987) with a ball cap on my head. Fr. Franz Schorp, S.M., signaled to me before class started to take my hat off. Yes, Fr. Z, I obliged.
A few years later I went to a state college and recall the large campus student center having a big sign that said out of respect for those who served in the military please remove your hat prior to entering. This is a habit I adopted over the years.
I have seen pews in some churches in the northern parts of the United States (particularly with older architecture, both Catholic and Protestant) that have clips attached to the pews. Years ago I recall my dad telling me that the clips were for hat storage during Mass or services.
I do agree that more people need to remove hats inside buildings these days. When I was a kid I was told women could wear hats indoors because it was fashion for them, but men should not. My mother would not let us eat at the dinner table with hats on either.
I’ll add, however, that gentlemen cowboys dance with their hats on.