The sun rose at 06:41 and it will set at 17:06.
The Ave Maria will be silent when it ought to ring at 17:30.
5 full days left.
It is the Commemoration of All Souls.
I mentioned sunrise.
Yesterday, All Saints, a wonderful event took place at the parish. All the relics of which they have possession were exposed for veneration and were solemnly “introduced”.
One by one they were carried to the center of the church while they were described. Then they were placed on the main altar.
Here is the video. At the end I edited it slight to eliminate a pause when the final relic, of the Cross, was fetched from the side altar in the back of church.
Here are a few closeups so you can see better what sort of reliquaries were involved.
Vespers followed. It was lovely.
Today, All Souls, priests have the privilege of saying 3 Masses (without any other special pastoral circumstances necessitating it). We can keep one stipend. Christmas is the other day when priests can say three Masses, but we can keep all three stipends.
I’m cooking up another video for old subscribers, etc.
This morning found me putting on this….
It’s hard to see wear on black and the lighting isn’t great.
I remember that when we had the RED VESTMENT PROJECT we talked also about BLACK. Some of you who had pledged for Red (or Black) hadn’t been selected at the time of the Red Project, because we had enough donors.
I posted something about a new SOLEMN set for the parish, but I didn’t receive quite the enthusiastic response as I did about the Red and Black vestments.
Perhaps it is time to revive the BLACK! While I am in Rome, I could get things worked out. I’ll watch the combox and email for feedback.
Who knows when this shop went out of business. I’m perhaps the 50’s or 60’s.
Coming into church today, the place looked VERY different!
So, I won’t get to see the magnificent Guido Reni altarpiece again until I return, hopefully in March for Holy Week.
Pray for the dead, my friends. This is the month of special prayer for the “Poor” Souls.
Pray for yourselves, as well, that God will preserve us all from a sudden and unprovided death.
Meanwhile.. DEATH to White’s King in THREE.
Black 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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Between Confession and Mass I saw the sacristan bring out fourteen relics to the altar, but unfortunately no one identified them. The tomb of Servant of God Julia Greeley is adjacent to a secondary altar, so her relics were pointed out and her witness briefly recounted.
1. Rxg2+ KxR
2.Qf3+ Kg1
3. Q (or R) h1++
An old Priest we knew, Father William Lloyd Ryan used to tell us that, “no one is more dead than a priest”. What he meant was people forget to pray for deceased priest because we assume they are in heaven. Eternal Rest to all deceased priest.
1. Rxg2+ Kxg2
2. Qf3+ Kg1
3. Qh1#
1. … Rxg2+
2. Kxg2 Qf3+
3. Kg1 Qh1#
Or
3. … Rh1#
I was one who did respond to the inquiry about the Solemn Vestments. I would increase my proposed donation if neccessary. But I would be interested in donating for any Vestments you deem needed. So count me in!
Over the past 10 years or so, I’ve prayed St Joseph’s Holy Cloak during the month of November, that Holy Souls would be released out of Purgatory. I’m doing that again this month.
1…. Rxg2+
2. KxR Qf3+
3. Kg1 Qh1#
We have to keep the white king in check so as not to be checkmated ourselves.
1. … Rxg7+
2. KxR forced, Qf6+.
3. Kg8 Qh8++. For white’s move, the king must go back, because queen and rook defend each other and the pawn is no longer there to capture the queen. The rook would also be defended by the bishop. On her new field, the queen is protected by the rook.
Hello BeatifyStickler, would be Father Ryan of the diocese of Hamilton Ontario Canada.
A great and holy man who also founded the religious order of Sisters of Our Lady Immaculate
Lovely to see the reliquaries are cared for so beautifully.
@BeatifyStickler
I keep in my prayers a deceased bishop – for whom i’m certain our gracious host also prays – and eight other deceased priests.
We’re all hunkered down for Pope Night here in these USA. Wikipedia says that President Washington put the kibosh on festivities/riots because it was causing bad press in Canada.
But this year we’ve got an entire Pope Weekend, so I’ve laid in extra supplies in my own cupboard under the stairs. Considering a Hyatt instead.