Monthly Archives: March 2024

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Easter Sunday 2024

It is EASTER Sunday and the beginning of Paschaltide. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation?  Did you go to liturgies of the Triduum? Did you GO TO CONFESSION? Tell … Read More

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Lighter Fare for the Easter Vigil

This just in…. cut from the Vatican video feed… Another angle, from Eduard Habsburg’s twitter… I can’t decide. Either the Borg have arrived or we have proof that the Vatican finally has an Amazon Prime account. UPDATE… okay… Confirmed: ? … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 10: Holy Saturday and the Harrowing of Hell

Sunrise, when? 05:54 Sunset, when? 19:36 Ave Maria? 19:00 Quiet day, as befitting Holy Saturday.  All is quiet in the Church as Christ’s soon to be reclaimed Body is in the tomb while His human fused divinity harrows Hell. HEY! … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 9: Good Friday

On this Good Friday the sun arose at 5:55 and it will set at 19:35. The Ave Maria bell is in its 19:00 phase. There are 279 days left in the year. The Roman Station is Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. … Read More

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Good Friday 3 April AD 33? – Eclipses as Christ died on the Cross

This is definitely worth reposting. The fellow who made the video about the Star of Bethlehem (a compelling argument, I might add), also did some research about what happened in the heavens on Good Friday. Let’s break it down. Passover … Read More

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CRISIS: Trad “recovery” conference!

All eyes are turning to S. Montana – a beautiful area to be sure – where tens of people might attend a special conference for those recovering from being traditional.   The Trad Recovery conference is for people who had bad experiences … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 8: Holy Thursday

Rome expected the sun to rise. This won’t always be the case. However, it did today at 05:57. Similar expectations await its setting at 19:34. The cycle of the Ave Maria bell changes today to 19:00. It hops by quarter … Read More

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WDTPRS – Spy Wednesday: The final prayers

The term “Spy” Wednesday is probably an allusion to Christ’s betrayal by Judas. In the ancient Roman Church at the time of St. Pope Leo I, “the Great” (+461), there was no Mass during the day.  Instead, many of the … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 7: Oooops!

Sunrise: 05:59. Sunset: 19:33. Ave Maria… still 18:45.  The 15 minute shift is coming up. The Roman Station is Santa Maria Maggiore. Welcome registrant: Michael Joseph Last night, the full Moon over the Campo de’ Fiori.  This is the full … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 6: Quiet Day

Today sunrise was at 6:01. Sunset will occur at 19:32. Ave Maria 18:45 for a few more days. The Roman Station is Santa Prisca on the Aventine Hill. Today in the Vetus Ordo we read the Passion according to Mark. … Read More

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