Some of you have sent donations for my travel to the conference for priests to be held by the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. Many thanks to: WH, LD, MM, BMR, JK, DC, AR, DM, JMcG, KM and today, MH, BF, and GG. I have my expenses covered now. That doesn’t mean that you have to stop! o{]:¬) This afternoon I will offer Holy Mass (BVM Sabbato) for the intention of my conference donors, to whom I am grateful.
UPDATE: Also thanks to MF, RM (73!), and LP (I couldn’t find an email address for you).
UPDATE: A link to the sermon from today’s Mass, offered for my kind conference donors. It is excerpted from the live stream and then slightly edited, to cut out some comments about votive masses on certain days of the week. The Mass today was of the Blessed Virgin on Saturday.
Hey s******b31@gmail.com! My thank you note was kicked back. New email? Let me know!
White to move. Mate in 2.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
In chessy news, I finished today an OTB game I started yesterday against the club president. I prevailed, digging myself out of a jam. Plugging all the moves into an engine for analysis is sobering.
At the St. Louis Chess Club the Cairns Cup is ongoing, a tournament for women, named for Dr. Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield. Dr. Cairns, wife of Rex Sinquefield, also announced an award of $100K, to be awarded each year for five years to US women who achieve the title of Grand Master. Incentive! I’m rooting for Alice Lee. World wide there are only 42 female GMs, 2% of all GMs.
Remote Chess Academy has a Father’s Day sale going June 16th to June 20th, offering up to 75% OFF on our entire shop, including the “Super Pack.”
The Benedictine monks of Le Barroux live stream (and on demand) the singing of the hours. They also make great wine. Try some and support them.
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