Monthly Archives: June 2024

Daily Rome Shot 1059

With a starter of trippa alla romana. Evviva San Giovanni! I read that there is still time to join the Biel International Chess Festival Tournament for amateurs.  16-25 July.  The place looks beautiful.   Gosh, that would be fun.  *sigh* Welcome … Read More

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ACTION ITEM: 7-15 July Novena to the Holy Face of Jesus – for the preservation of the Traditional Latin Mass

Every once in a while, more and more often as a matter of fact, references to devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus are surfacing. I received this email: Dear Fr Z, From today’s Mass: “Quia óculi Dómini super iustos, … Read More

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OLDIE PODCAzT 36: St. Augustine on John the Baptist; Ut queant laxis

Here is an old PODCAzT. Gosh my voice has changed.  2007!   Much happier times. 036 07-06-24 St. Augustine on John the Baptist; Ut queant laxis https://zuhlsdorf.computer/podcazt/07_06_24.mp3 Our PODCAzT for this Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist presents a selection … Read More

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Items of interest and concern about the TLM.

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Daily Rome Shot 1058

White to move and mate in 3. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – UK HERE  WHY?  This helps to … Read More

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VIDEO: The icon of the Holy Trinity painted by Rublev returned to the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius

It is Julian Calendar Pentecost. For their Pentecost, there was a special moment when Patriarch Kirill of Moscow led the meeting of the icon of the Holy and Life-Giving Trinity, painted by Andrei Rublev, in the Trinity Lavra of St. … Read More

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23 June – Vigil of St. John – solstices and snails, bonfires and witch burnings

It is nice to have as your Patron the great Baptist, for I get two feasts a year, his Nativity and his Beheading. For the Vigil of St. John (today, as I write even thought it is the 5th Sunday … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 1057

Interim, motus ad lusorem cum militibus albis pertinent. Scaccus mattus, scilicet mors regis, IV in motis veniat. NB: Explicationes detineam oblatas in crastinum, ne vestrae interrumpantur commentationes. Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – UK HERE … Read More

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 5th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 12th) 2024

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this 5th Sunday after Pentecost, … Read More

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YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS: UPDATE on a prayer request

PLEASE use the sharing buttons! Thanks! In your charity would you please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read? Continued from THESE. Let’s remember all who are ill, who will … Read More

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