It was cloudy, but the sun probably rose on time at 7:12. It will probably have to be take on faith (evidence of things not seen) that it will set at 18:43.
The Ave Maria Bells is set for 19:00.
Thank you, Lord, for this day.
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Today is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary which means that it is also the anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto. In Italian it’s: Lépanto.
It is also the Feast of St. Mark, Pope, who died in +336. He was one of the first who was not a martyr. I think the very first was Miltiades.
Here is a shot of one of the NEW black vestments laid out for one of the priests to celebrate a Requiem. This is the one with my stemma. What a pleasure to see it in use for the first time!
And this is The World’s Best Sacristan™ screwing around.
I had to consult with Pippo the florist today. He assures me that there will be alstromeria soon. However, I had to speak about 50 long stem yellow roses requested by friends who are coming to celebrate their 50th anniversary of marriage. They want to give them to Mary at The Parish. Nice.
Pippo, setting up. You can say send him a note: info@pippocampodefiori.com You might say, “Ciao Pippo e Anastasia da uno dei lettori di don John!”
Then to the butcher, nearby. Delivery in progress.
Rabbit… yum.
Today is the Feast of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus, early martyrs. There is an image of them in the Church of St. Mary della Scala in Trastevere. I’ve posted it before. Not real flattering, I think. It seems to me that both of them just saw …
… the consistory list.
It’s the eyes upward to Heaven that does it… or is it an eye roll? Maybe it’s that. An eye roll to Heaven.
Consistory list or maybe they are participants in the Walking Together about Walking Togetherity.
St. Sergio: “Please get me out of here?”
St. Bacco: “If I have to listen to this Jesuit one more minute…”.
Yesterday at the parish we had the Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii.
And just for nice, from Holy Mass in the morning… external celebration of Our Lady of the Rosary (thus, white).
That leads to churchy news….
Yes, the list of new cardinals is out. Of those I know anything about, one is pretty good. One… an perhaps a subtle insult to the whole institution of the College and to us.
In chessy news… HERE
Hey Fathers! How about a clerical Guayabera shirt?
UPDATE:
BREAKING: Bernard Tissier de Mallerais SSPX is dying and will live for only a few more days.
Please keep His Excellency in your prayers. pic.twitter.com/1jFh4jbXbt
— Matthew Joseph (@matthew_sede) October 7, 2024
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The PBG Alaskan Knights won their fifth match on Sunday to lead the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League with a six-point margin halfway through the round-robin stage. The Triveni Continental Kings and the Alpine Sg Pipers are sharing second place with five rounds to go before the top two teams qualify for the big final.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Our priest organised a Rosary this evening, with all 20 mysteries incl. Luminous. The turnout was 1/2 that of the regular NO Sunday Mass–impressive really. Deo gratias.
Also, I’ve been having a lot of trouble as of late accessing your blog, Fr Z. I keep getting the “504 The page request was canceled because it took too long to complete” error. My apologies if I’ve submitted the same comment 5 times due to the error.