Rome 24/10 – Day 9: MEAT… and PRIME

At 07:14 the sun rose.

At 18:40 the should set.  If not… I don’t know.

  • The Ave Maria is in the 19:00 cycle, though it is at 19:10 by the strictly solar account.
  • It is the Feast the Old Testament Patriarch Abraham.  Yes, many OT figures are counted as saints by the Church.
  • It is the Feast of St. Denis (c. III) of Paris.  May he intercede for that besieged city.
  • It is the Feast of John Leonardi (+1609) whose body is at S. M in Campitelli just up the road.  Tonight members of the Archconfraternity of Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini will join with them for a procession with the relics of the saint who was a great collaborator, if not member, the Archconfraternity.
  • It is the Feast of St. John Henry Newman (+1890).  Recently Oratorians were around from all over the world for a general meeting for their own business.  Apparently, there is a project to have John Henry Newman named Doctor of the Church.  I think it is likely that it will succeed.

Thank you Lord for this day.

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I am joining these prayers to the orations of Holy Mass.

However, today I was privileged to celebrate a 1st anniversary Requiem for the father of one of the the owners of the bar I hang out at in the evening if I am meeting friends, Cafe Taba on the Campo.  I was able to use the new black vestment which our project brought to completion.  This is the one with my coat of arms.

I am so grateful to the donors.   The decorum of the Masses is greatly enhanced.   They will be available for all the priests who say Requiem Masses, especially in November.

 

Symmetrical Breakfast.

Over to the Campo to chat with the veg stand folks and then buy some flowers.  The white roses are gone and some red perdure.  However, I was after some alstroemeria.

On lookers.

Speaking of Cafe Taba… which drink is mine?

This was an interesting concoction from Enzo the Mixer, a special rye which one of my evening companions had brought (he’s  long time patron), a kind of Manhattan with a touch of chocolate bitters.   I am not sure I would choose the chocolate direction again, but it was a nice change of pace.

The pace changed seriously for supper as the three of us tackled an enormous fiorentina at a favored locale.   It may have been the best, most tender and flavorful fiorentina I have every had.

In churchy news… Walking Together about Walking Togetherity goes …. *yawn*…. on.   Robert Royal interview Fr. Murray at The Catholic Thing about it.  As usual Father makes good points.  One thing I would have stressed is that the point of the WTaWT is to establish the preeminence over all things – including fidelity and reason – of PROCESS.  That’s the whole megillah.

SSPX Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais died on Tuesday 8 October 2024 having received the sacraments of our Holy Mother Church. Which he could receive because Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication. He was 79 years old, had been a priest for 49 years and a bishop for 36. He was one of Lefebvre’s first seminarians. May he rest in peace.

May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace.

In chessy news… HERE

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3 Comments

  1. According to ChessCom:

    GM Anish Giri scored his first win on Tuesday to lead the PBG Alaskan Knights to their sixth win in seven matches as the team is on the brink of securing a spot in Saturday’s final of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League. It was a strange day that saw both GMs Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja making incredible blunders.

    On the remaining three days of the round-robin phase, anything can happen but currently the Triveni Continental Kings and the Alpine Sg Pipers, who both lost today, still have the best chance to join the Knights. Interestingly, they will play each other in the very last match on Friday.

    NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.

    White to move. Mate in 3.

    This fellow helped my game. Interested in learning?  Try THIS.

    And, for nice…

  2. BeatifyStickler says:

    My family will be forever indebted to John-Henry Newman. Happy feast of this great son of St Philip Neri.

  3. Anyone on the puzzle solution? Anyone?

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