Daily Rome Shot 1179: One two, buckle my shoe…

Meanwhile, back in Rome.

Photo by The World’s Best Sacristan™

Did you know that in 1962 priests were still required to have buckles on their shoes when they said Mass?

I was reminded of a mosaic I saw in the beautiful Cathedral in St. Louis, of a historic Mass in the diocese. This was shot from the “upper deck” as it were.  Right click for larger… note the priest’s shoes.

This is how I did it before, with laces.

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“But Father!  But Father!”, the acolytes of Laudato forse are mewling. “That horrible gun looking thing might all by itself damage the environment just by its existence!  Even posting something that will surely destroy the planet means that YOU HATE VATICAN II!”

First, it’s only 700K BTU.  I will admit that it might be over kill for lighting cigars.

In churchier news…

There’s no limit to stupid…

There has never been a limit to evil…

In sort of churchy news…

I’m sensing a pattern. Not long ago…

And…

Just for cool…

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4 Comments

  1. Mate in… 6? White to move.

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

    In Singapore – looks like an interesting place – there is a “freestyle” chess (Fischer Random – 960) duel between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. Just a 2 game match, 60 + 30 second increment.

    On 25 November, Ding Liren will defend his title against Gukesh Dommaraju in Singapore.

    Organized by the St. Louis Chess Club from 3-7 there will be a tournament for 60 players called the St. Louis Masters… 9 rounds, $100K prize money. It will be at the ballroom of the Royal Sonesta Chase Park Hotel. I’ve stayed there once. Nice place and great location. It would be fun to be there for this event.

  2. G. Thomas Fitzpatrick says:

    Father, that can’t possibly be a valid Confession, could it? Confessing to a holographic image can’t be valid. If it were you might just as well kneel before a statue of the Sacred Heart in your home, confess all your sins in number and frequency, and play a recording of a priest giving absolution.

    It is insane that anyone (theologians???) would think that valid.

  3. G. Thomas: No, that would not be valid. Moreover, it would not be valid to make a confession to a real but distant priest using a telephone or video stream.

    I read that the silly people who made that silly holographic thing claim that this is just an artist project and wasn’t intended to replace a confessor.

    The whole thing stinks. It bumps the needle in a particular direction. It is a creeping dissolution.

  4. ajf1984 says:

    “the silly people who made that silly holographic thing claim that this is just an artist project…”

    Does anyone else remember when art was made to inspire? Now all it seems to do is tire the soul…

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