Rome 24/10 – Day 39-40: Open! Says me.

Over Rome the sun brought new light at 06:51.   That light will greatly diminish at 16:57.

The Ave Maria is really in the 17:15 cycle but the Vatican calendar still gets it wrong at 17:30.

Today is the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the Mother Church of the City and of the World.  It is the Cathedral of the Diocese of Rome.

For this days, Lord, I give you praise and thanks.

Breakfast with The World’s Best Sacristan™ and The Parish Priest™.

This is something new at The Parish™.

The General Postulator of the Carmelites as confirmed that this manikin came from the Carmelite Monastery in Lisieux and that it was used by St. Thérèse the Little Flower.

It was a nice surprise to see this connection to St. Thérèse in the sacristy of The Parish™.

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Clams last night.   This is after several hours of purging in sea salt water.

Sant’ Andrea after visiting the fishmonger.

I stopped and thanked St. Joseph for something.  Thank you, St. Joseph.

In churchy news…

Bells sounded from the belfry of the basilica of Notre Dame in Paris on November 8, for the first time since the cathedral was ravaged by fire on August 19, 2019. https://t.co/z98vx1pEhb

— Father V (@father_rmv) November 8, 2024

Nice people! Great service!

At the National Catholic Register, Ed Pentin has a piece about why the Walking Together about Walking Togetherity was silent about the Traditional Latin Mass. Even though there is a demographic sinkhole opening up under the Church in developed countries precisely because of the choices of her pastors for the last 50+ years, and even though (still) small communities of more traditional Catholic are burgeoning, … no! no! … don’t talk about it! [FINGERS IN EARS AND HUMMING] “Not listening!”

Honestly, you would think they’d rather have a smoking crater than a happy parish with the TLM and young families active in the Church.

The canonization process of a Pakistani Catholic boy who sacrificed his life to prevent an Islamist suicide bomber from entering a crowded church moves forward.

The Vatican has approved the diocesan inquiry into the martyrdom of Akash Bashir, a 20-year-old Catholic who… pic.twitter.com/MY0lD75OIG

— Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) November 9, 2024

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