Daily Rome Shot 1215 – consecrated!

The S.R.E. Cardinalis Burke consecrating my chalice and paten on (real) Epiphany 2025.  Photo from The World’s Best Sacristan™ at The Parish™.

Where I will be pretty soon.  I found a relatively low-expenditure flight!  I would appreciate some donations to help defray the cost.  I’ll have to do that again, in a more systematic way for a return to Rome for Holy Week, Easter and beyond.  So, for now, wavvy flag is back.

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Of course as the wheel of fate turns another notch, setting up this trip to Rome will trigger one of my major appliances’ demise.

In churchy news, I suppose the big deal today is the appointment of a new Archbishop for Washington DC.  Perhaps this is La Befana’s gift for Epiphany?  I had figured that this one might go to New York when the present locum tenens has been relieved. My first thought was that this was not so subtle payback for the next president’s ambassadorial appointment. It seems to me that that is how the cardinalatial appointments have been handled. I feel for the faithful in the nation’s capital.

PERSEVERE!  GO TO CONFESSION!  PRAY THE ROSARY!

In chessy news… not much.  HERE

White to move and mate in 3.

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