Sunrise today was at 06:18 and it set a few minutes ago at 20:00.
The Ave Maria Bells is slated to chime at 20:15.
The Roman Station is St Peter’s Basilica.
Today, in the reckoning of St. Anselm of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church (+1109).
Today, this very day, is the death day of Francis. R.I.P.
Today, Easter Monday “of the angel”, is called Pasquetta here in Italy and a holiday.
Today is the 2778th Birthday of Rome!
Alme Sol, curru nitido diem qui
promis et celas aliusque et idem
nasceris, possis nihil urbe Roma
visere maius.Q. Horatius Flaccus
Carmen Saeculare
Ovid’s long entry in the Fasti begins...
Nox abiit, oritur Aurora. Parilia poscor:
non poscor frustra, si favet alma Pares.
alma Pales, faveas pastoria sacra canenti,
prosequor officio si tua festa meo.
Sounds like the beginning of one of these Rome posts! And the calendar indicates that today’s aurora was at 5:49! I like how Ovid just rolls it out so effortlessly.
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Casa Santa Marta with flag at half staff.
The confrers of the Archconfraternity of Ss. Trinità said the Office for the Dead at San Pietro.
I ask…
How many of the libs and bureaucrats of the Curia said the OFFICE FOR THE DEAD.
In charity, I must stop.
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It organically came up in a conversation that I prayed the Office of the Dead yesterday, and I was admonished that I should not have done so during Easter. So maybe, it seems, that was not something to be admonished for afterall.