The calendar says the sun rose at 6:37.
It also says that it set 17:10.
It fixes the Ave Maria bell at 17:30.
However at The Parish™ I was pleased to hear the Ave Maria at 17:37. Nice.
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I was out with a friend for a cocktail after Mass at my usual watering hole. I was persuaded to “get a quick bite”.
Caponata to share.
Ravioli. Maybe a little too much sauce.
This is pretty good.
Our area lost power and my sister sent me a text.
I felt pretty good about my reply. pic.twitter.com/Fukh51QEn1— Fr. Joseph Krupp (@Joeinblack) October 29, 2025
HA HA HA HA HA!! It’s BEANS! He’s back.
This is fantastic because it is one of the most notorious progressive Catholic theologians saying what we all say, that the new Mass implies a new Theology. He thinks it’s a good thing but we don’t. https://t.co/wtYAAIiXrB
— Henry von Blumenthal (@PaulinusOfTrier) October 29, 2025
Hey… wait a minute….!
Amazing. A chanted Mass in traditional vestments and in an ancient tongue not currently in everyday use and with a priest facing east, you say? @holysmoke https://t.co/OrNiFKqW7b
— Paul Keeley (@drcrouchback) October 29, 2025
White to move and win.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Priestly chess players, drop me a line. HERE
Big surprise… Magnus is winning in St. Louis.
And this… appropriate…
This is a great analysis, but this excerpt from a 1965 article by OSV editor Dale Francis about the changes to the Mass was heartbreaking.
"What bothers them most is that they believe their failure to gain satisfaction [from the new Mass] is somehow their own fault." https://t.co/p9MTgZbbpu pic.twitter.com/mcxt641V6U
— Clovis Trahan (@SeamusNua) October 29, 2025
BTW… tonight I was approached by a young cleric as my friend and I were walking to supper. “Are you Fr. Z?” We had a nice chat. He is a Jesuit living here in Rome. In honor of the occasion, I share this…
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It was by design that the laity should be made to feel at fault for their negative reactions to changes in the Mass. I once read a little volume called Priest’s Guide to Parish Worship, published around 1967. One of its instructions was that when parishioners resisted the new talky-singy style of “active participation,” the priest should bring them into line by accusing them of being Manichaeans.
My dad was in his thirties when the changes happened, and he had a rough time. One Sunday during confession, he told the priest he was having difficulty meditating after Communion with everyone singing around him. The priest actually replied, “That’s because God is not with you. He’s with the people who are singing.” My dad got up and left without absolution, and didn’t darken the door of a confessional for many years.
Father McTeigue, on target as usual. My oldest son had the privilege of taking a class or two under his tutelage at Ave Maria University years ago. Could not say enough about how great he was/is; a bright light in the Jesuit darkness.
1. Rg7+ Kxh8
2. Rh7+ Kg8
3. g7
If black makes a rook move, then Rh8+ allows black to skewer the king and rook, and leave white with a winning rook vs pawn endgame. For any other move, gxf8=Q, and white is in a similar position.
From Part 2 of hand missal history’s work on laypeople’s reaction to the new Mass introduced in 1965:
“In mid-1966, Our Sunday Visitor again conducted a nationwide survey of lay Catholics regarding how the new liturgical changes had impacted their spiritual life. OSV summarized the findings by noting that while “many” liked the new changes, “a majority of those who replied were either uneasy, concerned, disturbed, or even dismayed by many of them.”[49] This is confirmed by the impact the changes had on the habits and devotions of the laity:
32% reported attending weekday[50] Mass less often following the changes (and 56% reporting no change)
34% reported going to confession less often following the changes (and 58% reporting no change)”
https://handmissalhistory.com/newmass1964part2/
I cannot praise this guy’s research enough.
The above also supports a remark in Geoffrey Hull’s The Banished Heart, which stated parish priests were complaining that the changes to the liturgy were destroying the piety of their congregations.
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