Today’s Wordle: Failed
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There’s something about this photo that feels almost patristic in spirit, if you ask me.
I can’t quite explain it, but the composition, the vestments, the posture of the hands… it’s like a painting of the Church Fathers. pic.twitter.com/gmcBRGGsuQ— Little Susie (@CatholicSusie) January 6, 2026
Here’s The Triumph of St. Augustine by Claudio Coello.
Black to move and mate in 4.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
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There’s a back story, too.
Black to move and mate in 4
1) … Qxg3+
2) h2xg3 (or Kh1 or Kf1) Rxg3+
3) Kf1 (forced) Rh1+
4) Ng1 (forced) Rgxg1# mate
If
2) Kh1 or Kf1 Qg2# mate
Now that he is the Pope, He can practice having his picture taken.
Not really doing much else.
Maybe not a bad thing.
I noticed that in the painting of St. Augustine he has his stole crossed under his cope. Was there a time when bishops wore their stoles crossed? I know that priests still do while celebrating the Vetus Ordo.
1. Q×g3+
If . . . . . . . . K-h1 or K-f1
2. Q-g2#
If . . . . . . . . h2×h3
2. R×h3+ . . K-f1
3. R-h1+ . . N-g1
4. R(either)×g1#
Unlike yesterday, I never left Black unchecked