Daily Archives: 20 April 2026

Of Tolkien and a very young Fr. Z

J.R.R. Tolkien’s books provided inestimable foundations for my later acceptance of all that the Catholic Church taught and that in conjunction with its most powerful conveyer of doctrine, sacred liturgical worship. In fact, at the behest of a wise grandmother, … Read More

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ROME 26/4– Days 27 & 28: Pope SAINT Leo IX lead an army

This beautiful sunny yet cool Roman day started by the sun’s rising at 06:20 and it will end at 19:59. The Ave Maria (which you know all about now) is at 20:15 according to the Vatican curial calendar. On this … Read More

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Feast of St. Expeditus… belated

Yesterday, 19 April, was the Feast of St. Expeditus – patron saint of procrastinators.  I put off posting about him till now. He was a Roman soldier and is so depicted, also holding aloft a sign or cross with the … Read More

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