When 06:00 arrived, up came the sun here in Rome.
The sun set was at 20:14, officially that is.
The schedule for the Ave Maria Bell is still 20:30, though technically it should be more closely connected to sunset. Therefore, sliding around as the days get longer.
In the older calendar today we celebrate St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, who died at Ostia, Rome’s port on their way back to N. Africa. She has a lovely collect:
Deus, mæréntium consolátor et in te sperántium salus, qui beátæ Mónicæ pias lácrimas in conversióne fílii sui Augustíni misericórditer suscepísti: da nobis utriúsque intervéntu; peccáta nostra deploráre, et grátiæ tuæ indulgéntiam inveníre.
More about her, and a moment that changed Western Civilization, in another post.
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Along the Epistle flank of The Parish™ some cleaning has begun.
You can see the grooves in the travertine. I believe that these were caused from carts passing each other in the narrow street and slowly gouging it out. Think about it. At the church and at huge refectory and hospice and hospital which the Archconfraternity had hosted half a million pilgrims in the Jubilee. The Archcon housed and fed them and took care of them, in this complex and in other of their holdings around Rome. Try to imagine the huge amount of food that had to be delivered, newly cleaned bedding, things to be removed that had been used. The amount of people and carts coming and going…. hard to imagine. The Parish™ was the second most visited place in Rome after St. Peter’s! Try to get your head around that!
I think they will continue down to the end of the travertine.
I would subject these pissing little dogs who spray their paint all over to the “corda“.
In other news, I transplanted my jasmine (not the Jesuit) plant today. An accomplishment. It went into the planter on the right, and I straightened everything up. Not sure what to do next.
I so hope my jasmine (not the Jesuit) takes off before I have to leave. The fragrance is lovely, especially as the temperature drops in the late afternoon. Thank you God, for these beautiful proofs of your love for us.
White 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.
