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The saga of dealing with my mother’s possessions/house/car continues. A friend with some legal savvy is visiting. Helpful. We are ticking things to do off of the To Do List.
I had posted a Mom’s Stuff Page – hoping to learn what things are and what they might be worth. There are so many knowledgeable people who read here. Anyway, I have updated there with more photos.
(Someone who bought my mom’s house would coincidently be close to some place where the TLM celebrated everyday – while I’m in town – and there is a church in town which has the TLM on Sunday.)
This…
What a bizarre affectation. It’s hard to believe that any priest would do something this self-centered.
Why does Cardinal Tucho
Fernandez, Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith, hold the chalice like this during Mass?What’s going on here? pic.twitter.com/heKcK1J0p6
— Dr Taylor Marshall™? (@TaylorRMarshall) June 24, 2026
Meanwhile… the SSPX now has an open Letter to the Pope and Cardinals and a 28 page Profession of Faith which they say they hope will be the basis of fraternal dialogue with Rome. I haven’t read it yet. However, I suspect it will not have the most irenic tone.
Black to move. Mate in 4.
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Black to move and mate in 4
1. … Bf2+
2. Kxf2 {forced} Ne4+
3. Ke3 {or Ke1} Qd2+
4. Kxe4 {forced} f5# mate!
Note: Only pawns can capture en passant. Had to look it up… :-)
If
3. Ke1 Qd2# mate
The Korean apothecary chest is beautiful.
The chest of drawers with two clock-like faces intrigues me. The top is pretty clearly a clock, but the lower face isn’t clear at the resolution of the monitor I’m on right now. 31 numbered marks on it, probably not a barometer or thermometer… marks the day of the month, maybe?
The photos of the cardinal say a lot.
The importance of ad orientem and the priest having no face, foremost.
What it says about the actor is obvious and needs no mention.
1. . . . . . . . B-f2+
2. K×f2 . . Q-d2
3. K-g3 . . Q-e3+
4. K-h4 . . g7-g5#
Not immediately obvious (to me), but repeated checks (without moving Black’s anchor Knight at f5) provide a straihhtforward solution.
Our diocese had a Priest who once was described by our disgraced former Bishop as an “innovative liturgist,” which was intended as a compliment but which I thought should have been taken as a condemnation. This Priest used to “elevate” the Host during Mass by holding it with one hand, arm outstretched, at his eyelevel while he stared at it. The effect was creepy.
He was also the guy who when distributing Communion would go to the side aisle with a cup and had “EXTRAORDINARY Ministers” distribute the Host at the center aisle. This prevented any old-fashioned folks who wanted to receive the Host from the Priest from doing so.
My “solution” overlooked White’s option to interpose its Knight or Bishop after 2. . .Q-d2+.
Ad orientem eliminates many problems for the priest, especially the need to do performance art.