ROME 26/6 – Day 68: hot and humid

The sun rose on Rome with every intention of making every man woman and child feel the heat. That time was 05:35.   While clouds have provided a little relief, the cooling won’t begin in earnest until sunset at 20:41.

The Ave Maria Bell is in the 2100 cycle for the Roman Curia.  However, those of us who are happy to have the amazing Ave Maria Clock app will enjoy the ringing (not dissimilar to the Angelus) according to the solar reckoning.

Mass on Sunday was offered for all my Benefactors.

Mass on Monday was offered specifically for my Roman Donors.

Thank you to all of you.  Please pray for me.

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Today is the Feast of St. Justin Martyr.  I have a 1st class relic of him in an antimension.

With this 1st of June we begin the month dedicated in a special way to the Most Sacred Heart.

Remember, this Friday is a 1st Friday.

There are 214 days left in the year.

Because at The Parish™ we observed the Octave of Pentecost, the Feast of St. Philip Neri, 1st class for The Parish™ for obvious reasons, was transferred to today.   Alas, poor Justin.
Tonight we will have solemn Vespers and a Solemn Mass followed by a reception for members of the Archconfraternity founded by St. Philip.

(As I write this, the Italian military 9-plane flying team, the “Frecce” are going over,  a national holiday.  There’s a fan going, too.)

Here is part of the facade of the Palazzo Spada, which I walk past at least twice a day.

The figures depicted are from ancient Roman history. This one, to the right, is Augustus.

Here is the plaque to describe him.

“The door being closed, he put an end to civil and foreign wars.”

The “closed door” is reference to the Temple of Janus.  The doors of that temple were only closed when there was peacetime.  In the Res Gestae of Augustus, entirely embedded in bronze letters along the supporting wall of the enclosure of the Ara Pacis, we can read of Augustus’ deeds as related by himself.  One of the is that he close the doors of the Temple of Janus.   That would have been the moment of the “fullness of time” when the world was at peace in Galatians 4:

⁴ But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, ⁵ to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. ⁶ And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” ⁷ So through God you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then an heir.

We had a wonderful Solemn Mass for St. Philip Neri at The Parish™.  Some moments.  This may take a moment to load.

Here’s the end of Mass with a hymn to St. Philip, Last Gospel (quiet) and Salve Regina with an interruption by The World’s Best Sacristan:

After the Mass, we had a pleasant social moment of members of the Archconfraternity, including a lovely recital of vocal music from the time of St. Philip Neri.  More on that later.

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