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Who wants to tell us what this says? What is its significance?
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Meanwhile…
Happy Thursday ? pic.twitter.com/Y05GMcs5X7
— MedievalistMatt (@medievalistmatt) September 3, 2026
And…
The practice of offering Gregorian Masses for the repose of the soul of a deceased person was started by Pope Saint Gregory the Great, who was pope from 590 to 604; today (3 Sept) is his feast day. The event that started this pious practice took place while he was abbot of St… pic.twitter.com/lGP0EcWSUX
— Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. (@LawrenceOP) September 3, 2026
And…
You: What could be stranger than a giant, evolving, 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn’s south pole?
Saturn: Have you seen the north pole? https://t.co/7uuFA3dvMG https://t.co/ZBcxrAXzhg pic.twitter.com/m5NO3eERu7
— NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem) September 3, 2026
Black to move. Mate in 4.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Erm…. something like….
To God, the Best and Greatest.
This altar, venerable through its dedication to and/or patronage of St Gregory the Great, has been made (to be?) celebrated the whole world by the privileges granted by Roman Pontiffs (plural?)
At this altar, by command/instruction of St Gregory, when a monk of this monastery had offered sacrifice for the soul of a deceased brother for thirty consecutive days, another monk had seen that soul delivered from the expiatory flames (fires of purgatory?)
It’s on grey carrara marble as well – which is REALLY expensive for tiling (speaking as a quantity surveyor). Fancy though.
Never giving White the opportunity to attack Black’s King:
1. . . . . . . Q×c2+
2. R×c2 . R(e8)-e1+
If:
3. R-c1 . . R(c6 or e1)×c1#
So:
3. R-d1 . . R×d1+
4. R-c1 . . R(c6 or d1)×c1#
Black to move and mate in 4
1. … Qxf2+
2. RxQf2 {forced} Rd1+
3. Re1 {or Rf1} RxRe1+
4. Rf1 {forced} RexRf1#
If
3. Rf1 Rdxf1#
Note: In either case …RfxRf1# also works.
1. … Qxf2+
2. RxQ Rd1+
3. Re1 Rxe1+
4. Rf1 Rf6xR# or Re1xR#
Regarding the change in Saturn…. God’s clock is ticking. It’s pointing toward the end times for those who watch for the signs….
Luke21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves;
Do you see it? The signs are abundant…
https://youtu.be/j635Cv2aOlA?si=AlKd0-CDkso5oMwa
The piece on Saturn’s Polar vortex is particularly odd since it speaks of a decagon at Saturn’s south pole and references an article which speaks of a hexagon at Saturn’s Noth Pole. The article specifically says that there is no such figure at the south pole.