Thank you, Lord, for this day. This is the 301st days of this calendar year.
Thanks to everyone who wished me happy birthday.
On this my natal day, the sun rose at 7:35 in Rome and it set at 17:12.
The Ave Maria Bell was suppose to ring for the Curia at 17:30.
It was the Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude (patron of impossible causes). I have 1st class relics of BOTH in the Chapel of the Two Trinities back across the pond.
I celebrated Holy Mass today for my parents. It seemed the right thing to do.
I ask a prayer please also for me, an impossible cause. My Jesus, mercy.
I was amused by the dictionary.com Word of the Day today. Not kidding.
The tomb of the Apostles Simon and Jude in the Vatican Basilica.
White to move and mate in 4.
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Meanwhile…
Makes sense https://t.co/jFhgxRfBgM
— MedievalistMatt (@medievalistmatt) October 26, 2026
Good question…
LATEST: Bishop Rob Mutsaerts responds to Cardinal Roche’s @RealAdVaticanum interview on the Traditional Latin Mass.
The Dutch auxiliary bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch asks why liturgical diversity is celebrated for Eastern rites yet treated as a problem for the ancient Roman liturgy:
“Why is virtually every old Catholic liturgical tradition a treasure, except for the old Roman liturgy?”
The traditional Roman rite, His Excellency writes, “is not a foreign intruder in the Catholic Church; it comes from its own home.”
Read the full articles at @RealAdVaticanum
https://t.co/66W7hcDvPV
— Niwa Limbu (@NiwaLimbu1988) October 27, 2026
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/10– Day 27: Vigil: “WHAT??!? No one got it?”
