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31 July – St. Ignatius of Loyola – Please, O Please intercede for your spiritual sons!

Today is the Feast of the founder of the Jesuits. May I say from the onset that I have some spiffy Pope Clement XIV gear? HERE Here is the Martyrologium Romanum entry for this great saint, Ignatius of Loyola. To … Read More

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White to move and mate in 2. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Interested in learning?  Igor has a new course. EXPLORE The new course is “Level Up Your Chess” … Read More

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 9th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 17th) 2023

Share the good stuff. It’s the 9th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo and the 17th Sunday of the Novus Ordo. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? Tell … Read More

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Welcome registrant: top8305 White to move.  Mate in two. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE  These links take … Read More

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VINTAGE RECTORY BATHROOM TILES: 04

Just in.  And the floor tiles are just like those of a room I had in a rectory, except mine were dark gray. My sender wrote: “You might note with interest the four different shades of green being employed. Thanks … Read More

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Happy Birthday “Lord of the Rings”

On this day in 1954 the first part of The Lord of the Rings was published: The Fellowship of the Ring. The LotR was one of the most important influences in the topography of my life, though its influence was karstic.  Once there, … Read More

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Welcome registrant: bigmig Great wine from the traditional Benedictines of Le Barroux. White to play and mate in 2. How long did it take you? Time yourself. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t … Read More

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WDTPRS – 17th Sunday Ordinary Time: Sin Teflon, Demon Kevlar

Shall we look at the Collect for this upcoming Sunday’s Holy Mass in the Ordinary Form?   It will the 17th Sunday of Greater Meatloaf…. Ordinary Time. COLLECT (2002MR): Protector in te sperantium, Deus, sine quo nihil est validum, nihil sanctum, multiplica super … Read More

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WDTPRS – 9th Sunday after Pentecost: O God, ever distant, ever near

This week’s Collect, which historically was in the 8th century Liber sacramentorum Gellonensis, was also the prayer over the people, or Super populum, in the 1962MR for Wednesday of the 4th Week of Lent. It was not, I believe, in the 1970MR … Read More

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Welcome registrants: ByzantineMike mcp0010 White to play and mate in 2. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Extra credit for naming the pattern. Interested in learning?  Igor has a … Read More

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