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Category Archives: On the road
Rome: Day 4 – Of friends and rain and hammer handles and ox tails
“But Father! But Father!”, I can hear most of you saying. “We don’t care about no stickin’ Collect for Low Sunday and infants, blah blah blah. You are in Rome! What did you eat?” First allow me to say that … Read More
Rome: Day 3 – more food, more churches, the usual
We had a late start today, which was welcome. Mass at S Maria della Scala. the sacristy situation was … just as Roman sacristies usually are, especially in the hands of religious. Any one who has lived here knows exactly … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Rome, S. Pietro in vincoli, S. Prassede
21 Comments
21 Comments
Rome: Day 2 – Un pò di ‘relax’
I am just hanging out without controversy swamp fever. Sometimes I just need to breathe. Coffee at Sant’Eustachio with some folks who wanted to go. I stepped outside to let them finish and ran into Card. Zen. A great man. … Read More
My View For Awhile: Meandering to Roma – Part 2
The journey continues after a sojourn in New York. This morning I sought something for a friend in Rome because is what we long time expats do for each other. Did you know that there was vanilla mint Chapstick? I … Read More
The Feeder Feed: Old Chasuble Edition
I’m enjoying some time at The Cloisters with a friend. In honor of a priest who has disparaged my posts about birds, I add this edition. Behold a priests chasuble from Venice of the late 15th to early 16th century. … Read More
Posted in On the road, The Feeder Feed, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged chasuble, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters
24 Comments
24 Comments
Saturday Stroll
Today I have done some reading and listened to the monks of Le Barroux sing the Tenebrae office. For lunch I found a great pastrami sandwich and went to the Park. Okay… here’s a better shot of the pastrami. … Read More
Posted in On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Central Park, dante, Frick Collection, Manet, pastrami
14 Comments
14 Comments
Ready for the Triduum?
A wonderful place to reflect on the mysteries of Holy Week is in a gallery of a great museum with sacred art, especially with the Office ringing changes in your ears. At the Met. Detail of an Ecce Homo by … Read More
My View For Awhile: meandering towards Rome
It isn’t much like the Via Francigena. As help for the trip my mom sent me some money. I miss Lire. UPDATE: On the ground. I said I was meandering, after all. It is cold in Gotham, and windy, but … Read More
Of Rose, Forty Hours and Breakfast
As I prepare to leave my native place, I ramped up with a big breakfast. Hard to beat this. Bacon = Crispy Eggs = Easy Bread = Wheat The diner where I broke my fast has a counter, near the … Read More
My View For Awhile: home again edition
Having sampled “Nakatish” Meat Pies, and having jawed endlessly with clerics, and having delivered talks and having mactated the Victim in a solemn manner, I head home to a colder clime. My thanks to the nice people I met in … Read More
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