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- Phil_NL2 on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “If I remember correctly, the plaque on the USS Wisconsin dryly reports the aftermath of that hit with the phrase…”
- on ASK FATHER: “Why isn’t the Male Only Holy Orders a Dogma?”: “1. Vatican II serves as a foundational instruction to “listen to the voice of the spirit^tm”. Ok. So, “the people”…”
- on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “Father, piggy-backing on Robert’s question … I’ve often wondered: when you are “on leave” or just out-and-about, are you in…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “I was present at the inaugural dinner celebration for the shortwave station. It was amazing to see what was accomplished…”
- on ASK FATHER: “Is it proper to pray for the repose of souls who died before the Resurrection and the harrowing of Hell?”: “A soul, once in hell, can it ever be allowed into Heaven? [Never. For eternity.]”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “Father’s point about …”independence from a local digital infrastructure…” is important. I have the same thoughts about libraries. Yes, physical…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “I used to spend nights listening to my Grundig shortwave radio, but most of the near stations are either in…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “” …sometimes an old technology has virtues that become apparent precisely when the new technology fails.” Kind of like the…”
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Feast of Christ the King and the Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Sunday, in the Church’s Vetus Ordo calendar, is the Feast of Christ the King, there fixed on the last Sunday of October. It is customary on the Feast of Christ the King publicly to recite the Act of Consecration of … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Christ the King (N.O.: 30th) 2023
Share the good stuff. It’s the Feast of Christ the King in the Vetus Ordo and the 30th Sunday of the Novus Ordo. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 29: This is day 302 of this year of grace
Okay… let’s do this. “Daylight savings” is over. 06:36 17:11 17:30 is the Ave Maria This is day 302 of this year of grace. There were/are 64 to go as I write and this day ends soon. Welcome registrants: SierraFaith … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 28: Dies natalis, some observations, some prayer
Sunrise today seems a loooong time ago at 07:35 and it set quite a while ago at 18:12. The Ave Maria bell didn’t ring at 18:30. It is the Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude. It is my 64th birthday. … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 27: Making history
The sun rose at 07:34, later and later. It will set at 18:14, earlier and earlier. The Ave Maria should ring at 18:30. Welcome registrants: AnthonyBongiovanni EAW Maribill48 Mathitis It is a dies non in the Vetus Calendar. Today I … Read More
IMPORTANT: Bp. Schneider’s new catechism. Wherein Fr. Z presents and rants about what’s going on.
Before anything else, again and again I get questions like: “Things are going badly. I feel like I have to do something, but I feel helpless. I don’t have any power to stop what is going on. What can I … Read More
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ROME 23/10 – Day 26: Walking in deepest darkest Trastevere
The sun rose at 07:33 and will set, hopefully on a lovely Roman October day, at 18:15. The Ave Maria Bell is in the 18:30 cycle. The “Ave Maria” indicates the change of the religious day from day to night. … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 24: More rain
Had it been clearer, we might have seen the sun rise at 07:32. I hope to see it set at 18:16. I do not hope to hear the Ave Maria chime at 18:30. Welcome new registrants: stl_tlm avalonjohn44 Today is … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 24: Ego enim sum Raphaël Angelus, unus ex septem, qui astámus ante Dóminum.
In the early morning the sun rose at 07:30 and it will set at 18:18. The Ave Maria bell is in the 18:30 cycle. In a few days, 29 October, the “legal hour” ends and we will set our clocks … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 23: Cheery and bright
Sunrise: 07:29. Sunset: 18:19. Ave Maria: 18:30 It is the Feast of St. John Capistrano. Also, in the “aliquibus” section there is a Mass today for the veneration of Christ called “Nazareno” which originated in Rome among the Trinitarians at … Read More
Phil_NL2 on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “If I remember correctly, the plaque on the USS Wisconsin dryly reports the aftermath of that hit with the phrase…”
