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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
ROME 25/10 – Day 37: fast food
Morning broke in Rome at 6:43. Night will fall… well… sunset is at 17:04. The Ave Maria Bell should ring around the Vatican at 17:30. But it won’t. It will ring at Ss. Trinità (aka The Parish™) at, I guessing, … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 36: The last days
The chariot of Helios broke the plane at 6:42. Helios will take his steeds to rest at 17:05 The Ave Maria Bell is still in its 17:30 cycle. It is normally on 2 November the Commemoration of All Souls, that … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 35: Rare photos
On the Feast of All Saints, all could have viewed the sun rise at 6:41. Quite a few did view it set at 17:06 The Ave Maria Bell would have run in the Curia at 17:30. It did ring at … Read More
Select ROME 25/10 – Day 34: what a mess
They seem to be getting it together. Sunrise – 6:39 Sun other thing – 17:08. The Curial Ave Maria Bell – 17:30. Here’s the cool thing. I was alone in the sacristy at The Parish™ at 17:37 and the Ave … Read More
Here’s one of those puff posts
Best movie credits. For me between these two, so far as I can think of right now. I’m open to suggestions. Captain America, 1st Avenger. Queen’s Gambit.
ROME 25/10 – Day 33: When Titans Walked The Earth
The calendar says sunrise was at 6:38. The sunset was at 17:09. For Curia the Ave Maria Bell would have been at 17:30. However I was in the sacristy of The Parish™ tonight because I had presided over a ritual … Read More
New document forthcoming from the DDF(CDF) about Marian Titles
New document forthcoming from the DDF(CDF) under Fernandez about Marian Titles. Gronchi is a presenter. This bodes not well. My counsel. Stay CALM. Don’t knee jerk. And DON’T be a jerk in writing. Look carefully at what is released.
ROME 25/10 – Day 32: “a quick bite”
The calendar says the sun rose at 6:37. It also says that it set 17:10. It fixes the Ave Maria bell at 17:30. However at The Parish™ I was pleased to hear the Ave Maria at 17:37. Nice. Welcome registrants: … Read More
Happy 60th Anniversary to “Nostra Aetate”!
Yesterday 28 October was 60th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, Vatican II’s Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions. The document was drafted in part by Fr. Gregory Baum (1923-2017). Baum left the priesthood and religious life, married … Read More
YET ANOTHER Sermon by the Rector of D. Knoxville’s Basilica: The 3rd time’s not the charm
Hard to believe, but the Rector of the Basilica in Chattanooga in the Diocese of Knoxville (where the Bishop crushed the people who desire the TLM) has issued a THIRD homily about stitching together a gussied-up Novus Ordo Mass which … Read More
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