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ROME 24/3– Day 8: Holy Thursday

Rome expected the sun to rise. This won’t always be the case. However, it did today at 05:57. Similar expectations await its setting at 19:34. The cycle of the Ave Maria bell changes today to 19:00. It hops by quarter … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 7: Oooops!

Sunrise: 05:59. Sunset: 19:33. Ave Maria… still 18:45.  The 15 minute shift is coming up. The Roman Station is Santa Maria Maggiore. Welcome registrant: Michael Joseph Last night, the full Moon over the Campo de’ Fiori.  This is the full … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 6: Quiet Day

Today sunrise was at 6:01. Sunset will occur at 19:32. Ave Maria 18:45 for a few more days. The Roman Station is Santa Prisca on the Aventine Hill. Today in the Vetus Ordo we read the Passion according to Mark. … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 5: Getting stoffa

Today sunrise, with crystal clear skies and low temp of 42F, was at 6:02. Sunset will come at 18:30, 15 minutes before the Ave Maria Bell should ring to signal the end of the day’s business. It is Monday in … Read More

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25 March 1991- Archbp. Marcel Lefebvre – Requiescat in pace

On this day in 1991 Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre died. Lefebvre was a great churchman, an astoundingly effective missionary.   Much of the Church in French speaking Africa even today owes a great deal to his work.  I find it not unusual … Read More

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Palm Sunday 2024

It is Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy Week. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. I hear that it … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 4: Palms and Procession

The time of the rising of the sun upon Rome today was 06:04. It also set on schedule at 18:29. The Ave Maria bell is in the 18:45 cycle. Tomorrow is the Full Moon, first after the Vernal Equinox. The … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 3: Buttery Blossoms

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ROME 24/3– Day 2: Quiet, sort of, Stations and meals

In Rome the sunrise was at 06:07 and it set at 18:27. The Ave Maria bell ought to ring at 18:45 in this cycle. But it won’t. Too bad. We need more Ave Maria bells and less … whatever it … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 1: A casa

The 1st day of my Roman Sojourn.  This morning the sun rose at 06:09 and it is set at  18:26.  Still “daylight saving” here.  The Ave Maria bell ought to ring at 18:45. WELCOME REGISTRANT: Patrick508 The airport was empty … Read More

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DAILY ROME SHOT 969 – On the road again

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DAILY ROME SHOT 968 and My View For Awhile

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LENTCAzT 2024 – 35: Tuesday in Passiontide – St. Joseph’s Feast!

A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today Fr. Troadec has a beautiful reflection on St. Joseph. You can continue your video spiritual pilgrimage to today’s Roman Station, St. Maria in Via Lata, HERE.

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DAILY ROME SHOT 967 – And a video with a heck of a lot of common sense

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LENTCAzT 2024 – 34: Monday in Passiontide – The penance of Lent draws graces down from God.

A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today, Fr. Troadec talks about the conversion of Nineveh and Jonah. The penance of Lent draws graces down from God. Roman Station is San Crisogono.  Here’s a video … Read More

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An eerie 1968 NBC documentary VIDEO: “The New American Catholic”. Fr. Z comments and reminisces about many things.

I spotted a video on Twitter/X. But first…  let me help you get into the mood. Now that that’s in your head…. The video I spotted is a 1968 documentary from NBC “The New American Catholic”. The Masses you see … Read More

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 1st Passion Sunday (5th Lent) 2024 and a POLL about veiled images

Let’s start with a poll, posted yesterday. What did you see in your parish?   Let’s have a poll.  Anyone can vote, but only registered users can comment.  Please use the combox.  You may also send or post photos of … Read More

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DAILY ROME SHOT 966 – With comments on the readings for these few days

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DAILY ROME SHOT 965 – Catholic Chess Club on Chess.com?

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15 March – Annual ramble about the #IdesOfMarch

We call today the Ides of March, made especially famous in the English speaking world by Shakespeare in his play Julius Caesar. Caesar: Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue shriller than all the … Read More

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