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ROME 26/3– Day 11: Good Friday
Sunrise… 06:48 Sunset…19:40 Ave Maria Bell … 20:00 It is Good Friday. It is a 1st Friday. It is the Feast of St. Richard of Chichester (+1253) which I cannot let go by without remembering a limerick my old pastor Msgr. … Read More
3 April: Feast of St. Richard of Chichester. A comment about science.
The feast of St. Richard of Chichester cannot go by without my remembering a limerick my old pastor Msgr. Richard Schuler would occasionally quote: There was an old Bishop of Chichester, Who said thrice (the Latin for which is ‘ter’), … Read More
ROME 26/3– Day 10: Thursday in Holy Week
On this Holy Thursday the Roman sun arose at 06:49. The tramonta will be at 19:39. Listen for the Ave Maria Bell at 20:00… you won’t hear it… except at The Parish™ where it rings at the more technically accurate time rather than merely … Read More
ROME 26/3– Day 09: Wednesday in Holy Week
Tonight during Tenebrae we sang: Tuus est dies, et tua est nox: * tu fabricátus es auróram et solem. Tu fecísti omnes términos terræ: * æstátem et ver tu plasmásti ea. The Lord’s Sun rose upon Rome at 06::51. His … Read More
Following years of abuse Knights of Malta to formally split with the Holy See
First, this… Arthur Roche leaving Divine Worship to become patron of the Order of Malta, according to a Vatican source. If true, great opportunity for Pope Leo to appoint a non-sociopath to supervise liturgy. — Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) March 29, … Read More
ROME 26/3– Day 08: Tuesday in Holy Week
In Rome, sunrise was at 06:52. Sunset was at 19:37. The Ave Maria Bell is listed in the 20:00 cycle. Things are going along at one might expect. I did have a bit of a surprise yesterday, however. As you … Read More
WDTPRS – Tuesday in Holy Week: Our grasp on Christ, His grasp on us
[A special note for priests alone at the end. Nobody else look! o{];¬) ] COLLECT (1962MR & 2002MR): Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, da nobis ita dominicae passionis sacramenta peragere, ut indulgentiam percipere mereamur. This prayer was in the 1962MR on Tuesday … Read More
ROME 26/3– Day 07: Monday in Holy Week
If you were up and watching from the high ground, the Roman sun appeared at 06:55. No matter how low you may have been… no comment… the Roman sun set at 19:35, 5 minutes after the place where I pick … Read More
ROME 26/3– Day 06: Palm Sunday
For this Palm Sunday, European “Daylight Savings has kicked in. We lost an hour, but we are back in usual sync with the USA. Today the sun rise in Rome was, therefore, 06:56, rather than 05:56. Sunset is al 19:34, … Read More
ROME 26/3– Day 05: staying in
The sun was up before I was, at 05:58 and it will set before I will, though I’d rather like to beat it, at 18:33. The Ave Maria Bell is, as indicated in the curial calendar, now in its 1900 … Read More
7SisterBMoore on GUEST POST: “Father Bob’s First Day on the Job”: “I dread the day this happens. I pray the day doesn’t come. How will this be Catholic with Fr. Bob…”
