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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
ROME 25/10 – Day 7: It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
When did the sun rise over Rome, you ask, on this feast of St. Faustina? 7:09 When did the sun set over Rome on this Feast of Sts. Placido and Mauro? 18:47 Was the Ave Maria Bell supposed to ring? … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 6: a serious hard ass
Sunrise: 7:08 Sunset: 18:49 Ave Maria: 19:00… it has changed cycles. FYI… lately I have celebrated Masses requested by: KS, SF, KM, JH and DCS On Monday I’ll start with several from PS and MF It is the Feast of … Read More
Archcosplay of Canterbury
On the left: Cardinal Reginald Pole, the last Archbishop of Canterbury, who died in 1558. Rest in peace. On the right: a woman in a costume. pic.twitter.com/0KGUZhgl7S — Mason-Dixon Latin Mass Society (@MDLatinMass) October 3, 2025 A Tale of the … Read More
3 October: St. Thérèse – Thank You! Please hear my petitions!
Today is the Feast of St. Thérèse de Lisieux. I call upon her intercession today in a special way, for myself and for my benefactors. One of my two 1st class relics of St. Thérèse, to whom I am grateful. … Read More
DULLES: Reversal of doctrine about capital punishment would raise serious problems regarding the credibility of the magisterium.
A reminder of what is really at stake in the debate over Catholicism and the death penalty, from an essay by the late, great Cardinal Avery Dulles. As he saw, a reversal on capital punishment would cast doubt on the … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, SESSIUNCULA, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Avery Dulles, capital punishment, Edward Feser, Leo XIV
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ROME 25/10 – Day 5: Old friends
Mascherone. See the green light? That’s next to my place. BTW… can someone give me 2 million dollars? There’s a great apartment for sale. Just sayin’. The guys were playing chess under the greatly leafed out fig. It’s the P.za … Read More
Reactions on X to the Charlotte Pogrom and a last stab at the last Mass
I prepared this a couple days ago, but I didn’t post it. With this new tweet, however, it’s time to hit “enter”. It seems that the bishop forbade photos or video of the last TLM. We were hoping to share … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 4: Chicken
In the course of human events, 7:05 was when the sun rose here. Tramonta: 18:34 Ave Maria Bell? 19:15 In the Novus Ordo it is the Feast of my beloved St. Thérèse of Lisieux. Thank you, St. Thérèse. A view. … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 3: Farming and salty little fish
The day brightened considerably at 7:04. It will darken considerably at 18:55. In other times the 19:15 Ave Maria Bell would give us information about the dealings of the Curia. But, no. It ringeth not, except at The Parish™. It … Read More
ROME 25/10 – Day 2: Beautiful day
I was still dozing today when the sun rose over the City at 7:03 because my phone was still on silent from Vespers the day before. The sun set at 18:57. The Ave Maria bell would ring at 19:15. It … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on ROME 26/10 – Day 30: With apologies to the Bard: “Tacens stat ursus. Turrim spectat clericus. Quis sapit magis?”
