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The Death of the Lord and the hour of the slaying of the lambs

Important reminder at the very end! One line of argument that has arisen around the date of the Lord’s Death on the Cross, which seems to have been on the Friday of Preparation before the Sabbath of Passover in AD … Read More

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Francis and the Lambs

Pope Francis went to a parish and allowed a lamb to be put over his shoulders. Is there is a better way to smell like the sheep than that? What I want to know is whether or not Pope Francis … Read More

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Agnes… lambs… Popes…. nuns… pallia

The Holy Father blessed lambs today, the feast of St. Agnes, as usual. The lambs are associated with Agnes, because of the Latin similarity of their names, Agnes and agnus.  Get it? Those sisters in the background are Benedictine nuns … Read More

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