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ROME 24/4– Day 36 (-5): Sacristy secrets, music from nuns, and Fr. Z’s Kitchen (real “all’amatriciana”)

At 06:12 the sun rose over Rome.  It will set at 20:05. The Ave Maria Bell will ring – or ought to ring – at 20:15.  This cycle lasts until 28th, a few more days. It is the Feast of … Read More

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ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry

I take it in trust in the accuracy of the calendar that the sun rose today at 06:13 (it was cloudy) and that it will set at 20:04 (it may be raining). The Ave Maria Bell? Still at 2015. Today … Read More

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ROME 24/4– Day 33 (-8): It’s over, for now.

Today, 06:16 and 20:01 and 20:15. It is the Feast of St. Agapitus, for the opportune knowledge of Fr. RP in NJ. Welcome registrant: grayanderson And, obtaining my lunch meat (mortadella)…   This came via email.   Funny.  I think originally … Read More

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ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!

Sunrise today was at 06:18 and it set a few minutes ago at 20:00. The Ave Maria Bells is slated to chime at 20:15. Today, in the reckoning of St. Anselm of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church (+1109). Today is … Read More

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ROME 24/4– Day 30: Let there be LIGHT!

This morning the sun came up at 06:21. This evening the sun will set at 19:58. The days are getting longer and more beautiful and I am starting to think about leaving.  *sigh* Thank you, Lord, for this day.  Thank … Read More

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“you must not remember your forefathers…” Wherein Fr. Z rants.

I ran into a notable quote today at one of my daily stops, the estimable Laudator.  The quote is from the work On the False (or Dishonest) Embassy by the ancient Athenian orator Demosthenes (+384 BC).  The context is the negotiation of the … Read More

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ROME 24/4– Day 29: home stretch

The sun rose upon Rome at 06:23 and it will sink beyond sight at 19:57. The Ave Maria should ring at 20:15. Last night I heard some bell ring a couple time again just before 8.  But nothing special chimed … Read More

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ROME 24/4– Day 27: a stroll and a sandwich

Sunrise in Rome was at 06:26.  Sunset in a few minutes is at 19:55. Tonight the Ave Maria switches to 20:15.  I shall listen accordingly for the phantom Ave Maria Bell… perhaps really an echo breaking through multi-universe barriers sent … Read More

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Card. Sarah: “Many Western prelates are tetanized… the dream of being loved by the world”

At Crux there is an account of an address that Robert Card. Sarah gave to the Bishops Conference of  Cameroon. Some tastes with my emphases and comments… “Many Western prelates are tetanized* by the idea of opposing the world. They … Read More

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ROME 24/4– Day 25 & 6: Little dog and little boy

The Roman sun came to view at 06:27. It will obscure itself at 19:54. The Ave Maria should change tonight to 20:15.  I am eager to listen for what may be an Ave Maria bell nearby. I needed a down … Read More

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ROME 24/4– Day 23: AT LONG LAST!

As the world turns, one expected the Roman sun to rise at 06:32.  It did.  One expects it to set at 19:50. The Ave Maria Bell – 20:00. A note about the Ave Maria not being rung.  I was working in … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 22: Artichokes

In Rome today the sun emerged from hiding at 06:34.  It will re-submerge at 19:49. The Ave Maria Bell, you ask?   Why, 20:00, of course!  For a little while longer. What a terrific morning it has been.  I am full … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 21: AO!

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ROME 24/3– Day 20: Jasmine Report (no, not the Jesuit)

In Rome the sun rose at 06:37 and it will set at 19:47. The Ave Maria should ring at 20:00. Today is a 4th class feria, so I celebrated a Votive Mass of the Holy Angels and offered it for … Read More

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On Divine Mercy Sunday a sobering thought from a Pope about that terrible day

“Divine Mercy! Rah, rah, rah!”   Right? Right.   However… We have come to Low Sunday, Dominica in albis, the Octave of Easter.  I reviewed something of what Fathers of the Church had to say about our Gospel passage on this famous … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 16: Easter Friday (& Fr. Z’s Kitchen)

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ASK FATHER: Can we eat meat on Friday in the Octave of Easter?

We are now in the Easter Octave – Happy Easter! Let’s get out in front of this before the calendar clicks over to Friday. First, allow me to post a shot of last night’s (Wednesday’s) repast. The beef is so … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 13 & 14: Easter Tuesday and Wednesday – QUAERITUR: The Ave Maria Bell Explained… even too much

Today, 3 April, Easter Wednesday, at 6:47 the sun rose over the Eternal City. The sunlight day will begin to end at 19:40. I got a little screwed up with my days in posting, so this is a sort of … Read More

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ROME 24/3– Day 12: Easter Monday – great food

The sunny part of the day began at 06:50 and ended at 19:38.   I’m writing on the 2nd. The Ave Maria: 19:00 (where rung) It was the Monday of the Octave of Easter, called “Pasquetta” here in Rome. At the … Read More

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Lighter Fare for the Easter Vigil

This just in…. cut from the Vatican video feed… Another angle, from Eduard Habsburg’s twitter… I can’t decide. Either the Borg have arrived or we have proof that the Vatican finally has an Amazon Prime account. UPDATE… okay… Confirmed: ? … Read More

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