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Monthly Archives: March 2026
LENTCAzT 2026 – 41: Monday of Holy Week – All tenderness
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about Santa Praessede, the Roman Station, and also the former Station, connected to Peter when he fled Rome. Fr. Troadec has a beautiful reflection on the … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
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Tradition … “safeguard the faith and combat error”
Msgr. Gherardini was one of our profs at the Pontifical Lateran University. Check out this piece at One Peter Five, in which Gherardini’s thought about Tradition and the 1988 consecrations by Archbp. Lefevbre is briefly exposed. […] I will not … Continue reading
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What the Bishop of Charlotte is doing – UPDATE
UPDATE: A commentator pointed out… The photo in that first Tweet is not from the Diocese of Charlotte, though it is related to altar rails. https://www.facebook.com/groups/preservationsummorumpontificum/posts/979114669745334/ Apparently, Bishop of Boise, Idaho, ordered the disuse of altar rails in 2023 and … Continue reading
LENTCAzT 2026 – 40: Palm Sunday – GO TO CONFESSION
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about St. John Lateran, the Roman Station. I rant for a little while. Yesterday’s podcast – HERE
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 … Continue reading
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LENTCAzT 2026 – 39: Saturday in Passiontide – POISON
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear about St. John at the Latin Gate, the Roman Station. We spend time with Jesus going through His last days before the Passion. Yesterday’s podcast – … Continue reading
ROME 26/3– Day 04: cold and windy
This morning the sun broke the Roman horizon at 05:59. It will again break the horizon on the other side of the day at 18:32. 18:45 is the cycle right now for the Ave Maria Bell. I’ll explain it again … Continue reading
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Update: working on the Mass Intention Request Form
The migration of the blog disturbed a few things, including my contact forms which I have been trying to fix. I think I have the Mass Intention Request Form working again. Someone used it recently, and the necessary information was … Continue reading
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Pope Leo’s admonition to French bishops about the TLM and Vatican II
the Cardinal Secretary of State Piero Parolin sent a note to the French bishops before their plenary meeting. It obviously conveys the desires of Leo XIV. One important remark sticks out, particularly in light of the upcoming June consistory: “May … Continue reading
