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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Daily Rome Shot 766
Welcome registrant: ThoedeDreyling White to move and mate in 3. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Interested in learning? Try THIS. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in … Continue reading
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Daily Rome Shot 765
Photo by The Great Roman™ It is a proposal to counter the World Youth Day reposition debacle. Also by way of contrast, the 2023 Chartres pilgrimage v 2023 WYD. Yes, there are different mechanics because of scale, but that’s not … Continue reading
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Your Good News
Do you have good news for the readership? I haven’t asked this for a while. However, today is of such a kind that good news would help. Firstly, I read that the Marians of the Immaculate Conception have voted to return to … Continue reading
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-08-15: The return of Fr. Tommy. The dime drops.
August 15th, 2023 Dear Diary, I had kind of a shock today, but I’m hoisting a scotch anyway and breaking out the caviar ’cause it’s a relief to have Fr. Tommy back. Things have kinda slipped through the cracks the … Continue reading
Daily Rome Shot 764
Photo by The Great Roman™ Welcome registrant: greg************66@gmail.com [I don’t recommend using email for your nickname, btw.] I will remind you about this terrific find which is turning out to be rewarding. From Fr. James Mawdsley, fellow cancelled priest, Crucifixion … Continue reading
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Daily Rome Shot 763
Photo by The Great Roman™ The Benedictines of Le Barroux are making wine. Help them and enjoy! 10% with code “FATHERZ10” Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE These links take you to a generic “catholic” … Continue reading
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WDTPRS – 11th Sunday after Pentecost: healthy “pessimism”
With a minor variation this week’s Collect was in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary. It survived the cut to live on in the Novus Ordo Missale Romanum as the Collect on the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui … Continue reading
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Daily Rome Shot 762
Photo from A. White to play and mate in 2. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Your use of my Amazon affiliate link is a major part of my … Continue reading
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Daily Rome Shot 762
Welcome registrant: roundrockpilgrim2023 The traditional monks of Le Barroux make wine in the ancient papal vineyards near Avignon. FATHERZ10 gets you 10% off. White to play and mate in 2. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day … Continue reading
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10 August: Wonderful Collect for St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence the deacon and martyr is beloved of the Romans. He has many churches in the City, which is a sign of how deeply he was venerated in centuries past. Today in the traditional form of the Roman Rite … Continue reading
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