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1 May – St. Joseph the Worker: Mighty Intercessor and Silent King

I have often asserted in these pages that St. Joseph is a powerful intercessor.  I have received amazing interventions by this great saint, who is the earthly father of the Son of God.  I recently committed my material cares to … Continue reading

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ROME 23/05 – Day 01: Rain rain go away

We being the month dedicated to the Mother of God by venerating St. Joseph, under the title of Worker. If not for the clouds, today we would have seen the sunrise at 06:05.  It will probably still be cloudy at … Continue reading

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30 April (Vetus Ordo): St. Catherine of Siena, Doctrix. She has an immensely important message for our time.

Today is 30 April and in the traditional calendar it is the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Doctrix of the Church. In the Novus Ordo her feast falls on 29 April (her dies natalis). She was canonized by a … Continue reading

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ROME 23/04 – Day 30: Fr Z’s Kitchen – Vongole veraci

At the dawn of the tie-breaker between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren the sun broke the horizon at 06:06.  When it sets at 20:10, there should be a new official FIDE World Champion.  It has been an amazing match. I … Continue reading

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ROME 23/04 – Day 29: A bad nun and a bit with a dog

Rome enjoyed a new sunrise at 06:07 and looks forward to another beautiful building hue changing sunset this evening at 20:08. Seven minutes later the Ave Maria is supposed to ring… but won’t… mostly. In the Novus calendar it is … Continue reading

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ROME 23/04 – Day 28: Patzers and Pasquinate

Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 20:07 Ave Maria 20:15 Welcome registrant: Servatius In the Novus calendar St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort is celebrated today. In the Vetus, we venerate St. Paul of the Cross, whose tomb is here in Rome at the … Continue reading

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ROME 23/04 – Day 27: Crunchy little fishes and nibbles with tentacles

Sunrise in Rome was 06:10 and sunset will be at 20:06.  Each day a little longer and they are, right now, beautiful days. The Ave Maria should ring at 20:15. It is the Feast of St. Peter Canisius, SJ, Doctor … Continue reading

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ROME 23/04 – Day 26: The joy of concelebration

Here in the Eternal City the sunrise was at 0612 in a cloudless sky.  Who knows what the sky shall be when the sun sets at 2005.   The sky will probably be the same at the Ave Maria, still in … Continue reading

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ROME 23/04 – Day 25: Rose and Rogation

0613 for sunrise today and 2004 for sunset.  The Ave Maria is still in the 2015 cycle on this 115th day of the year. It is the Feast of St. Mark, Evangelist, liturgically rich.  Today is a Rogation Day.  Latin rogare means … Continue reading

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ROME 23/04 – Day 24: Rooms, blooms and tentacles

01615 was the sun’s rising and at 2003 will it set.  The Ave Maria is at 2015. Today is the Feast of, among others, foundress of the Brigidines, S. Maria Elisabeth Hesselblad (+1957 whose tomb is just up the way.  … Continue reading

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