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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
ROME 23/04 – Day 16: Papal Executioners
Sunrise 0627. Sunset 1954. Ave Maria 2115. Benedict Joseph Labre (+1783) Bernadette Soubirous (+1879) Today is called… Low Sunday Quasimodo Sunday Thomas Sunday Divine Mercy Sunday etc. Roman Station is at San Pancrazio Welcome new registrants: SBreslin Mrs. Last night … Continue reading
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ROME 23/04 – Day 15: Rain, rain, go away
Even as the sun rose at 0628 and will set at 1953, today the new Ave Maria cycle clicks over to 2015. It is Saturday, the last day of the Octave of Easter, which ends at Vespers and the Roman … Continue reading
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ROME 23/04 – Day 14: Beauty, on the board, on the altar
Today, sunrise was at 0630 and sunset will be at 1952. The Ave Maria is at 2000. It is Friday in the Octave of Easter, which according to the Novus Ordo calendar is held as a Solemnity. Hence, there is … Continue reading
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ROME 23/04 – Day 13: More Holy Week pics, etc.
The sun rose over Rome at 0632 and it will set at 1951. The days are lengthening. The Ave Maria is set to ring at 2000. I am sure that you are all fully aligned with and eager to know … Continue reading
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ROME 23/04 – Day 12: Stocking day
At 0633 – up. At 1950 – down. The Ave Maria is still in the 2000 slot. The Roman Station is at S. Lorenzo fuori le mura. I was once deacon for the Station Mass there celebrated by my bishop … Continue reading
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ROME 23/04 – Day 11: Moving day
The sun rose, and I sometime later, at 635 and it will set, and I sometime after, at 1948. The 2000 cycle holds for the Ave Maria. It is Tuesday in the Octave of Easter and the Station is St. … Continue reading
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Beautiful antique Missale Romanum for sale in Rome
The folks who redid my chalice in Rome have a spectacular Missale Romanum for sale. There is some restoration work to be done, but this is a treasure. Just sayin’. I don’t know much about it. Last spring Aldo said … Continue reading
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ROME 23/04 – Day 10: Pasquetta
Yesterday, Easter Sunday, I offered my Holy Mass for my Roman Donors. Thank you for your great kindness and your prayers. I will say Mass for you often while I am here. On this Easter Monday, which is called “Little … Continue reading
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ROME 23/04 – Day 09: Easter Sunday – Vigil notes
On this Easter Sunday the sun rose at 0638 and will set at 1946. The Ave Maria is still in the 2000 cycle. Last night the Vigil rites began at 2000 and went after midnight. The place was packed. I … Continue reading
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ROME 23/04 – Day 08: Holy Saturday – Friday Sights, Sounds, & Plumbing
On this Holy Saturday, the Station should be at St. John Lateran, where centuries in and centuries out the aspiring catechumens were brought into the fold in the mysterious rites of the Vigil. Roman sunrise was at 6:40 and the … Continue reading
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