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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Beatification homily for John Paul I: just another occasion to bash people who love Tradition
Today there was a ceremony held in St. Peter’s Square for the beatification of the short-lived Pope everyone forgets to remember, John Paul I, Luciani (+1978). In his sermon for the event, Francis seems to have doubled down on the … Continue reading
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 13th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O. 23rd Sunday)
Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost (23rd … Continue reading
Daily Rome Shot 552, etc.
Someone asked in email what I am reading right now. I just finished a reading, after decades, of Thomas Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain. [US HERE– UK HERE] It was lyrically beautiful. Also, in the evening, I am working my way though … Continue reading
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YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
PLEASE use the sharing buttons! Thanks! In your charity would you please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read? Continued from THESE. Let’s remember all who are ill, who will … Continue reading
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The Novus Ordo is the unique expression?
The oppressors of the faithful who desire the Vetus Ordo, on the obviously pure fantasy about a “unique expression” of the Roman Rite which was mandated by Vatican II are essentially hypocrites. The Novus Ordo is the unique expression? Try … Continue reading
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Daily Rome Shot 551, and a short story… “Quarantine”
Please remember me when shopping online at Amazon. Thanks in advance. Enter here and then do your thing. US HERE – UK HERE I had a note from a reader who asked about old indulgence terminology and what a “quarantine” was. Since doing … Continue reading
Daily Rome Shot 550, etc.
There’s a shop on the Piazza Navona where there are many chess sets for sale. Note also special decks of cards for Italian games like scopa and briscola. There are decks from different regions for their games, Brescia, Naples, Lombardy, Piacenza, Sardinia… Salzburg. Click … Continue reading
31 August: Bl Idelfonso Schuster
As I write, it is still, for a little while, the Feast of Bl. Idelfonso Schuster, OSB, (+1954) who was Archbishop of Milan and a great liturgist. I’ve learned a lot from him. Last May when I was in Milan, … Continue reading
Daily Rome Shot 549, etc.
Today is the Feast of St. Raymond Nonnatus. Here he is venerated in the Church of Sant’Eustachio in Rome. St. Raymond has his name, “non-natus”, because he wasn’t born, but rather removed by caesarian-section when his mother had died. He … Continue reading
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