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Latin for: “a little group, meeting, company, assembled for amusement”

“if only to feel normal again, just for a short while”

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ROME 25/5– Day 41: It almost turned my tongue inside out

I begin to tear up as I realize I am in my last days… Sunrise: 5:42 Sunset: 20:32 A… yeah yeah… 20:25 I slept a lot today. I think I finally understand this to be a relief from a kind … Continue reading

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“Shut up, pray for the man, keep doing your thing and stay out of sight. Winter is not over. The wolves are not dead yet.” HERE

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ROME 25/5– Day 40: Pure joy

At 5:43 the sun rose upon Rome. It will set at 20:31. Were the Ave Maria Bell to ring, it would do so for the Curia at 20:45. Welcome registrant: SPLisa Today is the Feast of St Aurea of Ostia, … Continue reading

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ROME 25/5– Day 39: meat

I remain tired.  Or, psychologically relieved.  PTSD/Moral Injury for years. On this day we celebrate the one whom Dante put in Hell for having made “the great refusal”.  Just goes to show that quitting the papacy is not recommended.  We … Continue reading

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Circi mei omnes omnesque simiae.

The face when you realize that now this is all YOUR circus, and they are all YOUR monkeys. pic.twitter.com/eKkjEhsc7d — ??. ??????, ?? (@dismasop) May 18, 2025 A new line? Circi mei omnes omnesque simiae. Fr. Z swag HERE.

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ROME 25/5– Day 38: light and emotion

On this Sunday when we saw the Inaugural Mass of the Pontificate of Leo XIV, the sun rose over Rome at 5:45. After we celebrate Vespers tonight, our Roman evening will grow golden to the setting of the sun at … Continue reading

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ROME 25/5– Day 37: hard choices

5:46 – this was sunrise 20:28 – this will be sunset 20:45 – this is for the Ave Maria Bell St. Paschal Baylón is remembered on his feast day.  He was a model of perseverance in pursuing his vocation.  He … Continue reading

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ROME 25/5– Day 36: Caponata

On this Feast of St. John Nepomuceno the sun came into view at 5:47.   We will lose sight of it again at 20:27. Our ears will not hear the un-run Ave Maria Bell at 20:45 in the Roman Curia, but … Continue reading

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ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?

The Eternal City became noticeably brighter with the rising of the sun at 5:48. The light will diminish significantly at 20:26. The Ave Maria Bell is in the 20:45 cycle right now. It is Feast of St. Jean Baptiste de … Continue reading

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