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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 12th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 19th) 2024
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 this 12th Sunday after Pentecost, … Continue reading
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Daily Rome Shot 1094
Thank you, Lord, for this day. Welcome Registrant: BigMac715 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. Priestly chess players, drop me a line. … Continue reading
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The Tears of St. Lawrence 2024, the Perseid meteors. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
Perseid meteors started in mid-July but they will peak on the mornings of August 11, 12 and 13. Why Perseids? If you trace the meteors backwards, it looks like they are shooting out of the constellation Perseus. Otherwise, we call … Continue reading
Daily (not) Rome Shot 1093
In chessy news, Magnus Carlsen defeated Arjun Ergaisi and qualified for the Speed Chess Championship finals In Paris. He will play – online, not OTB – the unlikeable Hans Niemann in semis. I wonder if anyone will pay attention. (/irony) … Continue reading
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Daily (not this time) Rome Shots 1092
The tomb of St. Matthew in Salerno. Welcome new registrant: AgapeLove I have been on the road, travelling to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Wisconsin. Card. Burke says hi! Meanwhile, in chessy news, I regret the the … Continue reading
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Daily Rome Shots 1092
Welcome registrant: ICH Churchy news: I just read that there is ONE seminarian for the Archdiocese of DUBLIN. One seminarian. Chessy news: In the team tournament in Astana, there was a strange moment in a game between the highly unlikable … Continue reading
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 11th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 18th) 2024
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 this 11th Sunday after Pentecost, … Continue reading
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This is the Vatican reaction…
Here it is. Le Saint-Siège a été attristé par certaines scènes de la cérémonie d’ouverture des Jeux Olympiques de Paris et ne peut que se joindre aux voix qui se sont élevées ces derniers jours pour déplorer l’offense faite à … Continue reading
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Daily Rome Shots 1091
This is completely crazy! Take in Nepo’s expression as he watches Magnus have his … hat handed to him. Rapport stuns Carlsen (and Nepomniachtchi)! ?? Richard Rapport beats ?? Magnus Carlsen in a crucial win, helping ‘Chessy’ defeat ‘WR Chess … Continue reading
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Replacing the stained-glass window of Notre-Dame de Paris
At The Catholic Thing there is a thoughtful piece about the project and mindset to replace the windows of Note Dame in Paris with some 21st century … efforts. The idea fills me with horror, as it does the writer, … Continue reading
