Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA

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

Behold the Good Shepherd

Remember Port Marly In 1987, the Bishop had police drag out a Priest and even had women and children dragged from their pews, all because they wanted the TLM. Next Sunday they returned with 3000 people and broke down the … Continue reading

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Welcome registrants: Maxis Ildephonsus Laicus j********39@gmail.com (not a good idea to use your email) Ozwald214 Thanks to DK for signing up for a new monthly donation. Also, thanks to SU for items from my wishlist. I’ll do my best to … Continue reading

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Welcome registrants: Abigail5432 the********t@gmail.com (Not a good idea to use your email, friend.) Teofilo   Black 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. In … Continue reading

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With a starter of trippa alla romana. Evviva San Giovanni! I read that there is still time to join the Biel International Chess Festival Tournament for amateurs.  16-25 July.  The place looks beautiful.   Gosh, that would be fun.  *sigh* Welcome … Continue reading

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ACTION ITEM: 7-15 July Novena to the Holy Face of Jesus – for the preservation of the Traditional Latin Mass

Every once in a while, more and more often as a matter of fact, references to devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus are surfacing. I received this email: Dear Fr Z, From today’s Mass: “Quia óculi Dómini super iustos, … Continue reading

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Items of interest and concern about the TLM.

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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. Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – UK HERE  WHY?  This helps to … Continue reading

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VIDEO: The icon of the Holy Trinity painted by Rublev returned to the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius

It is Julian Calendar Pentecost. For their Pentecost, there was a special moment when Patriarch Kirill of Moscow led the meeting of the icon of the Holy and Life-Giving Trinity, painted by Andrei Rublev, in the Trinity Lavra of St. … Continue reading

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23 June – Vigil of St. John – solstices and snails, bonfires and witch burnings

It is nice to have as your Patron the great Baptist, for I get two feasts a year, his Nativity and his Beheading. For the Vigil of St. John (today, as I write even thought it is the 5th Sunday … Continue reading

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Interim, motus ad lusorem cum militibus albis pertinent. Scaccus mattus, scilicet mors regis, IV in motis veniat. NB: Explicationes detineam oblatas in crastinum, ne vestrae interrumpantur commentationes. Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – UK HERE … Continue reading

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