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1 week ago | wdtprs.com | John Zuhlsdorf

The Roman Station is St. John at the Latin Gate. St. John the Apostle and Evangelist is celebrated as a martyr, though he lived to old age. We hear about the different kinds of martyrdom, red, white and blue/green. Card. Bacci encourages us, who wind up sometimes failing. This entry was posted in LENTCAzT, PODCAzT, SESSIUNCULA and tagged LENT, LENTCAzT, podcast, PODCAzT.

1 week ago | wdtprs.com | John Zuhlsdorf

At 06:34 the sun rose over the Eternal city. It will set at 19:49. The Ave Maria Bell, were it better times, would ring at 20:20 for the Curia. It is the Feast of St. Gemma Galgani (+1903).  She was a mystic who probably had stigmata and visions of her angel guardian. She died of tuberculosis on Holy Saturday after great suffering. The Cesi chapel in S.M. della Pace.  Above, frescoes of the creation of Eve and the expulsion from Paradise. The painting Holy Family with St. Anne by Carlo Cesi.

2 weeks ago | wdtprs.com | John Zuhlsdorf

Prayer Before Using The Internet HERE Almighty and eternal God, who created us in Thine image and bade us to seek after all that is good, true and beautiful, especially in the divine person of Thine Only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, that, through the intercession of Saint Isidore, Bishop and Doctor, during our journeys through the internet we will direct our hands and eyes only to that which is pleasing to Thee and treat with charity and patience all those...

2 weeks ago | wdtprs.com | John Zuhlsdorf

The Roman day was made brighter by the rising of the sun at 06:47. It will rapidly get darker after 19:48. The Ave Maria Bell should ring at 20:00. Today the Roman Station is at Sant’ Apollinare. Welcome Registrant:monica13The Crucifixion as Trinitarian RevelationThis miniature opens a 15th-century manuscript of St. Augustine’s works, placing the Crucifixion front and center.

2 weeks ago | wdtprs.com | John Zuhlsdorf

LENTCAzT 2025 – 36: Wednesday in Passiontide – Two camps Today’s Roman Station is San Marcello. Fr. Troadec talks about Jesus’ divinity claims. The world is divided in two camps.