In honour of today's feast and our Holy Father. They don't write them like this any more.
Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam. Et portae inferi non praevalebunt ad versus eam: et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum et quodcumque ligaveris super terram erit ligatum in caelis et quodcumque solveris super terram erit solutum in caelis.
Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I shall build my church. And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it: and I shall give thee the keys to the kingdom of heaven.And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven.
Secretive (eg my wife doesn't know I'm writing this blog)
Mendacious (eg my name isn't really Ben Trovato - that comes from an Italian saying: Se non è vero, è molto ben trovato - if it's not true, it's well found (or made up, as we'd say.))
Superficial (I have an interest in almost everything, and can pass myself off as knowing a lot more than I do...)
Self-deluding (my wife probably does know about this blog by now...)
For the record, my kids aren't really called Antonia, Bernadette, Charlie and Dominique either... It would seem unfair to write about them under their true names, so ABCD seemed a good idea. My wife's not Anna either, but again the AB pattern seemed pleasing.
ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news
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“When,” you ask, “did the sun rise in Rome today? I respond: “06:24.” “And
when will it set?” “19:56. “Did you hear the Ave Maria Bell last night at
20:15...
Gardens I - Eden - of the Eating of Apples
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[image: Adam, Eve, a donkey and a cat, sit beneath a fruit-laden tree.
Slightly abstract painting with dark lines and enigmatic colours.]
"In the Beginnin...
Chartres 2024. Chartres Sonne!
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We are delighted to invite you to the 42nd Chartres Pilgrimage. We hope you
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Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 24 December
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*Announcement of the Indulgence, the Holyday and the Feast of Devotion*
+24 *Sunday* Fourth Sunday of Advent, second class. Vigil of the Nativity.
Mass o...
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The Italian Post Office has produced a handsome new stamp, featuring Pope
Benedict. He is not forgotten! You can read about it (in Italian) on Silere
n...
Saint Gabriel
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The angels call for our veneration and awe as part of God’s creation. Part
of the destructive modernism of the 1970s included advice to Catholic
school t...
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It has been a long time since I have put finger to keyboard to write about
our holy Catholic Faith, something I regret, but which I put largely down
to ...
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It has struck me that, unless I update the blog now, anyone coming to it
out of the ether will encounter a post some two years old and think that I ...
Progress...
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Photos of the clips below... (in case you're squeamish!)
I really want to thank all of you for your prayers. The surgery on my first
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At Matins/the Office of Readings on Holy Saturday the Church gives us this
'ancient homily', I find it incredibly moving, it is about Holy Saturday,
about ...
Railway Stuff
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The Bantry Line
To Baltimore and Schull
To Clonakilty and Courtmacksharry
To Kinsale
Mallow to Fermoy
Michelstown to Fermoy
Cork to Youghal and Cobh
Cork ...
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Just over a year has elapsed since the tragic death of Alfie Evans and my
perspective on the matter has not changed in the slightest. His parents
continue ...
The trouble I've seen
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(In an earlier version of this post, I said the father of the child was an
atheist. The original Italian, however, says he was a non-believer. I have
corre...
International declaration on sacred music
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Here at The New Liturgical Movement
The list of over 200 signatories, of which I am one, Here
Still singing.
Today
Asperges
Mass XVII, Credo I
Marian ant...
Ad Orientem... Please?
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Last night we went to Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St Charles in Hull.
I am very grateful to Bishop Drainey for allowing this once monthly Mass to
con...
Three thoughts
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First thought: whatever this Friday brings, don't lose your peace of soul.
Personally, I suspect we can expect the worst. But so what if that happens?
The ...
This blog has now moved
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Please note that this blog has now moved to: novusmotusoxoniensis.com
Would you please be so kind as to update your links, as this blog will no
longer be ...
Christmas 2015
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A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!
(Of course, the Baby Jesus didn't arrive until the Crib was blessed
shortly after I photographed the Crib)
Dịch Vụ Chụp Ảnh Kỷ Yếu Của Kỷ Yếu Hà Nội
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*Mình thấy nhiều trường nhiều lớp tấp nập đi chụp ảnh kỷ yếu rồi đó lớp bạn
đã chụp chưa !!! Vậy là chỉ còn vài tháng nữa thôi là chúng ta sẽ tạm thời
rời ...
That Letter - Update
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We now have hundreds of signatures on the letter in support of our priests,
thanks to the many bloggers who carried the letter (see here for a list),
and m...
Manual for Spiritual Warfare – Paul Thigpen
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Manual for Spiritual Warfare Paul Thigpen Tan Books ISBN 9781618906533 ASIN
B00SZDHHJ6 Like it or not, you are at war. This book is excellent. To be
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*The most important person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor
of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something
m...
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*No one should attempt to use this book without having ...
Clearing the Decks
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*To know oneself is a miracle greater than raising the dead. - St Isaac
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2 comments:
"They don't write them like this any more."
Indeed not...but I think James Macmillan's Tu es Petrus which accompanied the Pope Benedict's entry into Westminster Cathedral was pretty good.
Patricius,
I quite agree. Indeed I might have posted that one had I thought of it. Macmillan is a great contemporary composer.
But I have a special place in my heart for Palestrina's setting, so naturally that was the one that occurred to me.
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