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.
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Today is the Feast of St Aurea of Ostia, martyr.
It is also the Feast of St. Bernardin of Siena (+1444), the most dynamic speaker of his era. He was deeply devoted to the Most Holy Name. Bernardin was a fierce preacher against the sin of sodomy. For example:
“No sin in the world grips the soul as the accursed sodomy; this sin has always been detested by all those who live according to God.… Deviant passion is close to madness; this vice disturbs the intellect, destroys elevation and generosity of soul, brings the mind down from great thoughts to the lowliest, makes the person slothful, irascible, obstinate and obdurate, servile and soft and incapable of anything; furthermore, agitated by an insatiable craving for pleasure, the person follows not reason but frenzy.… They become blind and, when their thoughts should soar to high and great things, they are broken down and reduced to vile and useless and putrid things, which could never make them happy…. Just as people participate in the glory of God in different degrees, so also in hell some suffer more than others. He who lived with this vice of sodomy suffers more than another, for this is the greatest sin.” (Prediche volgari s. 39)
A while back I mentioned the bar/cafe on the Campo de Fiori where I often meet people for a pre-prandial and the owner’s dog. At a certain point fido goes into the piazza, turns and starts barking back the bar. Then, out comes the pink flamingo toy which conveys this furry critter into paroxysms of joy. Today, I was walking past the place just as the ecstasy had begun.
These are the tiny strawberries, fragoline, from Nemi south of Rome. Here I’ve prepared them with lemon and sugar. This is the best time of the season for fragoline. The traditional pinnacle is the Feast of St. Phili Neri.
The classic ways of serving these little berries is with lemon or balsamic vinegar or white wine.
White to move and mate in 4. HERE
Yes, there is also a daily puzzle in addition to what is above. The one above to too instructive not to share.
