The Roman Sacristan

With today being the feast of the First Martyrs of Rome, I was thinking of how many relics I have seen when going to Rome. Here's a samp...

"Avid reader" Ronny sent me some grizzly news, well, not grizzly as in gruesome, but grizzly as in my mascot ... perfect for some ...

Saint Peter Saint Paul Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Deus, qui huius diéi venerán...

Mosaic at the top of the facade of Saint Paul's Outside the Walls in Rome The Pauline Year commemorating the 2000th anniversary of the b...

Saint Paul's Outside the Walls A reminder that there are Plenary Indulgences attached to the Pauline Year which begins Saturday evening ...

Today is the Commemoration of the Martyrs Saints John and Paul, who are mentioned together in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I). Unfort...

"Saint John the Baptist" by Titian Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Deus, ...

"Angel Appearing to Zechariah" by Domenico Ghirlandaio I wasn't overly confident in this translation, but I think I got it for...

aka 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time "Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem" by Rembrandt Collect (Opening Prayer) Official...

I had seen the DVD of "Idiocracy" in the bargain bin at WalMart once, which is the only way I even happened to know it existed. I ...

Time for some Monday levity. This item from The Onion about the "new" "World of World of Warcraft" cracked me up. (Somet...

"The Calling of the Apostles" by Domenico Ghirlandaio (aka the 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time) Collect (Opening Prayer) Official La...

I don't think it's Thursday anymore in any part of the world, so I guess we made it. I guess Sarah Connor saved us from Skynet and t...

I love Texas, but sometimes we do compete with Idaho in having nut jobs holed up in our states: He's twice predicted nuclear war in the ...

I know I've felt it. In my own realization, it seems like I have been less proficient at retaining the information itself, and more foc...

Well, I've been looking for some lesiure reading material, and finally last night, on a whim I went to the bookstore. I finally just de...

"The Calling of Saint Matthew" by Hendrick Terbrugghen Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Mis...

"It is not fitting to applaud the servant in the house of his Master." - Pope St. Pius X on clapping in church. "Wherever app...

Roman Sacristan raising a pint with friends Last Memorial Day was fun. I'm only just now writing about it because I got sick last Wednes...

Saint Longinus, the Roman soldier who pierced Christ's Sacred Heart 9th Sunday "Per Annum," aka the 9th Sunday of Ordinary Tim...