The Roman Sacristan

Saint Basil the Great on abortion: "A woman who deliberately destroys a fetus is answerable for murder. And any fine distinction betwee...

aka 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Deus virtútum, cui...

All those women who said they were voting for Hillary because she is a woman are now obligated to vote for McCain because of his vice-presid...

If you think the United States is the only place where weird things happen in the Church, you're wrong. Having lived in Italy, I can tel...

My semester in Rome (way back in the day) was a lot of fun. But after awhile, you see so much art, you do get bored. So I got some friends...

Apparently, Joee Blogs had taken a hiatus from blogging, only to return to it once again with a new blog. Joee Blog I have updated his link...

For Carolina Cannonball (this video is clean, but click on some of his other videos at your own risk) RS

aka 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time "The Handing-over the Keys" by Raphael Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 ...

As I mentioned Monday, I did some nuclear physics research. I started as a physics major, but at the end of my junion year decided to switc...

The "hitman with a conscience" genre has always interested me. And I'd say that "Wanted" (which I saw last week) wo...

So, I was talking with The Engineer and his wife yesterday about chemistry and physics, specifically my experience with some nuclear researc...

aka 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Deus, qui diligent...

"Assumption of the Virgin" (1529) by Andrea del Sarto Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Miss...

"The Assumption of the Virgin Mary" by Annibale Carracci Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman M...

Saint Maximilian Kolbe, OFMConv. When I look at him and his life, I feel like the Don Quixote of the Knights of the Immaculata. RS

Well, we're getting closer to the beginning of the big experiments at the LHC in Switzerland. They've apparently started testing be...

Please pray for a priest friend of mine who died last week, and whose funeral is today. He was a very good priest who did quite a bit of pri...

aka 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time "Saint Peter Walking on the Water" by Alessandro Allori Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin ...

Taken from a post two years ago and the preface was pretty challenging. "The Transfiguration" by Heinrich Bloch Collect (Opening...

Yessss!!! I am going to visit Italy in October! Keep my friend Brother Benedict in your prayers, as I am going over for his ordination to th...