by Diana | Feb 11, 2024 | Prayers
Domine, ut videam. I am going through the spiritual exercises with my spiritual director. This morning during prayer, I was meditating on Mark 12:28-34, when Jesus is asked which commandment is most important. Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord...
by Diana | Jan 28, 2024 | Random Thoughts, Things I Love, Uncategorized
On January 27th, 2024, after praying the Eucharistic Prayer during the Vigil Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Father Jason Victor Kulcynski suddenly passed out. He was rushed to Abington hospital where, after receiving the Last Rites, he died. He was 62...
by Diana | Jul 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
My first morning staying in Rome, April 28th, I was blessed to celebrate a private Mass at Santa Maria Maggiore. I certainly felt blessed by the experience. The Mass was celebrated in the crypt below the sanctuary, where there is a relic of the crib of Christ. Father...
by Diana | Jul 12, 2023 | Catholic History, Pretty Things, Sacred Art, Saints
The Merciful KnightI have long been a Pre-Raphaelite fan, and that definitely includes the magnificent painting featured above, Edward Burne-Jones’ “The Merciful Knight”. I had no idea until today that this image–which always reminds me of...
by Diana | Jun 22, 2023 | Italy
My sister has this really awesome book of walking tours for Rome (I forget the name), so before I left for my first day, I took a pic of the first tour–Walking Tour 1 near San Giovanni in Laterano–and I decided to start there. The churches on this tour...
