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In churchy news…
In a text group I’m in, this popped up. Israel is not happy with someone.
Related: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, head of the Church in the Holy Land, was able to enter Gaza this morning to bring #Christmas presents to the children of Holy Family Pariah and celebrate Mass. This is the first visit possible since May. HERE
Happy Fourth Sunday of Advent
Traditional Latin Mass today at the temporary home of the ICKSP community in Rome. The usual church is being restored, so they’ve moved into San Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini, which also happens to be the church with the relic of Saint Mary… pic.twitter.com/lbcXYMbpy7
— The Catholic Traveler (@MountainButorac) December 22, 2024
In chessy news… HERE
White tricky mates in 2. How long did it take you?
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White tricky mates in 2. How long did it take you?
[NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.]
Ho hum… Magnus won again. The Champions Chess Tour for the fourth consecutive time. He mashed Nepo, 4-1. This graphics leads to a conclusion:
For my part, yesterday I played OTB for 4 hours and I had wins against the club’s strongest players. One of them said, “You’ve never played like this.” That felt pretty good. I’ve been trying in a more disciplined way to implement the basic questions and principles. Also, this fellow has helped along the way with some basics and for openings. Holiday Sale Ever: Dec 22nd – Dec 26th
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After White plays 1. Ne7, I calculate that Black has 26 possible responses. Not one, however, can block White from checkmating Black by one of four ways:
2. Qg6, 2. Qh5, 2. Rh5, or even (in a few cases) Ng8.
Thanks for the nice problem. Merry Christmas to all!
Our Lady of Victory is October 7th. I do not know what it all means, nor am I going to guess. I do believe, Our Lady will help sort this all out.
I believe Our Lady is revealing the dark corners and foundations of our societies and cultures. The plight of the Palestinians has become known to many more and the evils of Zionism have been made manifest on the bodies of the Palestinians. Before that many Americans were unaware of the real story of the Israeli aggressions since 1948 against the Palestinians. Yes, we ar praying that this revelation will bring about peace and freedom for the Palestinians. The Houthis though followers of Islam have more honor than the US and Israeli government does. The Houthi leader made statement that they are not fearful of the suffering brought about the US and Israeli bombings on their land because of their efforts to get Israel to stop committing genocide against the Palestinians. Instead, he said that they fear the eternal punishment that God would mete out to them if they do not defend the innocent Palestinians! What an example for us Christians! Matthew 25:31 comes to mind. We will will be judged on how we fed and cared for our fellows, not on how many 2000 lb. bombs we dropped on starving families asleep in tents, in order to support the land grabs of Israel!!!