Daily Rome Shot 493, etc.

I use this portable router and WIFI hotspot when I travel in these USA and abroad.  Fast enough for Zoom.  I can also connect my DMR (ham radio) through it.  If you use my link, they reward me with more … Read More →

Why does it take so long to build and almost no time to destroy?

One of the questions I have asked God is, “Why does it always take so long to build something up while it only seems to take moment to tear it down or destroy it?” Destruction is always so much easier than construction. Decades, centuries, even a millennium of building a culture (e.g., Christendom) seems to […]

We Don’t Belong Here

There is a Latin adage: motus in fine velocior, sometimes expressed as in fine citius. Things go faster the closer they get to the end. This is an overarching context for our days. For this 3rd Sunday after Easter we begin once again in an orderly way and check on our contexts. In our liturgical […]

A pope who dares to be normal

Pope Francis, who is being slowed by age and ailments, is not afraid to use a wheelchair, as any normal person in his condition would do.