Archive for January, 2004



S. Messa in Latino

Below is the text of the Latin mass I attended this morning, Jan. 6th 2004. The Epiphany celebration was quite nice.
S. MESSA IN LATINO
S Sacerdote
C Cantore
T Tutti
RITI DI INTRODUZIONE
S In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.
T Amen.
S Fratres, agnoscamus peccata nostra, ut apti simus as sacra mysteria celebranda
T Confiteor Deo omnipotenti et vobis […]

MORE OF DAY 2 IN ROME
Yesterday about 1800 or so (6pm) I had not idea what I was going to do to bring in the New Year. I had no idea what was in store for me.
I did not want to walk all the way to the Vatican again, so I wandered around the […]

My name is Gladiator

DAY 3 IN ROME

I woke up late again, but not as late as yesterday, and under the circumstances I think that I did pretty good.
Today was beautiful. Sunny and wonderful. So, even though the guide books told me that the Imperial Rome stuff would be closed, I had to go.
See the […]

Virtue. Honor. Empire.

DAY 4 in ROME

No new photos today, and I understand that the large photos on the second and third pages do not work. I will have to fix that later.
Today was almost entirely spent in the National Museum of Rome. Classics majors can be jealous, because it houses the largest collection of Roman […]

Pictures from Rome

I have more pictures up, and am currently uploading more. I am not arranging them in the galleries in the most efficient manner, but neither do I have the most efficient way of uploading them (10 at a time, very slowly). I might rearrange them when I get back to Louisville, but knowning […]

In this sign, you will conquor

DAY 5 in Rome.
I am tired, and did much today. Look at the pictures.

In short, I got up, had a cappaccino and bread at my hotel with some other patrons, and went to the Colosseum.

From there I spent much of the morning on the Capolitine hill. I saw where the ancient Senate met:

From […]

Problems

I am having problems loading pages on my site: this post is a test. Also, my netscape email will not let me send out. I have recieved messages from three people, but will just wait to reply. Sorry guys.

Day 6 in Rome

Day 6 in Rome
I got up late a missed church, which turned out to be ok, because I would not have found it in time anyway. I will try to attend the Baptist church next week.
I did go to the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, several churches, and a few […]

Close call

Yesterday I did have a little story that I forgot to write about. I was at the top of the Spanish Steps, leaving the church there, when a few of the beggers, females, surrounded me and began asking for money in increasingly fast Italian. My first “No comprendo” did not work, and as […]

Al Sharpton for President

Because I must live in the bizzaro universe, the official Al Sharpton for President website (sharpton2004.org) is using one of my files. I have not found the file on his website, and maybe it is no longer there, but I have gotten some referrals from his site also. My website reports are not […]

It’s like a whole other country

Today I got up late and headed out to the Vatican.

St. Peter’s is an impressive thing indeed!

And it is well guarded.
I climbed to the top of the basilica. I chose to save €1 (4 indead of 5) and hike the stairs all the way to the top, instead of take the elevator half of […]

Latin Mass

Day 8 in Rome part 1
I got up early this morning knowing that most things of historical interest would be closed today . . . it’s Epiphany (also called Three Kings day, also Theophany or Apperance Day), which is semi-celebrated in Italy.
I grabbed breakfast at the McDonalds in Termini Station, which was as cheap a […]

Me, Myself, and the Pope

Day 8 in Rome part 2
WHY IS ST. PETER’S SQUARE SO FULL ALL OF THE SUDDEN?

WHO IS EVERYBODY LOOKING AT?

OH, THERE’S THE POPE . . . GOOD THING I AM DOWN HERE IN FRONT.

Hi there!

I went to Rome and got my picture taken with Pope John Paul II . . . what did you do […]