#pius v

[robertbrancatelli]

What I'm Reading

Someone asked me the other day what I’m reading. I get asked this every once in a while. I usually shrug my shoulders and try to remember, mainly because it takes me just as long to read a book as write one, and I often forget. Another problem is that I read multiple books at the same time. Well, not exactly, but I’m in the habit of starting books that interest me without finishing them before I…

[2dkapsddr]

March 1st, 2025 - DJMAX RESPECT V, ProSeka, Arcaea, SDVX IV, PIU 2024 PHOENIX, jubeat festo

quick post before i head out to the arcade again: was minding my business and grinding out a new tetris sprint record for myself (finally got sub-50 today!!) when i suddenly realized... the DJMAX season pass was ending soon!!! panicked, i asked my good buddy ol friend pal Zolder about it and he actually offered to play some DJMAX with me to hopefully get through most of the pass!!! i happily obliged and got to playing random 6B/4B SCs, and it was honestly kind of a blast!!! got some good scores but was still utterly destroyed by him (which is why there's so few screenshots to show) but hey!! finally got an FC on Tic! Tac! Toe! [6BSC 9*]!!!

a quick proseka score (re-AP on Yoidore Shirazu [Master Lv.28]) before i made my way out to the bus and onto the arcade...

...and now, time for the true arcade day!!! finally arrived at the place where i would Gaming for the day, but it seems i arrived a bit too early as the entrance was still locked... so i played arcaea for a bit and got this challenge score rq (rip PM :v)

but suddenly, the door was open and i was able to hop in for some gaming!!! i know, i know, all i've played today so far were hand games (tetris included), but i wanted to warm up and wake up my rhythmic senses before i hopped into the more physical dance games, and so i went about that with some SDVX!!! just one set, sure, but there were some decent scores for a noteskin and frame rate that were impossible to read!!! (seriously, i don't know how anyone played this game at a top level back before VW... it's So Bad !!! ah well i got my volforce class up (to ???), so all's well that ends well :]

but NOW!!! it was time for the dancing gameys :] i was really pumped up for this game and set, but severely overestimating my ability after only physically warming up with a D16 (nice score tho), i kinda fumbled everything afterward and started feeling demotivated :[ so to lift my spirits and mayhaps warm myself up a bit more, my little completionist 100% brain fired up and decided on my next dance game target: TITLES!!! specifically the titles that required you to clear certain charts with an SSS or higher to get a skill title (e.g. Half, Gimmick, Run, Twist, etc.) . i wasn't confident at all that i could get some of the higher titles right now, but that didn't matter because i still had to get the lower titles (lv.1-4) first!!! and that's exactly what i did!!! i started with Half, which led me to get a sweet SSS on Mopemope D17 (hard as hell btw) followed by a sweeter SSS (and Superb Game!) on Butterfly D17 to get Half Lv.1 and Lv.2! then i moved on to gimmick (ig half was a bit too much for me...) to knock out some charts below the Gimmick Lv.4 title i already had, which led to getting PERFECT GAME SSS+ on both Yeo rae a S13 and Ugly Dee S17!!!

alright NOW i felt confident in my pumping skill, and in secret between these title sets i've been trying 21s until something clicked... and it did!!! all of a sudden, amidst all the scoring warmups and gimmick perfects, i got a sweet new AAA TG on Paradoxx - SHORT CUT - S21!!! and they just kept on rolling in after that Ugly Dee score, as i then got a sightread AA+ on Darkside Of The Mind D21, an upscore to AAA+ on Cygnus D21, and perhaps most shockingly... an AA on Extravaganza D21!!!

i wanted to get more, but i was satisfied enough after that last clear to head on and about my way for the day, so i did just that ! however, the bus wasn't coming for a few more minutes, so i dedicated my last set of the day to a quick jubeat sesh where i got a sightread S on Got more raves? [Advanced 7] (with an admittedly poor Owl noteskin) and then a re-clear on AIR RAID FROM THA UNDAGROUND [Advanced 9.7] before i went back home to celebrate my cousin's birthday!!!

[portraitsofsaints]

Pope Saint Pius  V1504-1572 Feast Day: April 30 (New), May 5 (Trad) Patronage: Bosco Marengo, Italy Pope from 1566-1572

Saint Pope Pius V, a Dominican, was a leader of the Catholic Reformation, especially by implementing the Council of Trent reforms. He established a Catechism, a missal, a seminary system, used a Tridentine approach to learning and preaching, had a residency requirement for Bishops and reformed women’s religious life. This formed the foundation of the Catholic Church for the next 500 years. In 1571, St. Pius V was instrumental in gathering a coalition of nations and petitioning prayers of Our Blessed Mother to save Europe from the Islamic Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Lepanto. He declared Mary as Our Lady of Victory because of this decisive battle. He died of natural causes. Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

[apenitentialprayer]

St. Joseph is traditionally viewed as a saint of the Counter Reformation [...] However, as is seldom pointed out, the acts of the Council of Trent (1545-63) are in fact silent on the cult of St. Joseph, and his name disappears from the Roman breviary after the reforms of Pope Pius V (1568-70). Renewed papal interest in St. Joseph's cult is directly apparent, on the other hand, by the late 1590s under Clement VIII, and the next public milestone is the year 1621, when Gregory XV ordered that the feast of St. Joseph be observed as a holy day of obligation throughout the Universal Church.

- Carolyn C. Wilson (St. Joseph in Italian Renaissance Society and Art: New Directions and Interpretations, pages 1, 8)

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (April 30)

St. Pius V was born Michele Ghislieri on 17 January 1504 to poor parents of noble lineage in Bosco, near Alexandria, Lombardy.

He worked as a shepherd until the age of 14 when he encountered two Dominicans who recognized his intelligence and virtue. He joined the Dominicans and was ordained a priest at 24.

He taught philosophy and theology for 16 years during which he was elected prior of many houses.

He was known for his austere penances, his long hours of prayer and fasting, and the holiness of his speech.

He was elected Bishop of Sutri in 1556. He served as an inquisitor in Milan and Lombardi, then as inquisitor general of the Church and a cardinal in 1557.

He was known in this capacity as an able yet unflinching man who rigorously fought heresy and corruption wherever he encountered it.

He was elected pope on 7 January 1566, with the influential backing of his friend St. Charles Borromeo and took the name Pius V. 

He immediately put into action his vast program of reform by getting rid of many of the extravagant luxuries then prevalent in his court.

He gave the money usually invested in these luxuries to the poor whom he personally cared for, washing their feet, consoling those near death, and tending to lepers and the very sick.

He spent long hours before the Blessed Sacrament despite his heavy workload.

His pontificate was dedicated to applying the reforms of the Council of Trent, raising the standard of morality and reforming the clergy, and strongly supporting foreign missions.

The Catechism of the Council of Trent was completed during his reign. He revised the Roman Breviary and Missal, which remained in use until the reforms of Vatican II.

His six year pontificate saw him constantly at war with two massive enemy forces -- the Protestant heretics and the spread of their doctrines in the West, and the Turkish armies who were advancing from the East.

He encouraged efforts to battle Protestantism by education and preaching, and giving strong support to the newly formed Society of Jesus, founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola.

He excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I and supported Catholics who were oppressed and intimidated by Protestant princes, especially in Germany.

He worked hard to unite the Christian armies against the Turks. The most famous success of his papacy was the miraculous victory of the Christian fleet in the Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571.

The island of Malta was attacked by the Turkish fleet and nearly every man defending the fortress was killed in battle.

The Pope sent out a fleet to meet the enemy, requesting that each man on board pray the Rosary and receive communion.

Meanwhile, he called on all of Europe to recite the Rosary and ordered a 40 hour devotion in Rome during which time the battle took place.

The Christian fleet, vastly outnumbered by the Turks, inflicted an impossible defeat on the Turkish navy, demolishing the entire fleet.

In memory of the triumph, he declared the day the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary because of her intercession in answering the mass recitation of the Rosary and obtaining the victory.

He has also been called ‘Pope of the Rosary’ for this reason.

Pope Pius V died seven months later on 1 May 1572 of a painful disease, uttering "O Lord, increase my sufferings and my patience!"

He is enshrined at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

He was beatified by Pope Clement X on 1 May 1672 and was canonized by Pope Clement XI on 22 May 1712.

[father-daniel-blog]

W imię Prawdy! C. D. 472

3 sierpnia 2024 roku ciąg dalszy W tym dniu przeczytałem ważne dla mnie treści w Katechizmie Rzymskim wydanym z rozkazu św. Piusa V: ,, 2.Zkądże człowiek tę wiarę ma? A gdy wiara pojmowana bywa z słuchania, więc jawna rzecz jest: iż potrzebna zawsze była ku dostąpieniu żywota wiecznego wierna praca Nauczyciela prawego, także i urząd jego. Albowiem napisano: jakoż bez kaznodziei usłyszą? a jako…

[famousborntoday]

Pope Pius V, OP, born Antonio Ghislieri, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 January 1566 to his death, in May 1572. He is vene...

Link: Pope Pius V

[ghostsandgod]

Contemplation is the soul's clear and free dwelling upon the object of its gaze, meditation is the survey of the mind while occupied in searching for the truth, and cogitation is the mind's glance which is prone to wander.

-Richard of St Victor

[reitsportportal]

Kevin Staut siegreich im PRIX DES COMMUNES GENEVOISES beim CHI de Geneve 2023

[beware-of-pity]

Sunny's Masterlist

Started: 01/12/2024

Last Updated: 02/04/2025

The Batman (2022)

Sins of the Father(s) ִֶָ . ..𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ🦇་༘࿐

Summary :

Bruce and you had known each other for as long as you could remember. His father and yours had been best pals and business patterns before Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha had met their demise in that dark ally when Bruce was just nine. You, on the other hand, were not privy to what he had gone through after your father was mysteriously assassinated while conducting his political campaign as he ran for senator of the state of New Jersey after years as Gotham's mayor. Upon the demise filling both of your lives and that of the people of Gotham, Bruce swore vengeance against all criminals, an oath tempered by a sense of justice for which he trained himself physically and intellectually, all to become Gotham City's guardian and protector. Now, two years into this project of his, which you've been kept in the dark of, you've both lost sight of one another. In hopes of getting closer once more, you invited him for Sunday's lunch. Unbeknown to your doubts, he comes. (Formerly titled as 'Bury me at Makeout Creek')

Chapter I: The Deal

Chapter II: You are here (and so am I)

Chapter III: You kicked and cried like a bullied child (A grown man of 25)

Chapter IV: Super rich kids with nothing but loose ends (Super rich kids with nothing but fake friends)

Chapter V: Is Pius pious 'cause God loves pious? (Socrates asked whose bias do y'all seek? All for Plato, screech)

Chapter VI: People say we're alike (They say we've got the same hair, it's you and me on the coin)

House of the Dragon

𓆰𓆪 You believe me like a god (I destroy you like I am) 𓆰♕𓆪

Summary :

Your family was dead; everyone had been killed. The war had been fought, many had died, and the victor had ascended the throne in the name of Rhaenyra Targaryen, Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men. Lady of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm. Everyone was dead…..except you, your mother and your little niece, Jaehaera.

TW: Mature. Self Harm/Implied Self Harm. Self Hatred/Emotional Hurt. Hurt/Comfort. Complicated family relationships. Reader is a Targtower.

Chapter I: I fell in love with a war (nobody told me it ended)

Chapter II: Strangers

Chapter III: Cathedral where you cannot breathe (no need to pray, no need to speak)

Chapter IV: "Angel" he calls me (does he know that I'm falling?)

Chapter V: Not a lot, just forever (Intertwined, sewn together)

Chapter VI: What fear a man like you brings upon a woman like me (Please, don't look at me)

Chapter VII: Trust in me, I will rise (Through the fire, in the sky)

Harry Potter

𐙚 Cinnamon Girl ⚯ ͛

Summary:

Only dreams can awaken consciousness. As the final battle between him and the Dark Lord draws nearer every day, Harry attends his sixth year at Hogwarts, warped by strange dreams, which he's sure someone is having a hand at. Hidden away by the shadows of the darkness in which those hands are summoned, he finds a girl not in synch with the world she dwells in. A seer, a siren, or perhaps just a girl he finds himself madly intrigued by.

Prologue: Oh, my life is changing everyday (In every possible way)

Chapter I: Oh, Who is she? (A misty memory, a haunting face)

Chapter II: I know you; I walked with you once upon a dream (That look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam)

Chapter III: But then she noticed me glance at her (I had no choice but to dance with her)

Chapter IV: This is a happy house (We're happy here, in the happy house)

Chapter V: You're starrin' in my dreams, in magazines (You're looking right at me)

Chapter VI: Oh beautiful poison tree (Let your power grow in me, Let your sorrow flow in me)

Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

Native New Yorkers

A year into joining the squad, you find yourself embroiled in the murder of four women whose lives resemble too closely your own. Amidst your growing relationship with a certain detective, will you survive unscathed or fall at the hands of that which wants to hurt you?

Chapter I: Where did all those yesterdays go (When you still believed love could really be like a Broadway show)

[pharmaciacatholica]

Creation Theology Resources

Here are some resources that I think are good reads for those interested in the topic; I will likely add stuff as I come across more in the future. Like everyone else, I am always learning more.

Fathers:

Saint Theophilus of Antioch, Letter to Autolycus (A.D. 183)

Book II chapters 10-33

Book III chapter 24

Saint Ephraim the Syrian, Commentary on Genesis (A.D 306-373)

Saint Basil the Great, Hexaemeron (A.D 330-379)

Saint Gregory of Nyssa, On the Making of Man (A.D. 335-395)

Saint Ambrose of Milan, Commentary on Genesis (A.D. 339-397)

Specifically, Book I chapter 2 and 3

Saint John Chrysostom, Homilies on Genesis (A.D. 347-407)

Saint Augustine (A.D. 354-430)

The Confessions; Book XI, Book XII, and Book XIII

On the Literal Interpretation of Genesis

City of God; Books XI-XVI

Doctors:

Venerable Bede, The Reckoning of Time (A.D. 708)

Specifically, chapter 66

Saint John Damascene, On the Orthodox Faith (A.D. 673-735)

Specifically, Book II chapter 1 and 2

Saint Bonaventure, Breviloquium (A.D. 1221-1274)

Specifically, Parts II and III

Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae (A.D. 1225-1274)

Prima Pars; Questions 44-46, 65-74, 90-92, 102

Councils:

Council of Trent (A.D. 1545-1563)

Session IV, Decree Concerning the Edition and the Use of the Sacred Books

Session V, Decree Concerning Original Sin

Catechism of Trent, Production of Man (page 42)

Second Vatican Council (A.D 1965)

Dei Verbum

Roman Pontiffs

Pope Leo XIII

Arcanum Divinae; specifically, paragraph 5

Providentissimus Deus

Pope Pius XII

Divino Afflante Spiritu

Humani Generis *the crown jewel, in my opinion*

Pope Saint John Paul II

Evangelium Vitae; specifically, chapter 2 parts 39-43

Pope Francis

Laudato Si; specifically, chapter 2

Pontifical Biblical Commission

Miscellaneous Articles

The Four Senses of Scripture

Creation and Divine Freedom

The Theological Importance of Creation

Is Genesis 1-11 Intended to be Historical

The Mathematical Impossibility of Evolution

The Metaphysical Impossibility of Human Evolution

Against Polygenism

Should Catholics Believe in Evolution

Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Crisis of Faith

Books

Haydock Bible Commentary

Genesis 1-3

Studies in the Theology of Creation Volume 1 by Gideon Lazar (no pdf available currently)

The Doctrines of Genesis 1-11 by Fr. Victor Warkulwiz

A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament by John Bergsma and Brant Pitre

[2dkapsddr]

November 27th, 2024 - Arcaea, vivid/stasis, PIU 2024 PHOENIX

O.K., today's the grand new PIU dance gaming day!!! still had a long time to waste until the train passed by, so i accepted my mom's offer to go eat breakfast somewhere before i left for the arcade. over there, i finished my food a bit early and got to work on some Arcaea PM grinding again, and i was SO DAMN CLOSE to getting another FTR PM on Infinite Strife, [FTR-9+], but i ended up choking it with a Lost in the middle and losing the PM just like that... ah well, the shiny acc wasn't all that good anyways . i can live with this loss.

went back home a while after this (got dragged along somewhere else by my mom, was honestly getting sick of it but we ball) and Tried doing some homework to continue today on a clean slate, but i ended up getting NOTHING done except playing a bit of vivid/stasis to procrastinate (hey, at least i got a VS on CITY RIDE IN THE JUNGLE [MID 10]!!!) and finishing a post that i really should've done yesterday if anything (the maimai/gc/ez2ac gamecenter post) and missing the earliest train possible thanks to it .

but regardless!! -- i finished the aforementioned post earlier than i was expecting and used the extra time to get myself a meal before jumping into Pump It Up Action . transportation there was way too convoluted and took forever, but after an hour, i arrived and was ready to warm up game on such a beautiful half-price pump it up day!!!

...only, something felt off about the side of the pad i was playing on . the first two songs went by as smooth as they could've gone, but i started suffering some weird input drops towards the end of Death moon . these blended into the next song, where i started having input drops across the entire song that led to me failing it entirely . i wasn't sure which panels were dropping my inputs, but it was during the next set that i figured out the main culprit -- the center panel was getting stuck repeatedly and not responding to inputs properly unless one stepped on the pads in the right spot to get it unstuck . only, i can't do that in the middle of a single player song!!! and so, i was starting to feel really disappointed about playing today .

my friend -- with whom i was meeting up with that day -- tried playing doubles while i sat on the side in contemplation, and even then i could see the same panel getting stuck and unstuck as she moved across pads and stepped on the right spots . i guess it didn't look that bad from the side, but it still seemed unbearable to play on . still, i hadn't come all this way to Not play PIU, so i took my losses and gave the game a shot on doubles... and i guess it wasn't so bad? still pretty impossible to get any good scores on this, until i playd Pumptris Quattro D20 and proved myself wrong with an insane AAA on the chart despite the broken panel!!! and then i followed it up with an insane AAA+ on Stardream -Eurobeat Remix- D20 where i only barely felt any significant pad issues somehow!!!

somehow, the panel had magically fixed itself in between my set... which means i could pick up right off where i left off and continue with progress towards my coveted Advanced Lv.3 clear!!! i hopped back onto doubles after my friend and got an absolutely INSANE SSS on Storm D19, first try of the day, up from my prior S-rank from Round 1... and then the all-new 20 clears just kept rolling in!!! Discord D20 AAA, Keep On! D20 AAA+ (INSANE score btw, been trying to clear this one since XX but just couldn't for some reason...)

then, after my friend and i went to go get some boba and relaxed for a bit, we hopped on together and played some Singles charts together, where i got an AAA on Giselle S20 and an upscore to AAA+ on CRUSH S20!!! after both of those, however, she had to leave, so it was all up to me to finish what i came for and get that beautiful title!!! started off my doubles marathon before i had to go for the day with an S+ on Point Zero 2 D20, a wonky just-barely AA+ clear on Moonlight D20, an S on BSPower Explosion D20 (sick!!!), and then an S on Le Grand Bleu D20 to hopefully finish things off... but alas, whereas i thought the threshold for Advanced Lv.3 was 36,000 rating in the 20's folder, it was actually 39,000 rating, which meant i still had 4 more Lv.20 charts left to go until i could reach the rank. but alas, i had to go after this set, so i guess i'll just come back here or to Round 1 some other time to finish it off... but given i still had another song to play, i wanted to go out with a bang. picking it on a whim and not expecting much, i chose X-Rave D21 as my last song to close out the session... and miraculously, i lived with enough stamina to clear with an AA+ and get it knocked out as D21 clear #3!!!! what a satisfying set overall, really happy with my progress despite the hiccup with the panel in the beginning!!!

having some time to kill when i got home, i grinded out some world mode to get rid of the stamina i still had after my mini-grind during our boba break!!! in the quest to unlock both Don't Fight The Music [ETR-10+] + And Revive The Melody, i got a sightread PM on LiftOff (FTR-8, MAX-18) as FTR PM #208!!! lucky, but the acc was really bad and unsatisfying to me. so despite my super sleepy state and wanting to go to bed already, i gave it another few shots until i could PM it again... and PM it again i did, only with an INSANE MAX-3 score on the chart!!! how? i don't know!!! but until i have to come back around and MAX PM it someday, i'm really happy leaving the chart behind with this score!!! (ohyeah, and i did unlock Don't Fight The Music [ETR-10+] during that session, only to fail it thanks to Saya's skill and my choke at the very end (lol)

[cheritzteam]

[The Ssum] “Teo” Ending Update Complete! Don’t Miss out on the Commemorative Event Too♡ v.2.1.11 App Update

Hello, dear lab participant.

You can now download the new version of <The Ssum: Love From Today>.

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This update includes server maintenance, so you will receive 10 Aurora Batteries as Study Support upon accessing the game.

Make sure you access the Lab by 21-DEC-2024 (KST) to get your compensation! *You must collect your reward within 3 days.

The following are the details of the update we have received from the Lab.

< ⓛ The First Ssumone, “Teo’s” Ending Update! >

"Teo's" full story has been updated!

What awaits the lab participant in the final chapter?

Please join the story of true love that Teo discovers together with you, lab participant💘

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Here are the update details received from the lab.

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[pomp-quio]

and later -

Pharsalus haunts Philippi haunts Pharsalus haunts Philippi (Carrhae is also there)

all i can say is that the roman matron in book 1 of pharsalia crying out that she sees philippi broke something open in my brain and i have since then been obsessed with the ghosts of battles haunting each other both forwards and backwards in time

lucan civil war (trans. braund) I.693-694 || lucan pharsalia (trans. wilson joyce) introduction to VII || lucan pharsalia (trans. wilson joyce) footnotes to IX || lucan civil war (trans. braund) notes to VII || lucan civil war (trans. braund) VII.591-592 || shakespeare julius caesar V.1.81-83 || lucan pharsalia (trans. wilson joyce) glossary || manilius astronomica I.898-919 || welch magnus pius: sextus pius and the transformation of the roman republic || lucan civil war (trans. braund) notes to book IX || lucan civil war (trans. braund) IX.271-272 || lucan civil war (trans. braund) VII.847-848 || lucan pharsalia (trans. wilson joyce) footnotes to VI || masters poetry and civil war in lucan's bellum civile || tempest brutus the noble conspirator || shakespeare julius caesar V.3.38-39

[charminglyantiquated]

The City Loves You 🌹♥️

transcriptions/translations below cut

Florence I

What is the urban prophecy? / Tomorrow could be worse / love is in the air... / Life needs color. / Just kiss him.

Rome I

fear is a liar/ fall in love/ be good in life / remember me / in love with Rome / ... / Wish you were here.

Portland, Maine I

Rules to success: / You can't sleep over / Be kind to someone tonight / Love yourself better than anyone else! / Act as if you are one step ahead of the Devil himself / For all the ones who've left there are a few who stayed / I love you!

Breakup letter from Sevilla

You ruined my life / hoe <3

Prague I

Be brave and go see the world. / See art in all you see / till Shiva stops dancing. / I will be sad to leave, it's been a privilege. / Still go.

Florence II

Love is in the air... no wonder we have / smog / I'm dying

Rome II

Ciao fragolina! / Di chi ti ricordi per sorridere? Di te mi ricordo! /Non esiste al mondo un’altra donna che ti può sostituire. / Ogni giorno di piu ti amo. / Forse sei tu la volta che non sbaglio più. [Hi little strawberry! / Who do you remember to make you smile? I remember you! / There’s no other woman in the world who can replace you. / I love you more every day. / Maybe you’re the one time I’m not wrong.]

Rome III

Pensa poetico / ti amo / ti amo / ti amo [Think poetic / I love you / I love you / I love you]

Rome IV

Voglio torna / Aprite tutte le porte con puro amor / ovunque io sarò raggiungerò i tuoi passi / ancora / sempre. [I want to come back / Open the doors with pure love / wherever I will be I will rejoin your footsteps / again / forever]

Rome V

Non mi salverai / ma io voglio te / Non tornerò / ma io voglio ancora te [You won’t save me / but I want you / I won’t come back / but I still want you]

Florence III

Oh what we could be if we stopped carrying the remains of who we were / Who are you without your accomplishments? / Nothing / Look inside us; we are empty / 9am alone butt [sic] happy / In the dust we trust

Florence V

Ciao!! / Sai cosa voglio? Voglio scappare con te e andare dove vuoi, perche a me basti tu per essere felice / Sei il filo di Arianna nel labirinto della mia vita / la musica in testa / Ti amo [Hi!! / You know what I want? I want to run away with you and go wherever you want, because you are all I need to be happy / You are Ariadne’s thread in the labyrinth of my life / music in the head / I love you]

[thepastisalreadywritten]

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November 21st, commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child by her parents in the Temple in Jerusalem.

Before Mary's birth, her parents received a heavenly message that they would bear a child.

In thanksgiving for God's gift of Mary's birth, they brought her to the Temple to consecrate their only daughter to The Lord.

The celebration of the Feast is first documented in the 11th century within the Byzantine Catholic Church.

It was introduced into the Roman Catholic Church in the 15th century by Pope Gregory XI, then removed from the calendar by Pope Pius V in the mid 16th century.

Pope Sixtus V later reestablished the feast in 1585.

It is still celebrated today, commemorating the faith of her parents, Joachim and Anne, and the purity of Mary.