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All the short histories of Rome skip to the Punic Wars, so I wanted to read about Pyrrhus by the end of the week. In Charlotte Yonge’s Book we read through chapters 13-16 today.

Continuing with Charlotte Yonge’s book, chapters 9 and 10 describe Coriolanus, Cincinnatus and the Decemvirs. This continues under the Early Republic The conflict between patricians and plebians reminded me of the parable about a kingdom divided.

We read chapters 7 and 8 of Charlotte Yonge’s book Young Folk’s History of Rome. This described the developing political structure of the Roman Republic. There are many, many diagrams to try explain the structure, but as the structure changed over time it is probably a good idea to make your own.

Continuing from Greece, now we’re moving along to looking at Ancient Rome. So far we’ve read a few chapters from Young Folks’ History of Rome by Charlotte Yonge. Yesterday we had a brief overview of the Kings of Rome:

I like Watu Pro a lot, but I also like github hosted static websites. There’s Hotpotatoes for making javascript quizzes, but it is old and stale and Windows based. So when I saw H5P, I thought it was worth trying out, although it also seems to be tied into WordPress or Drupal.

We usually pray the Divine Praises as well. While they aren’t in Fr Caswall’s book I’ll add them in here as a special bonus: BENEDICTUS <dd class='' style='margin: 0; padding: 0'> <span class='smcp'>BLESSED</span>&nbsp;be </dd> Deus.

We have looked at: O salutaris Hostia the lesson Litaniae Beatae Mariae Virginis part 1 part 2 part 3 Tantum Ergo part 1 part 2 part 3 Adoremus in aeternum the post Although the custom of praying the Litany of Our Lady during the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is not so widespread in Australia, it is still a great prayer to be familiar with.

As the Blessed Sacrament is returned to the tabernacle and the priest and servers prepare to leave it is customary to sing a recessional. Adoremus in aeternum is the most commonly used, but there are lots of suitable pieces.

V. Panem de caelo praestitisti eis. (T.P. Alleluia) R. Omne delectamentum in se habentem. (T.P. Alleluia) Oremus: Deus, qui nobis sub sacramento mirabili, passionis tuae memoriam reliquisti: tribue, quaesumus, ita nos corporis et sanguinis tui sacra mysteria venerari, ut redemptionis tuae fructum in nobis iugiter sentiamus.

Here is the English by Rev Caswall To the everlasting Father, And the Son Who reigns on high With the Holy Spirit proceeding Forth from each eternally, Be salvation, honor blessing,