This is a personal memoir, cast in the form of a secular breviary, thatrecreates a year Father Owen Lee spent teaching at an American collegecampus in Rome over a quarter century ago. Father Lee is by day a classics professors, but has also been a beloved presence on the Metropolitan Operas"s Saturday afternoon Chevron-Texaco broadcasts for over 20 years - and is an ever-insightful commentator on operatic stories, music and themes.>