viewThought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre :
“The liturgy is a school of humility. You see it in the gestures, the inclinations, the genuflections, the great respect we have for God in the liturgy; by the incensing, the profound bows, and the respect we have for others. That ought to be habitual, to think that men have a soul which is made in the image of God and which is the temple of the Holy Spirit. It can't be only in the liturgy that we respect the people around us. It needs to penetrate our whole life and help us acquire that humility with regard to other people.
The Church gives birth to souls, She nourishes them, She transforms them in and through Her liturgy. We can say in truth that the liturgy is truly the bosom of the Church where souls find the complete nourishment, the perfect food of their spiritual life, the teaching of the truth, the appreciation of true values and their hierarchy, the apprenticeship of all the virtues.”
posted Sunday 03/Dec/2023 ~14:05 #QNDEC2023
— by Roscoe
viewI'm following College Football Conference Championship Saturday. And enjoying it greatly.
Had the radio tuned to the Longhorn's Network this morning to hear Texas beat Oklahoma St. for the Big 12 win. Now I'm listening to Alabama / Georgia playing for the SEC, and tonight I'll have Michigan and Iowa playing for the Big 10.
posted Saturday 02/Dec/2023 ~15:45 #QNDEC2023
— by Roscoe
viewThought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre :
“A liturgy that is well done, a Mass that is well celebrated with all of the bows, all of the reverences – all that has a meaning. The Church is not trying to give us some kind of a pleasant theatrical performance. The incensing of the priest and the faithful, the bows, the genuflections, every one of those gestures has a profound significance. But some say, why the incense among people? We incense God, we do not incense men. In reality, we are incensing souls sanctified by grace, because they are the temple of the Holy Spirit. And if we incense authorities with more solemnity, it is because men who hold authority are participating in God's authority.”
posted Saturday 02/Dec/2023 ~13:20 #QNDEC2023
— by Roscoe
viewThis has been a good Friday in the Roscoe-verse.
The time and attention demanded by my chess work is a good thing. I'm currently carrying a load of 2 doz. active games, and I expect that to increase over the next several weeks. This is about the maximum number I've comfortably carried in the past. As I'm now fully retired from everything else, I'm looking forward to bumping that load up by another dozen or so.
posted Friday 01/Dec/2023 ~20:45 #QNDEC2023
— by Roscoe
viewThought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre :
“You see that the liturgy is always making us pray through our Lord Jesus Christ, with our Lord Jesus Christ, in our Lord Jesus Christ. Never would the Church give us a religion without our Lord. For Her, our Lord is everything, He is Her mystical Spouse. Never does She let Herself forget it. That is why our prayers end every time with these words: per Christum Dominum nostrum, through Jesus Christ our Lord. And so we see that we cannot obtain any graces at all outside of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
posted Friday 01/Dec/2023 ~10:50 #QNDEC2023
— by Roscoe
viewAn interesting Thursday, this. It has had the “feel” of a Friday.
It's been a rather good day for the hips, too. Didn't start out that way. Hips were weaker and less stable early, but after a mid-morning nap they became stronger and less painful as the day wore on.
posted Thursday 30/Nov/2023 ~20:05 #QNNOV2023
— by Roscoe
viewThought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre :
“There are always these two aspects in the liturgy, but they are magnificently balanced. The Church does not only ask us to have contrition, to weep over our sins, to do penance. She does insist on that aspect at certain times, particularly during periods like Advent or Lent. At other times, in the hymns and in many psalms, She multiplies the acts of praise and thanksgiving; She makes us sing the greatness of God and His benefits; She makes us live in God; She makes us participate already a little bit in the eternal canticle which the saints are singing in Heaven: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus...”
posted Thursday 30/Nov/2023 ~10:40 #QNNOV2023
— by Roscoe
viewLate afternoon Wednesday and it's already been an eventful day. I took the 1st steps toward my cataract surgery.
Called my eye doctor's office. When he saw me last May, several months ago, he told that I needed the cataracts replaced. I hesitated then, and he told me to give him a call when I was ready to see again. This morning I called.
Next Wednesday morning I have an appointment with the surgeon. This afternoon Sylvia took me to his office where I picked up a stack of papers, forms to fill out and bring with me next Wednesday.
posted Wednesday 29/Nov/2023 ~15:50 #QNNOV2023
— by Roscoe
viewThought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre :
“We really are in awe before all the wealth of the liturgy. Take the introits and the graduals, as well. How many profound and moving things in those graduals, those calls upon the mercy, upon the goodness of God, in praise of God! In these prayers of the Church we can always find one of the four ends of the sacrifice of the Mass: latreutic, eucharistic, propitiatory, or impetratory. And we realize that we can bring all of the texts of the liturgy to one or another of those ends. Sometimes it is adoration that predominates, sometimes thanksgiving, sometimes the presentation of our miseries, of our sins, a call to the mercy of God, and then finally asking for graces that we need.”
posted Wednesday 29/Nov/2023 ~07:50 #QNNOV2023
— by Roscoe
viewNot a bad Tuesday, all things considered.
I continue to be impressed at how well the little ceramic space heaters are keeping this joint comfortably warm. Heck I even had to turn on the ceiling fan back here in my room this afternoon to cool things down.
Re: the hips, this has not been the best of days, but neither has it been the worst. Taking all my pain meds on schedule helped, and applying the Magnilife ointment midday.
posted Tuesday 28/Nov/2023 ~20:35 #QNNOV2023
— by Roscoe