Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre :
“It is not only at the moment of her birth into the world that God thought of exempting the most Blessed Virgin Mary from all sin and making of her the Immaculate Conception. From all eternity, before the creation of the world, the Blessed Virgin was conceived in the mind of God. The Church applies this passage of Scripture to the Blessed Virgin: “From eternity... I was already conceived” (Prov. 8:23-24). God was already thinking of her, and He willed to shower her with all His graces and to give her that extraordinary privilege of the Immaculate Conception, exempting her from all fault: “You are all beautiful, O Mary, and there is no stain in you.” So already, from all eternity, God was thinking of this admirable creature, the first after our Lord Jesus Christ.”
posted Friday 08/Dec/2023 ~14:45 #QNDEC2023
posted by Roscoe
I won this Correspondence Chess game today by catching the Black King in a Queen-pawn Combination checkmate.
posted Thursday 07/Dec/2023 ~14:00 #QNDEC2023 #chess
posted by Roscoe
My eyes were tired following this morning's cataract assessment appointment. But I could still see my way to winning this correspondence chess game with a Rook-Bishop Combination Mate.
posted Wednesday 06/Dec/2023 ~18:00 #QNDEC2023 #chess
posted by Roscoe
Spent 2 ½ hours at the eye center this morning dealing with different technicians, different secretaries, and a surgeon. Scheduled my 1st cataract surgery for early Jan. and an apt. with a Retina doc for later this month. Surgeon said he sees signs of retinal tearing in my eyes and he wants to have a retinal doc take a look now and be on hand during the Jan. surgery. Then, after I've recovered, we'll do the whole thing all over again with the other eye.
Now, early in the afternoon, I'm waiting for the dilation of my eyes to wear off so I can get to my ordinary chores of the day.
posted Wednesday 06/Dec/2023 ~12:45 #QNDEC2023 #health
posted by Roscoe
Spent a fair amount of time this afternoon filling out medical forms for my cataract assessment appointment with an eye surgeon tomorrow morning. Hopefully he'll be able to schedule my cataract surgery soon.
posted Tuesday 05/Dec/2023 ~17:10 #QNDEC2023 #health
posted by Roscoe
Enough about my darned hips. They do seem to be getting better, though very slowly.
My correspondence chess work has been occupying more of my time these past several months. Through the late Summer and Autumn months my game load has averaged from 1 to 2 dozen active games most days. New tournaments I've entered have increased my game load quite a bit, and when play starts in one of those new tourneys later this month, and the other in January... well, it's a good thing I'm fully retired.
Jan. and Feb. could see me working on 3 or 4 doz. active games per day. Making 1 move per game per day, and allowing proper reflection and study time between moves won't leave many extra hours.
Here is the final board position of a game I won today. White and I fought for over 60 full moves before I checkmated his King using all four of my remaining pieces and the edge of the board. It was my Bishop that delivered the mating move.
posted Monday 04/Dec/2923 ~16:00 #QNDEC2023 #chess
posted by Roscoe
Spent an hour and a half doing yard work earlier this afternoon: mowed the back yard grass, picked up fallen branches and leaves. And I'm tired and sore, but in a good way. This is more physical work than I've done in months. The hips are feeling better than they have in many months. Good news, this!
posted Sunday 03/Dec/2023 ~17:00 #QNDEC2023
posted by Roscoe
Thought 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
posted by Roscoe
I'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
posted by Roscoe
Thought 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
posted by Roscoe