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
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
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
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
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