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Tuesday 2025-01-14

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 06:35 – praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 07:00 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: 2 Tim: 4:1-8 and Gospel: Matt 5:13-19. * 08:00 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: Men may certainly try to carry on without Him: He is everywhere, in everything, since He created everything. He therefore holds everything in His hands. Everything belongs to Him, and nothing is outside of Him. Men try to escape Him; they do not escape Him; they cannot escape Him. It is impossible, because everything is His. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 14:50 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:15 – praying the hour of Compline for tonight according to the Traditional Pre-Vatican II Divine Office, followed by Fr. Chad Ripperger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity. – And that followed by the Tuesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 213.52 lbs. * bp= 128/76 (68)

Diet: * 05:30 – 1 banana, 3 fried eggs, fried rice, bacon, sausage * 06:30 – more fried eggs, fried rice, bacon, and sausage * 12:30 – Mongolian beef dinner, fried rice, egg roll * 18:20 – cookies

Chores, etc.: * 05:00 – listen to local news talk radio * 06:15 – bank accounts activity monitored * 08:30 – quietly reading * 12:30 – eat lunch at home with Sylvia and watch old game shows * 14:30 – stock freshly delivered grocery items * 17:30 – listening to Xavier Athletics Radio ahead of tonight's college basketball game between the Villanova Wildcats and the Xavier (OH) Musketeers * 18:00 – now watching Illinois vs IU college basketball on Peacock TV

Chess: * 15:25 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Tuesday, 2025-01-14 ~19:45 #DLJAN2025


by Roscoe

Monday 2025-01-13

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 07:25 – praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare * 07:50 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Isa 60:1-6 and Gospel: John 1:29-34. * 08:00 – praying day 9 of 9 of the Infant of Prague Novena * 08:10 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: It is clear that this God-man is a great mystery. But we absolutely have to meditate on it, have to know the reality and the truth of it, because it is our faith, it is our entire life and it is the life of the whole world. Nothing happens in the world except in view of our Lord Jesus Christ, for Him or against Him, with Him or without Him, and the key to solving all problems is our Lord. There is no problem here below to which our Lord is indifferent. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 14:00 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:15 – praying the hour of Compline for tonight according to the Traditional Pre-Vatican II Divine Office, followed by Fr. Chad Ripperger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity. – And that followed by the Monday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 213.52 lbs. * bp= 134/81 (72)

Diet: * 05:30 – 1 banana * 06:40 – cookies * 07:25 – 1 pb&j sandwich * 10:30 – soup (meat, potatoes, cabbage, carrots, beans) * 13:10 – cookies * 15:10 – pizza

Chores, etc.: * 06:20 – monitor bank accounts activity * 11:30 – physically go to my bank, taking care of business * 13:00 – watching Human Events Daily w. Jack Posobiec on RAV * 14:00 – quietly reading * 16:00 – started my weekly laundry * 17:30 – listening to college basketball, Minnesota Golden Gophers vs the Maryland Terrapins

Chess: * 21:00 – moved in all pending CC games

  • posted Monday, 2025-01-13 ~21:05 DLJAN2025

by Roscoe

Sunday 2025-01-12

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 06:30 – praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 06:50 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: The history of the world and the history of all creation revolve around our Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord is truly the summit, the center and the heart of all creation. So we can't talk about history, for example, and disregard the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ in the world, disregard all the influence of the Holy Church, His mystical Spouse, His Mystical Body (Eph. 1:23), of which we are members by baptism. You see how many consequences there are to faith in our Lord Jesus Christ! * 06:55 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Col 3:12-17 and Gospel: Luke 2:42-52. * 09:40 – praying day 8 of 9 of the Infant of Prague Novena * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 16:55 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:15 – praying the hour of Compline for tonight according to the Traditional Pre-Vatican II Divine Office, followed by Fr. Chad Ripperger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity. – And that followed by the Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 212.0 lbs. * bp= 106/67 (77)

Diet: * 06:15 – 1 banana * 07:00 – bacon, fried rice, 1 big stuffed omelet * 10:10 – cottage cheese * 12:10 – fried chicken * 14:30 – snack on cookies * 16:50 – 1 can of V8 juice

Chores, etc.: * 06:00 – follow news reports from various sources * 08:30 – bank accounts activity monitored * 10:55 – load weekly pill boxes * 13:30 – tuned into the IU Women's Sports Radio Station ahead of the Lady Hoosiers College Basketball Game vs the Iowa Hawkeyes. Hope the women's team does better against Iowa than the men did last night. * 16:15 – after a great IU win, I'm once again following news reports from various sources * 18:30 – listening to relaxing music, quietly reading

Chess: * 13:00 – moved in pending CC games

posted Sunday, 2025-01-12 ~20:30 #DLJAN2025


by Roscoe

Saturday 2025-01-11

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 06:30 – praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 07:00 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: Our Lord is the center of human history, and it cannot be otherwise. This event is so incredible, so tremendous, so important in the history of humanity that it has to be like the magnetic pole attracting all souls, those created before His coming and those who would appear after His coming. All of them must turn toward our Lord, toward God come among us to offer Himself on the cross. So the cross of our Lord literally dominates the history of the world. * 07:05 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Titus 3:4-7 and Gospel: Luke 2:15-20. * 07:20 – praying day 7 of 9 of the Infant of Prague Novena * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 16:40 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:15 – praying the hour of Compline for tonight according to the Traditional Pre-Vatican II Divine Office, followed by Fr. Chad Ripperger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity. – And that followed by the Saturday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 210.76 lbs. * bp= 114/70 (76)

Diet: * 05:35 – 1 banana * 07:35 – cottage cheese * 08:15 – 2 HEB chocolate crunch cookies * 09:15 – homemade soup (meat, potatoes, carrots, beans, cabbage) * 12:00 – another bowl of the homemade soup * 13:15 – more of those HEB cookies * 15:40 – coconut pudding

Chores, etc.: * 06:00 – bank accounts activity monitored * 07:45 – follow news reports from various sources * 11:00 – tuned into Butler Basketball Radio for their game vs the Creighton Bluejays * 13:00 – after the Butler game, following news reports from various sources * 18:10 – tuned into the IU Sports Radio Station ahead of tonight's Hoosiers Basketball game vs the Iowa Hawkeyes

Chess: * 11:30 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Saturday, 2025-01-11 ~20:05 #DLJAN2025


by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 06:30 – praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 09:00 – Readings from today's Mass include, again – Epistle: Isa 60:1-6 and Gospel: Matt 2:1-12. * 09:15 – praying day 6 of 9 of the Infant of Prague Novena * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 16:30 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:10 – praying the hour of Compline for tonight according to the Traditional Pre-Vatican II Divine Office, followed by Fr. Chad Ripperger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity. – And that followed by the Friday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 212.0 lbs. * bp= 104/66 (68)

Diet: * 06:30 – cottage cheese, applesauce * 08:00 – 1 pb&j sandwich * 10:30 – cole slaw * 11:30 – snacking on crispy cookies * 12:45 – 2 lemon pepper chicken quarters * 13:20 – 2 chocolate chunk cookies * 15:30 – 1 can of V8 juice

Chores, etc.: * 06:15 – monitor bank accounts activity * 09:30 – quietly reading * 14:15 – following news reports from various sources * 16:30 – watching sports talk shows on ESPN ahead of tonight's Cotton Bowl Game

Chess: * 11:00 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Friday, 2025-01-10 ~20:05 #DLJAN2025


by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 06:40 – praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare * 07:30 – Readings from today's Mass include, again – Epistle: Isa 60:1-6 and Gospel: Matt 2:1-12. * 07:40 – praying day 5 of 9 of the Infant of Prague Novena * 07:55 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men” (Jn. 1:4).

The life spoken of here is especially spiritual life. St. John affirms that all intellectual and spiritual life in us comes from the Word. It is like a continual communication of the light that is in God. This light is diffused and comes to us by the intermediary of the Word. It is this light which illuminates our minds. We would be incapable of the least intellectual conception, of formulating an idea or reasoning, without the light of the Word. All that our intellect studies, conceives or produces occurs under the illumination of the Word. It is a stupendous thing! * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 18:00 – praying The Angelus, prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine, followed by praying the hour of Compline for tonight according to the Traditional Pre-Vatican II Divine Office, followed by Fr. Chad Ripperger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity. – And that followed by the Thursday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 211.20 lbs. * bp= 140/84 (61)

Diet: * 06:30 – cottage cheese and applesauce, toast and butter * 08:20 – mashed potatoes & gravy * 09:20 – 1 pb&j sandwich * 11:30 – egg drop soup, beef chop suey * 14:00 – snacking on otap and rice cake through the afternoon and evening

Chores, etc.: * 06:00 – bank accounts activity monitored * 07:00 – follow news reports from various sources * 11:30 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia * 12:30 – listen to relaxing music and reading * 18:30 – watching college football, Notre Dame vs Penn St.

Chess: * 09:55 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Thursday, 2025-01-09 ~22:20 #DLJAN2025


by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 07:05 – praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 07:55 – Readings from today's Mass include, again – Epistle: Isa 60:1-6 and Gospel: Matt 2:1-12. * 08:00 – praying day 4 of 9 of the Infant of Prague Novena * 08:10 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: “In the beginning was the Word.” As the commentators point out, these words mean that before there was such a thing as a beginning, the Word was. He existed. And the use of the imperfect tense in Greek is the best expression of this concept. One could not say: the Word came to be, but only that He was. So it expresses the perennity, the eternity of the Word before all things began. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 15:30 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:15 – praying the hour of Compline for tonight according to the Traditional Pre-Vatican II Divine Office, followed by Fr. Chad Ripperger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity. – And that followed by the Wednesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 212.75 lbs. * bp= 112/70 (61)

Diet: * 07:00 – cottage cheese & applesauce * 07:50 – crispy pastries * 08:30 – sweet rice, pizza * 10:30 – coconut pudding * 13:30 – fried chicken, mashed potatoes, Cole slaw * 16:00 – 1 can of V8 juice

Chores, etc.: * 06:00 – bank accounts activity monitored * 10:30 – follow news reports from various sources * 12:30 – listen to music and read * 13:30 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia * 14:30 – listen to music and read * 16:00 – follow news reports from various sources * 18:00 – following men's college basketball, IU vs. USC

Chess: * 17:00 – moved in all pending CC games

  • posted Wednesday, 2025-01-08 ~20:00 DLJAN2025

by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 07:10 – praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 07:40 – Readings from today's Mass include, again – Epistle: Isa 60:1-6 and Gospel: Matt 2:1-12. * 07:45 – praying day 3 of 9 of the Infant of Prague Novena * 07:50 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: The most beautiful page of St. John is the one that we read every day at the end of the holy Mass as a thanksgiving: the prologue of his Gospel. We have certainly read and re-read it and know it by heart. But we still need to read it again attentively, peacefully, so as to be really imbued with what St. John writes of our Lord, for it truly is the revelation of our Lord. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 15:00 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 21:00 – praying the hour of Compline for tonight according to the Traditional Pre-Vatican II Divine Office, followed by Fr. Chad Ripperger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity. – And that followed by the Tuesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 212.0 lbs. * bp= 100/59 (71)

Diet: * 08:05 – cottage cheese & applesauce * 08:30 – lasagna * 13:15 – small bag of chips * 14:20 – 2 boiled eggs * 19:40 – pizza * 20:30 – pudding and biscuits

Chores, etc.: * 06:00 – bank accounts activity monitored * 11:30 – work on household budget * 19:00 – the wife returned from her overseas trip

Chess: * 10:40 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Tuesday, 2025-01-07 ~22:12 #DLJAN2025


by Roscoe

Monday 2025-01-06

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 07:10 – praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare * 07:30 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Isa 60:1-6 and Gospel: Matt 2:1-12. * 07:45 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: ...Then the shepherds of Bethlehem were invited in their turn by the angels of Heaven to sing the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ (Lk. 2:9-14). Finally it was the three kings who came to humble themselves before this Child in the manger, acknowledging all of His prerogatives as a king... What a magnificent cloud of witnesses has gone before us in the testimony which we need to offer to the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ! * 07:50 – praying day 2 of 9 of the Infant of Prague Novena * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 18:40 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 19:30 – praying the hour of Compline for tonight according to the Traditional Pre-Vatican II Divine Office, followed by Fr. Chad Ripperger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity. – And that followed by the Monday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 210.76 lbs. * bp= 120/74 (72)

Diet: * 05:50 – 1 pb&j sandwich, 2 boiled eggs * 14:10 – lasagna

Chores, etc.: * 05:40 – bank accounts activity monitored * 13:15 – started my weekly laundry * 17:00 – local news and weather

Chess: * 12:15 – moved in all pending CC games

Posted Monday 2025-01-06 ~21:15 #DLJAN2025


by Roscoe

Sunday 2025-01-05

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 06:30 – praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 06:55 – Readings from today's Mass include, again – Epistle: Titus 2:11-15 and Gospel: Luke 2:21. * 07:15 – praying day 1 of 9 of the Infant of Prague Novena * 07:30 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: Our piety has to have solid foundations so that, if the storm comes, if difficulties come along, our spiritual life does not change. It cannot change if it is built on definitive, eternal principles, on realities which come to us from God. We can rely on those principles absolutely. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 14:30 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:40 – praying the hour of Compline for tonight according to the Traditional Pre-Vatican II Divine Office, followed by Fr. Chad Ripperger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity. – And that followed by the Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 215.0 lbs. * bp= 120/75 (77)

Diet: * 06:30 – applesauce * 08:30 – 3 boiled eggs * 10:30 – 2 caramel apple tartlets * 12:45 – 1 pb&j sandwich * 16:00 – lasagna

Chores, etc.: * 08:05 – bank accounts activity monitored * 09:00 – following news reports and opinion pieces from various sources * 10:40 – listening to the pregame show for today's men's college basketball game between IU and Penn St. * 13:15 – after an exciting IU win, I've switched to the NFL and find Dallas leading Washington 6-3 near the end of the 2nd Quarter * 15:45 – enough of following sports, time to get to other chores

Chess: * 09:00 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Sunday, 2025-01-05 ~20:10 #DLJAN2025


by Roscoe

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