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

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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

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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

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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

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Saturday 2025-01-04

Prayers, etc.: * 06:15 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel followed by praying The Angelus. * 07:00 – praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 08:45 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Titus 2:11-15 and Gospel: Luke 2:21. * 09:00 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: “He who perseveres to the end will be saved” (Mt. 10:22; 24:13). Today more than ever, priests have to hold onto that word of our Lord.

If they persevere to the end in faith and Christian virtue, according to the teaching which they have received in the Tradition of the Church, according to the most beautiful examples which the saints and martyrs have left them, then they will be saved, and they will draw after them many souls, carried along by their words, by their courage and by their virtue. Today more than ever, the faithful need priests who are the light of the world and the salt of the earth. * 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 * 19:40 – 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 Saturday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 212.0 lbs. * bp= 105/64 (71)

Diet: * 06:55 – applesauce * 08:30 – pizza * 10:00 – 2 boiled eggs * 11:15 – 1 pb&j sandwich * 13:30 – 1 bottle of Boost Glucose Control Max Protein * 15:10 – 2 caramel apple tartlets * 17:30 – snacking on peanut butter and jam

Chores, etc.: * 07:30 – follow news reports from various sources * 08:20 – bank accounts activity monitored * 11:00 – watching women's college basketball, IU vs UCLA * 15:15 – starting the day's NFL double-header, 1st game is Browns vs Ravens * 18:45 – deciding not to follow the 2nd NFL game, I've put on some relaxing music and plan to read until bedtime.

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

posted Saturday, 2025-01-04 ~21:10 #DLJAN2025

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Prayers, etc.: * 04:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 04:30 – praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 07:15 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Titus 2:11-15 and Gospel: Luke 2:21. * 10:45 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: You see with what delicacy our Lord shows what He is thinking when He changes water into wine at Cana. Our Lord certainly willed to announce the Holy Eucharist as well, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, transubstantiation. What a miracle! The miracle of bread changed into the body of our Lord and of wine changed into His blood is much more perfect, much more divine, much more extraordinary, than that of water changed into wine. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 14:45 – 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 Friday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 212.75 lbs. * bp= 117/68 (69)

Diet: * 04:45 – cottage cheese & applesauce * 06:35 – 1 bologna & cheese sandwich * 08:15 – 2 poached eggs * 13:30 – pizza * 19:15 – 1 pb&j sandwich

Chores, etc.: * 04:00 – listen to local news talk radio * 05:45 – bank accounts activity monitored * 07:45 to 08:30 – phone convo. with Sylvia * 09:00 – watching Bannon's War Room * 11:00 to 12:30 – mow and rake leaves in front yard * 13:00 – follow news reports from various sources * 15:00 – now watching the Servpro First Responder Bowl, North Texas vs Texas State * 18:30 – now watching Duke's Mayo Bowl, Minnesota vs Virginia Tech

Chess: * 15:40 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Friday, 2025-01-03 ~21:20 #DLJAN2025

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Thursday 2025-01-02

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 07:40 – praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare * 09:00 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Acts 4:8-12 and Gospel: Luke: 2:21. * 10:55 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: Meditate on our Lord Jesus Christ. Take the feasts like that of the Holy Name of Jesus. The feast of the Holy Name of Jesus is perhaps one of the most beautiful liturgies of the Church. * 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 * 19:10 – 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 Thursday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 211.20 lbs. * bp= 112/68 (68)

Diet: * 05:45 – cottage cheese & applesauce * 07:50 – 1 bologna & cheese sandwich * 12:15 – 1 pb&j sandwich * 15:30 – lasagna

Chores, etc.: * 05:00 – listen to local news talk radio * 07:20 – bank accounts activity monitored * 09:30 – watching Bannon's War Room * 12:00 – following news reports on NewsMax2 * 12:30 – watch old episodes of Seinfeld * 14:30 – watching Sugar Bowl PreGame Show, the Notre Dame vs Georgia game starts in 30 min. * 18:35 – Notre Dame wins the Sugar Bowl , next up is IU basketball vs Rutgers, game starting about an hour from now

Chess: * 15:00 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Thursday, 2025-01-02 ~20:15 #DLJAN2025

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Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus, followed by praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 08:35 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Titus 2:11-15 and Gospel: Luke 2:21. * 09:15 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: It is good to meditate a little bit on that quality [charity] because it explains all of history, and in particular the Incarnation of the Word and the Redemption. God permitted His own creatures to disobey Him and so was able to show His great mercy. He did not will that the work of His charity in creating angels and men be destroyed by the malice of angels and men, and that is why He carried out the Redemption. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 15:50 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:05 – 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= 211.20 lbs. * bp= 137/80 (80)

Diet: * 06:15 – applesauce & cottage cheese * 08:30 – 1 bologna & cheese sandwich * 11:40 – 1 pb&j sandwich * 13:40 – another pb&j sandwich * 16:30 – snacking on pb&j

Chores, etc.: * 07:00 – bank accounts activity monitored * 10:00 – watching Peacock's live coverage of the 2025 Rose Parade * 12:00 – watching the Peach Bowl Game, Texas vs Arizona St. * 16:00 – watching the Rose Bowl Game, Ohio St. vs. Oregon

Chess: * 09:30 – made all pending moves in my active CC games

posted Wednesday, 2025-01-01 ~20:40 #DLJAN2025

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