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DLNOV2024

Saturday 2024-11-30

Prayers, etc.: * 06:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel followed by praying The Angelus * 07:20 – praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 08:30 – Praying day 2 of 9, of a Novena to the Immaculate Conception; followed by praying to Atone for Rome's 2025 Jubilee Mascot. * 08:55 – Thought 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. * 12:00 – Praying The Angelus * 17:40 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:20 – 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= 218.0 lbs * bp= 138/68 (68)

Diet: * 07:25 – 1 banana * 08:15 – cherry pie * 10:20 – turkey meat and stuffing * 11:00 – snacking on fresh grapes and strawberries * 13:10 – cranberry sauce * 13:45 – mashed potatoes & gravy * 14:45 – jello cubes

Chores, etc.: * 08:00 – bank accounts activity monitored * 09:30 – tuned into the FOX Big Noon Kickoff Show * 11:10 – ready now for the Ohio St. vs Michigan game * 14:30 – turning now to the Notre Dame / USC game * 18:10 – now listening to the IU / Purdue game. Go Hoosiers!

Chess: * 09:30 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Saturday, 2024-11-30 ~19:55 #DLNOV2024

by Roscoe

Friday 2024-11-29

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 06:40 – praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 10:50 – Praying day 1 of 9, of a Novena to the Immaculate Conception; followed by praying to Atone for Rome's 2025 Jubilee Mascot. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 12:15 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: As we meditate on the liturgical offices, let us draw special nourishment from the prayers composed by the Church for the proper of the Mass – along with the common, of course. The proper always contains a particular lesson for that feast. And the prayers, so short but so beautiful, give us every time a real subject of meditation. Whether it be the collect, the secret or the postcommunion, we are astounded by their depth and by the truths of our faith which the Church is setting before us. * 16:40 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:20 – 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= 216.94 * bp= 144/75 (63)

Diet: * 06:15 – 1 banana * 07:00 – cottage cheese, cherry pie, ham slices and pineapple rings * 09:30 – 1 Reese's peanut butter cup candy bar * 12:10 – green bean casserole * 13:55 – mashed potatoes and gravy * 20:10 – another Reese's peanut butter cup candy bar

Chores, etc.: * 06:00 – bank accounts activity monitored * 11:15 – tuned into college football, Ball State Cardinals vs Ohio Bobcats * 13:30 – switched over to men's college basketball, Ohio St. vs Pitt * 18:30 – After an afternoon of listening to the Ohio Bobcats beat the Ball State Cardinals in their college football game, Pitt beating Ohio St. in an overtime basketball game, and SJSU beating Stanford in their football game, I'm now following the Nebraska vs Iowa football game.

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

posted Friday, 2024-11-29 ~20:20 #DLNOV2024

by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 05:40 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel followed by praying The Angelus * 05:50 – praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare * 06:20 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: Let us follow these pathways in order to know God better, to know Him as the Church wants to make us know Him. We can't start thinking that we are better than other people because we are capable of finding new pathways. On the contrary, let us walk in the pathways that the Church has traced out for us, loving with all our heart that great school which is the liturgy of the Church. * 06:30 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Col 1:9-14, and Gospel Matt 24:15-35. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 13:20 – Praying to Atone for Rome's 2025 Jubilee Mascot * 17:30 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:20 – 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= 215.06 lbs. * bp= 156/74 (72)

Diet: * 06:45 – 1 banana, cottage cheese * 09:58 – hot dog pastry * 11:30 – grapes, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple rings, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, turkey * 16:00 – cherry pie

Chores, etc.: * 08:15 – monitored bank accounts activity * 08:30 – watch Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade * 11:30 – NFL football, Bears vs Lions * 15:00 – more NFL football, Cowboys vs Giants

Chess: * 09:15 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Thursday 2024-11-28 ~19:45 #DLNOV2024

by Roscoe

Wednesday 2024-11-27

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 05:30 – praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 06:30 – praying The Angelus * 08:20 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: We need to go to God by the ways of the Church – they are the surest of all – and not by our own personal ways. It is certainly very good that we express our devotion to God with our whole heart and soul in our meditation and in our personal prayers; but we are going to pray all the better the more we come to live and breathe the piety of the Church. Never could we have a piety as great as that of the Church Herself. The Church is the mystical Spouse of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the songs of the Spouse are inimitable. Gregorian Chant all by itself truly lifts us up toward Heaven, lifts us up toward to God. * 08:30 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Col 1:9-14, and Gospel Matt 24:15-35. * 09:40 – Praying to Atone for Rome's 2025 Jubilee Mascot * 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 * 19:20 – 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= 214.18 lbs. * bp= 161/80 (68)

Diet: * 07:15 – toast & butter, ½ Jimmy John's Submarine sandwich * 08:40 – applesauce, cottage cheese * 12:20 – 1 pb&j sandwich, egg drop soup, beef chop suey * 14:20 – 1 ice cream sandwich * 16:15 – 1 hot dog pastry

Chores, etc.: * 06:15 – monitored bank accounts activity * 10:10 – tuned into IU Sports Radio for pregame coverage ahead of their game vs Louisville Cardinals, opening tip coming later this morning * 12:30 – watch old game show, eat lunch at home with Sylvia * 13:45 – now following men's college basketball, WV Mountaineers vs Gonsaga Bulldogs * 16:00 – now following more men's college basketball, UT Martin Skyhawks vs Tennessee Volunteers. After that, switching to the Bucknell Bison vs Maryland Terrapins.

Chess: * 14:00 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Wednesday, 2024-11-27 ~20:45 #DLNOV2024

by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 06:40 – praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 07:00 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: Why has the Church arranged the liturgical cycle in that manner? It is to make us contemplate all of the mysteries of our Lord. Ultimately, it is our Credo which is being presented to us over the course of the year and on which we are called to meditate in a very special way.

The proper texts of the Seasons, prayers, prefaces and so on, are so well chosen, so beautiful that they raise us up, allow us to deepen our faith and increase our charity. * 09:25 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Ecclus 45:1-6 and Gospel Matt 19:27-29. * 10:50 – Praying to Atone for Rome's 2025 Jubilee Mascot * 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 * 19:20 – 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= 215.06 lbs. * bp= 148/70 (71)

Diet: * 06:30 – toast & butter, little cookies, pizza * 12:30 – applesauce, steamed rice, fried eggs, sausages * 14:00 – snacking on little chocolates through the afternoon

Chores, etc.: * 06:00 – monitored bank accounts activity * 11:00 – listening to relaxing music, and leisure reading * 12:30 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia * 13:30 – tuned into the Louisina Tech Bulldogs Sports Network ahead of their afternoon men's basketball game vs the Richmond Spiders * 14:05 – Now tuned into the Clemson vs Penn St. men's college basketball game * 17:05 – listening to relaxing music, leisure reading

Chess: * 08:50 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Tuesday, 2024-11-26 ~19:50 #DLNOV2024

by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 04:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 05:20 – praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare * 08:40 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: That great action and that prayer which is called the liturgy ñ made up of the sacrificial action and the Eucharist, and also all of the prayers that either prepare for the sacrifice and the Eucharist or else flow from them, and all of the sacramental actions that dispose us for them or extend them in our lives – all that is the great sacrament, the great source of life, the fountain of living water. * 08:45 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Sir 51:1-8; 5:12; and Gospel Matt 25:1-13 * 10:15 – Praying to Atone for Rome's 2025 Jubilee Mascot * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 15:10 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 19:00 – 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 Monday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 215.06 lbs * bp= 139/72 (65)

Diet: * 06:30 – toast & butter, nachos w. cheese & meat sauce * 12:30 – steak * 14:00 – snacking on cookies and chocolates through the afternoon and evening

Chores, etc.: * 05:30 – bank accounts activity monitored * 09:45 – start my weekly laundry * 10:50 – tuned into pregame coverage of the IU Women's Basketball Game vs N. Carolina, opening tip minutes away * 12:30 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia * 14:00 – listen to men's college basketball, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs vs Southern Illinois Salukis * 16:15 – watch NFL+ Press Conference * 16:30 – listening now to Westwood One Radio Pregame Show ahead of tonight's NFL Monday Night Football Game, Ravens vs Chargers... and then the game.

Chess: * 09:30 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Monday, 2024-11-25 ~19:45 #DLNOV2024

by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 04:30 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 07:00 – praying The Angelus * 08:20 – praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 10:15 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Col. 1:9-14 and Gospel Matt 24:15-35. * 10:45 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: The liturgy is the public prayer of the Church. That prayer was confided to the Apostles by our Lord and is handed down to us by the Church. That is why we thank the Church for having given us that beautiful liturgy which She places on the lips of all the Christians in the whole world.

The liturgy, this magnificent liturgy of the Church, which is truly a product of the Holy Ghost, expresses the sentiments we ought to have toward God: be they sentiments of contrition, or of hope, or of affection and love, or else of praise. Over the course of the Divine Office and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Church brings us through different sentiments depending on the various prayers, and they are all helping to unite us to God. * 11:45 – Praying to Atone for Rome's 2025 Jubilee Mascot * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 17:35 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 18:30 – 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 Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 215.06 lbs * bp= 148/80 (67)

Diet: * 08:20 – pizza * 15:20 – steak & gravy, steamed vegetables * 17:10 – 1 ice cream bar

Chores, etc.: * 08:00 – bank accounts activity monitored * 10:25 – watching the FOX NFL KICKOFF Show as a prelude to what (I hope) will be a day full of football here in the Roscoe-verse * 11:35 – tuned into the Detroit Lions Radio Network ahead of their afternoon game vs the Indianapolis Colts, kickoff at Noon * 15:40 – as the Colts / Lions game turned into a rout, I switched over to the exciting Cowboys / Commanders game in the 4th Quarter. As that game has ended, I'm now watching the Packers / 49ers game.

Chess: * 17:25 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Sunday, 2024-11-24 ~20:00 #DLNOV2024

by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 05:30 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 06:50 – praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 12:50 – Praying to Atone for Rome's 2025 Jubilee Mascot * 14:10 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 14:20 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Phil 3:17-21, 4:1-3 and Gospel Matt 16: 13-19 * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 18:30 – 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 Saturday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 216.94 lbs. * bp= 146/77 (68)

Diet: * 07:45 – yogurt, moon pie * 11:00 – 2 breakfast tacos * 15:45 – steak & gravy, steamed vegetables * 16:30 – 1 ice cream sandwich

Chores, etc.: * 07:35 – bank accounts activity monitored * 10:00 – tried to setup Chromecast on office TV, halfway success * 11:00 – listening to broadcast of today's IU vs Ohio St. football game * 14:05 – tuned away from the football game that turned into a massacre, hope this afternoon's women's basketball is better * 14:40 – now listening to the pregame show for IU Women's Basketball Battle for Atlanta Game vs Columbia, opening tip is just minutes away. * 15:20 – audio feed for the IU Women's Basketball game was hopelessly wonky, so I've switched to football again, this time TCU Horned Frogs vs Arizona Wildcats, the game nearly at halftime * 19:00 – tonight's Svengoolie.

Chess: * 13:15 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Saturday, 2024-11-23 ~19:15 #DLNOV2024

by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 06:05 – praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare. * 07:10 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: Vocal prayer, which includes all of liturgical prayer, instituted by God Himself and by God Incarnate and fashioned by the Holy Spirit in the Roman liturgy especially, is the most sublime source and expression of mental prayer and spiritual prayer. To neglect this prayer, to limit it, to make it superficial, would ruin the essential prayer, the spiritual prayer, to which vocal prayer is ordained by the Holy Spirit. * 09:15 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Ecclus 51:13-17; and Gospel: Matt 25:1-13. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 14:05 – Praying to Atone for Rome's 2025 Jubilee Mascot * 14:20 – 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= 218.0 lbs. * bp= 122/66 (74)

Diet: * 06:30 – toast and butter * 07:00 – yogurt * 10:00 – hot dogs * 12:15 – pizza * 18:10 – more pizza * 19:45 – 1 ice cream sandwich

Chores, etc.: * 05:00 – listen to local news talk radio * 06:00 – bank accounts activity monitored * 11:00 – listening to relaxing music, leisure reading * 12:15 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia * 14:15 – Renew my Tunein Premium subscription * 17:50 – tuned into UTSA sports radio for tonight's college football game between the UTSA Roadrunners and the Rice Owls

Chess: * 09:10 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Friday, 2024-11-22 ~20:00 #DLNOV2024

by Roscoe

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 06:00 – praying The Angelus * 07:00 – praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, followed by the Memorare * 08:20 – Thought for today from Archbishop Lefebvre: Every spirit, whether human or angelic, is ordained toward God by its spiritual nature, by its intelligence and its will, and gratuitously ordained by grace to enter into a participation of the eternal beatitude of the Holy Trinity.

So every spirit is primarily religious, and its religious life finds expression in prayer: vocal, mental, and spiritual. * 08:45 – Readings from today's Mass include – Epistle: Ecclus 24:14-16; Gospel: Luke 11:27-28. * 12:00 – praying The Angelus * 15:00 – Praying to Atone for Rome's 2025 Jubilee Mascot * 15:40 – prayerfully reading The Athanasian Creed, followed by today's Daily Meditation found in Benedictus Magazine. * 18:00 – praying The Angelus * 18:30 – 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 Thursday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.

Health Metrics: * bw= 216.0 lbs. * bp= 120/66 (65)

Diet: * 06:00 – toast & butter * 06:55 – cake * 08:45 – pizza * 12:00 – beef chop suey * 15:15 – 2 breakfast tacos

Chores, etc.: * 05:00 – listen to local news talk radio * 06:10 – bank accounts monitored * 10:30 – mow and trim front yard * 12:00 – watch old game shows and eat lunch at home with Sylvia * 13:00 – finish front yard work * 14:30 – follow news reports from various sources * 16:10 – tuned into Hoosier Country Radio ahead of this evening's men's college basketball game between Indiana Hoosiers and UNC Greensboro Spartans * 19:35 – it was great listening to Don Fischer call the IU game tonight, and great that IU won! Plans now are to spend the rest of the night listening to relaxing music and reading.

Chess: * 14:00 – moved in all pending CC games

posted Thursday, 2024-11-21 ~21:00 #DLNOV2024

by Roscoe