Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent: 11:15 AM

 Yesterday the snow fell but it is quickly melting.

Last night at RCIA, we had an in-depth look at the Lord’s Prayer.  We have to forgive before we can be forgiven.

I turned on the light at 5:00 AM. I crossed myself.

Then:

I then spoke to Anhui Province.  I will do so, as well, on Thursday and Friday.

I started my planning for Maple Ridge, Istanbul, Fredericton, Toronto & Taiwan.

I drove Tony to school. I’ll have to work on the love.

I finished the planning.  Moldova tomorrow. Yes indeed.

Then Reading: Trollope, Gueranger, Guinness, Thompson,  Scripture, Collins, Davila, Escriva, Pieper et al.

NGD:   The two wings of intelligence are learning and love.  

 I’ll have to work on the love. The readings also check me on vanity.

And here’s another:

—El alma es la tarea del hombre.

—The soul is man’s task.

Yes indeed

Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent: 8:07 AM

 

I work up at 5:00 AM this morning.  I first did this:

I then prayed the Rosary.

I then had a two hour class with Nanjing, Anhui, and Kashgar.

All that time, I never bothered to look out the window.  When I did, I was annoyed to see it was snowing.  I had a busy day already and I didn’t have time for shoveling.

Then:

I drove my son to school.

I talked to my wife.  Wuxi,

I planned for classes this afternoon:  Columbia (maybe), Istanbul, Maple Ridge, Toronto.

Made this blog entry.

I will:

Do the classes.

Shovel snow.

Have a small meal.

Go to RCIA class.

Hopefully, not gnash teeth.

Pray.

Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent: 7:34 AM

 Life consists of me putting out fires.  Everyone is grumpy and unexpected things occur throwing a wrench into my current plans.

This morning:  extended my Duolingo streak, and talked to Anhui, China.  I was surprised to hear my student supporting the American attack on Iran.  His reasoning; Iran has become a nuisance, it needs to get rid of its regime.

Yesterday:

I went to 19:00 Mass.  I underwent the second scrutiny.  It was wonderful, but I couldn’t fully concentrate because the automatic garage door stopped working.

Later Today: Bank Deposit, drop off CARC at BSD, Maple Ridge, Istanbul, Trial lesson, Chile, Toronto, and more mashing of teeth.

Later: Trial lesson was a no show.  I did talk to my student in Istanbul.

Just came upon this NGD quote:

Nothing more unforgivable than caging ourselves

in the convictions of others when we ought to

try breaking even the bars of the dungeon of our

intelligence.

NGD is Catholic so he is not caged by the convictions of progressives.

From the bedroom I temporarily occupy, I contemplate the intricate patterns of this tree.

How is my son liking Canada?  In his bad moods, he wants to return to China.  He had never seen homeless people before.

Another NGD quote (I can’t help myself): —Resistance is futile when everything in the world is

conspiring to destroy what we admire.

We are always left, however, with an incorruptible

soul, so that we might contemplate, judge, and disdain.

Yes, clown world will continue.  Worry about your soul and the souls of those near and dear to you, as well as the souls of those who annoy you and of those whom you annoy.

 

One year ago

 This could have been posted in Facebook, but I decided to post it here,

Sunday 9:47 AM View

 So far this morning: Rosary prayed (sorrowful on Sunday during Lent), Duolingo, class with Anhui, class with Toronto, secure an afternoon class with a student in Istanbul (a pretty Turkish accountant who observes Ramadan), make Mom coffee, rouse my son out bed, reading (where I extracted a NGD quote), the previous entry.

Will: have that class, take my son to the Mall, and go to 19:00 Mass for second scrutiny about light.

Fourth Sunday of Lent: 7:55 AM

 

Nice looking sky.

From NGD:

A revolutionary is a would-be civil servant. A rebel is

an actual reactionary

So what are you? A rebel or revolutionary? I’m a rebel I hope.  Though by economic circumstances, I am a revolutionary, not brave enough to be a rebel.

Saturday of the Third Week of Lent: 6:15 PM

 Got up at 5:00 AM. I did the sign of the cross.

I showered.

I prayed the Rosary.

I then did some Duolingo.

Brazil.  My student told me about  a dam where the drying of the water revealed a pile of cars that had been reported stolen to the insurance companies.

Beijing.  My young student had an amazing vocab.

I then got ready for a shift of fundraising.

I then drove there.

Behind me as I sat there I could see this:

The Canad Inns and my car.

Not too many customers at the shop.  So not much rejection. I read a lot on my phone: ten chapters of that Trollope novel that Alec Guinness got me to read, and Iran war analysis:  either the mullah regime will fall soon because it has sustained tremendous damage, or Iran has weathered the damage and USA will either be bogged down or forced to retreat from the Middle East.  I heard it said that the Iran attack will deter the Chinese from invading Taiwan because it has shown the CCP that America has great resolve and that the CCP will see that the USA doesn’t have the resources to defend Taiwan so it will have incentive to attack it.  While not reading, I didn’t raise much money.  I prayed the stations of the cross.

Then I went to Sobey’s to buy my Mom some whipped cream that she mentioned she had forgotten when going grocery shopping yesterday.  I took it home, hoping for some appreciation, and she asked me why I didn’t tell her I was going to Sobey’s.  I can’t win today.

Friday of the Third Week of Lent: 8:02 AM

 

My son Tony woke me up, around 4:00 AM, complaining of a sore neck.  I gave him some advil.

I’ve talked to Anhui province.  Later, I’ll talk to Brazil and Chile.

I’ll take my Mom shopping this aft. Tony doesn’t have school today. Professional Development Day.

No meat for me.  It’s Friday.  

To go or not to go to Friday Mass.  That is the question.

About 1.5 km’s from here, a person or persons went on a tire-slashing spree.  At least 75 cars had their tires slashed.  Who did it?  A drug addict, a homeless malcontent, teenagers having shits & giggles, or a tire company wanting business? I hope they catch the perpetrator(s).  Thankfully, I have a garage in which to park.  

—El cristiano no tiene nada que perder en una

catástrofe.

—The Christian has nothing to lose in a catastrophe.

An NGD quote.  I came across it today.  If it was a cheese stick, it would have knocked me over.  As it was, the quote hit me with the force of an anvil.  I have nothing to fear.  (Have to present it to my RCIA group).

Thanks to reading the Alec Guinness book, I am reading this Anthony Trollope novel:  The Way We Live Now.  Guinness said it was a wonderful book, and so far, in my reading of it, I am agreeing with him.  There are already passages I am highlighting.

It isn’t all bad in the world of news.  Chile has a new President who is classified as an ultra conservative Catholic.  I will have to ask my Santiago student about him. 

Thursday of the Third Week of Lent: 12:30 PM

 My Guéranger says it is the middle of Lent: the 20th day.  But this would have been over a hundred or more years ago.  This year, by my count, it is the 22nd day. So, it is more or less right that we’re halfway through this thang.

Talked to Anhui province and Moldova.  Will talk to Maple Ridge, Istanbul, Fredericton and Toronto.

I came across and snatched up a copy of “A Positively Final Appearance” by Alec Guinness.  He is a very drool writer.  He hated the Star Wars movie and was sometimes irked by the celebrity of it.  When a young boy told him that he had watched the movie a hundred times, Guinness told the boy to stop watching it The boy cried.

Finished reading a book about Japanese tea rooms.  Interesting.  Their ideas of beauty will always be with me.

I prayed the Rosary between five and six AM.

One of my online students will be seeing AC-DC in Santiago.  

Another student who is coming to Canada for study asked me if the stories he heard about homeless people in Canada were true.

Snow still on the ground unlike where my online students are residing.

Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent: 2:47 PM

 Why so late with an entry today?  I don’t know.  I was just sort of busy.

Busy doing what? Planning and Reading.

Pray the Rosary? Yes. The glorious mysteries.

Teaching Today? China. Santiago. Fredericton. Toronto. Taiwan. (Turkey cancelled)

Are you with the Doomers or the Applauders of the Iran War?  The Doomers. They are talking facts. The proponents are liking Trump’s seeming decisiveness and saying anti-Semite.

Yesterday? I had a RCIA class. We covered the Nicene Creed.

Shopping? Yes. This morning, I had to return a stovetop element I bought yesterday.  They questioned me saying the element I retuned was old.  But it was the one I bought yesterday I told them.  I got my refund.  If there was some funny business going on, it wasn’t me.