Progress report

This is a progress report of sorts on the New Year's Resolution.

Presentation of Christ:Melchior Broederlam

It's conceptual as opposed to a complete report, with times etc—although one of those will be good sooner rather than later.

Several things come to mind.

Rise up, workers!  Not in the Marxist sense.  In the fathers-of-families sense.  They're up early because they're good pros.

Divine office.  We'll come back to that.

Coffee.

Three-hour Eucharistic fast.  It's computed from the time not of the Mass (i.e. 8:00 AM), but rather from the moment of Communion.  Which is when?  I'd say not earlier than 8:15 AM.  What's the earliest I ever say the words "Ecce Agnus Dei?" To be safe, I'd call it 8:15 AM.  I could say 8:20.  And that would probably be accurate, too.  This means I should proclaim the fast at 5:15 AM.

Getting to bed.

And ending Sunday evening.

I like the get-together with the guys, but I also like getting a good start on Monday.  I'm finding that leaving the restaurant around 9PM is always too late.  The tough part is, I can't get to the restaurant before 7:15 PM.  This is generally a late dinner already.  But we are usually not served until around 7:45 PM.  Then there's the important need to visit with the guys.  My point is, for my comfort, generally the whole thing is too late.

If we were to aim for earlier, we have to go much earlier because of my interest in Vespers and Benediction before beginning the 6:00 PM Mass.  This means, as we saw this past Sunday, 4:30 PM setting up in the Church for 5:00 PM Exposition of the MBS.  5:45 PM is the latest to give the Benediction.

I'll try 7:15 PM Pizza and Beer at my rectory with 8:30 PM Compline in the Church and see how it works.