Look at all this stuff! This is our Valentine's Day stuff - candy, gifts, cards and decorations. We've been munching on those conversation hearts relentlessly. Maddie's already been enjoying the Spider-man coffee, and we're enjoying the other Valentine's Day themed coffee as well.
It was a nice day today, starting out with a walk on the treadmill while still studying the book of Revelation. Having completed the 8-hour series on VHS, I'm not on the 14-hour series, so yeah, that's quite a deep dive into the book of Revelation. Related, perhaps, is the news that our current Pope is ailing. He's been leading the Catholic Church since 2015. Of course, we're not a part of the Catholic Church. But the process of choosing a new Pope for that church is somewhat fascinating, and in fact Mom and I just watched a movie with that theme to it. And here we are, weeks later, and there might be a process with that.
I think I've been alive during four or five Popes total? John Paul II was a monumental figure for so many years, and that's the guy I think of. Benedict was an older conservative guy that followed, and now we have the South American one, who seems to have rankled conservatives. Much is made of this church, and certainly the money and power behind it. And the criminal cover-ups. Of course, where there is humanity there is failure and sin. We were Catholics, Mom and I, and we know Catholics who are very good people that believe Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. That being said, we know there is still good within that empire. There's also a comfort in the services, the tradition and the candles and the stately buildings with such history. Sometimes at Christmas I miss the visuals and echoing choirs, but I don't miss the predictable oaths and chants and repetition so much.
Anyway, having spent so much time in Revelation, it is presented as a strong possibility that a future Pope would play a part in the end times, and that's interesting each time a new one is elected. And again, the process of the election itself is interesting too. Maddie said it sounds a little "culty" when I described it, but I get the need for secrecy in the process at least. Anyway, the current Pope seems to be prepping others for his passing, so here we are speculating. It'll be interesting.
Maddie did have her Team Edge practice today, and that went well with everyone working on forms and pairing off with weapons and so forth. Mom and I have reservations for a quick trip up to Pigeon Forge soon, using our Dollywood season passes again for the "I Will Always Love You" festival. We were doing a bit of research on those themed shows and the food there for that festival, although Maddie will probably want the street tacos they serve there. She loves those.
We've been working on this new Valentine's hedgehog puzzle today, and also I've continued my Psalms work, getting another one of the 150 Psalms to music. It's a slow process - it's a lot of Psalms. But I've got a good many of them set to music now, and it's a fun hobby, and also a great way of helping me memorize some of these. Every time lines from a Psalm come up in a sermon or a message or a book, I'm sort of remembering the way they are sung now, which is fun.
We had our Valentine's Day Factor meals tonight, and that was really good, along with some cheesecake too. Tonight's movie was "The Greatest Showman," which we hadn't seen in a while. And now we're singing all those songs all over again! Great movie though. We watched it because we're going to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus in a week, so happy to have that back on tour. I can't wait to see the circus again. Something so nostalgic about it. I can't wait to get a program. I remember going to see this same circus at Madison Square Garden growing up, and I got all the programs back then, and I still have them. Tonight I was flipping through the old books, seeing pictures of all the performers as they did marvelous things.
Oh, another thing we saw tonight: the hockey game. We watched the USA vs. Canada ice hockey game tonight, and it was a thriller. Tensions were super high, but USA came out on top at the end, this despite the crowd actually booing our national anthem. I expect when the Canadian anthem is played in Boston next week we'll hear a similar booing. At least we silenced those boos a bit tonight by winning the game.
And that was it for the day. Maddie's been working on cleaning up her room, and we did our usual reading tonight where Esme is doing her best to keep everyone away from the Dancers, the stones up there in Lacre that you're supposed to stay away from. Nevertheless, I suspect those evil elves are coming, and we'll see what comes next as we continue reading.
We said our prayers after this, and soon it was time for some rest. Tomorrow is church, and it'll be another great day.
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