KorvinM

<?php

  $today = getdate();
  $dayOfWeek = $today['weekday'];
  $godsOfDay = [
    'Monday' => 'mani',
    'Tuesday' => 'tyr',
    'Wednesday' => 'odin',
    'Thursday' => 'thor',
    'Friday' => 'frigg',

KorvinM

<?php
/* We can use the pre_get_posts action hook to modify a query before it's run.
* http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/pre_get_posts*/
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'kvn_rem_pp' );
function kvn_rem_pp($query){
        if(current_user_can ('read_private_posts') ){
                /*restrict to the posts page main query.
                 *All other views (eg. category archives) unnaffected
                 *http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_home
                 *http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_main_query*/