How I miss the high mass at St. Mary's! I am at St. Mary's of the Angels and its a very small church (I'm sure we could fit several in St. Mary Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). Fr. David is very soft spoken and gentle and the mass is so very relaxed. Everybody holds everybody's hand during the Lord's Prayer and everybody shakes everybody's hand during the sign of peace (even during daily mass). Now, this isn't an altogether bad thing (although, I'd rather not hold hands during the Lord's Prayer... ). It's nice, once in a while, but I miss the high mass very much! I really enjoy Father Newman's homilies and how everything is so reverent and elaborate. I really do. And our alter servers! I got so used to them, it was a bit of a shock to see the little girl carrying the cross down the aisle.... I so look forward to my visit home, to my home parish. I have already told my house mates that I must come home for the Easter Tridium (my favorite)!
If you were silent, do you think your friends would notice? I'm usually loud, jovial. I like to be seen as happy, whether I am or not. One day at lunch, I sat down. Someone asked me a question, I nodded my head. Tim commented on my mace earrings. I grinned and shook my head from side to side so they would bounce off my cheeks. Andrew asked why I wasn't saying anything. "It's unusual to have a silent Mary." I laughed and said that I hadn't meant to be silent. We moved to talk about the random things that friends will often talk about. Today, I sat with my usual group of "friends;" the friends with whom I fit so well. And today, I was quiet. There is a difference between quiet and silent. Especially when the quiet is you sitting, unsmiling, going through the motions and the silent includes you grinning and playing with your earrings. However, no one noticed. Isn't it odd? I think if one of my friends was bummed, I'd notice. If the were quiet, d...
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