We Now Return You to the Regularly Scheduled Rant, Already in Progress...

My husband's words to me as we walked out of Mass this morning:  "That's the last time you're ever making me sit on the front row again."

The last thing he'd said to me before that (other than "the peace of Christ be with you") was halfway through the (40 minute) homily: "If you hadn't made me sit on the front row, we'd be out of here." 

I agreed.  I'd already had the thought.  I wouldn't have felt guilty about missing communion because as it stood, I was so angry I knew I was going to feel guilty about going anyway.  And, if we'd left halfway through the homily, I might not have a high blood pressure headache now, four hours later.

We've actually been sitting on the front row lately at Caleb's request.  He wants to see what's going on, since he now has his own missal and is trying to follow along.  Last Sunday, in North Carolina, where our pastor is young, orthodox and (I'm convinced) holy, it made me feel great to watch as Caleb followed Father's every move with rapt attention as if, I don't know, something miraculous were taking place?

This Sunday, it was all I could do not to say to him, "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."  Or "Did you happen to bring your Pokemon book?"

I'm going to have to sleep on this one before I write about it.  Or at least wait until the headache is gone.  But I can tell you  that I spent all of the homily and most of the Mass feeling like Charles Emerson Winchester in the classic M*A*S*H scene where he is writing a letter home to his parents and pulls a rubber chicken out of his tea pot just as he says, "Get me the HELL out of here."

To be continued...

Comments

[joe]

Did ya offer it up?

-J.

[mjanderson]

OOOh...sorry, hate to mention this, but what the heck, when your down, I'll give you a small kick: We had a GOOD mass at the Cathedral tonight. Music was proper, Fr. mcC said a solemn and holy Mass, only one football joke in the homily that was less that 30 minutes and had actual theology in it --drawn from the Wisdom reading.

[Gina]

I love that "MASH" scene. :-) But my all-time favorite Winchester scene was the one where he threw himself on the grenade. Ack, I mustn't start talking about "MASH" again or I'll be here all night!