#2 CMOQ

It's been a fun week, 52 weeks wise at least.  I've had fun chatting with friends about this new project, I've expanded the fire and brimstone scale (see below) and I've spent a good amount of time wondering who I know with an Android.  It was good to have Sunday morning plans.  But I've also spent some time this week freaking out.  What was I thinking?  Where do I get my crazy ideas?  What if I can't do this?  Is it wrong to take a reporter's notebook to mass?  (I didn't.)  Nevertheless, it was on to Cathedral as planned for 9:15 mass this morning.
 
I picked Cathedral because it is the church where I was both baptized and confirmed.   I haven't been there in eleven years.  It's both everything and nothing like I remember.  I've always found it beautiful but intimidating, remember it as dark and still.  Today it was bright with an undercurrent of chatter and kneelers banging up and down.  Marble echoes.  It was sixth and seventh grade mass this morning, but I don't think there was too much deviation from a regular Sunday.   There were Gather books!   (I probably haven't held a Gather book in eleven years either.)  Today's message: What world do you live in?  Kind of an imagine the impossible, what are our kids going to think when we tell them we didn't have flying cars in our day sort of thing.

In my later mass attending days, I was pretty solidly a Sunday afternoon mass person.  Though I covet sleep, I was rather drawn to Sunday afternoon mass as the transition from weekend to work week.  I found today that Sunday mornings might be rough for a while.  On the plus side, I realized when you go to a different church every week, you can wear the same clothes and no one will notice.

Next week will bring some unchartered territory, yet to be determined.  When I pick, I'll be sure to post.

Amanda's doodles on church evaluation:
Dress code:  from flip flops to tuxedos

Music: from electric guitars to Gregorian chant (tambourines are somewhere in the middle)

Homily: from butterflies to pitch forks