Page views are down again. And that's a shame, because even though my post on Holy Cross was short, I think it is some of my best work. Our Lady of Mount Carmel marks church number 40. 40 is one of those biblical-period-of-waiting numbers. 40 days in Lent. 40 years in the desert. 40 churches and I'm still not sure what the hell I am doing.
But I went to Our Lady of Mount Carmel on the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Do we believe in divine intervention? I went on Saturday afternoon. It was a mostly middle aged crowd with a few older kids.
From the outside, the church looks like in belongs in San Diego. I don't know about the inside, because I never went inside any of those San Diego churches. It is big and pretty and inspired my new idea to make a book of stained glass windows. There was good music with plenty of songs about Mary. And on the way out, I collected a new scapular.
Looking back, most churches are a lot like this one. There are things I could take or leave, mostly nice people, and if I lived in neighborhood, I would go there without a second thought. Looking forward, I've consulted my list of must see churches and realize there are more left than I thought. I don't know if I can keep this up past 52 weeks, at least not at the same pace.
I can't believe I'm closing in on the final 12. Sunday's stop was finally Little Flower...post to follow, I'm getting back on track this week.
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