The last two weeks of this adventure have fallen into busy weekends. Figures. The penultimate stop was Saint Vincent de Paul. Many of you will know it as the green and white church at the end of 83. I went to Saturday evening mass at 7:15. They even have a midnight mass (actually midnight fifteen) on Sundays. How cool is that?
Weekly midnight mass brings up an interesting point. So let me ask you, Archdiocese of Baltimore, why are all of your masses at the same time? All the Sunday evenings are at 5:30. 10 am masses are harder to find than I thought. Saturday seems to land at 4. And masses on holy days are all at the same time time too. Can't you move them around, just a little?
Saint Vincent's is a smaller church with dark wooden pews and dark wooden creaky floors. The walls are white and the kneelers don't move. They don't use a lectionary, but their altar Bible. 7:15 mass is a quiet mass with a small crowd and I see how that time could really work. There were a few parents and kids, but the crowd was mostly older. There are statues of Mary and Joseph and Saint Vincent tucked away on the side of the church.
It's also one of the few churches where I have seen a familiar face. Guess I'm not the only one who doesn't go to church.
And then there was one.
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