Nothing new to report this Sunday. Per the bulletin, Fr. Joseph is off somewhere in Michigan on probably a planned respite.
An older priest was in today for Mass. Seen him before - tall and lanky. Never got his name - not even the first time he came by. Pretty standard celebration. The interior of the building was, of course, hot. As I usually do, I turned my bulletin copy into an improvised fan and kept myself tolerably cool enough to sit through the Mass.
The only interesting thing was hearing part of an overheard conversation. One of the altar servers sat down a few pews in front of me to, I am guessing, discuss the topic of this Blog, with one of the two older ladies who always sit three pews closer to the front than I.
Actually all I heard was just part of two sentences uttered emphatically twice. They were clear enough that I can quote them: "Bishop Blair doesn't care . . ." Not sure what the server believed the bishop didn't care, about. But I could guess.
The natives it, appears, are restless and unsure about what is going to happen.
A side note: ya know it's too bad any kind of conversation goes on in the church building's worship area. The loss of a sense of sanctity in the worship space is sad. It even comes down to the point where if one wishes to pray and meditate or contemplate and if somebody walks by and sees one praying that somebody still feels a need to call out a greeting or engage in conversation. And then the person praying feels like a sh&# for not responding and even must deal with nasty looks for replying only with a nod.
I didn't really want to hear that conversation between the altar server and the lady, but God how could I have helped it given how things are now?
Next week's the 4th Sunday. Mass should go on as planned. I won't be able to see what happen's on August 1st - as I'll be attending the SNAP conference in Chicago. I'll wait until August 8th to see if Mass will be celebrated as promised.
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