I attended Easter mass tonight ahead of tomorrow for logistical reasons - I am still living at nonnas and want to keep the morning free to have breakfast with her.
The new priest's homily once again drove home people who are Christmas and Easter catholics and questioned whether they were really at one with God. Personally, I found mass disappointing. It started 5 minutes late, then all were standing while one of the ministers sang a prayer. You could see in the crowd a lot of restless children and distracted adults. The mass continued with lots of singing but it felt slower than normal.
At around the hour mark, the priest did a baptism. Don't get me wrong, I am a godfather to my cousin and have been to many baptisms, but attending baptisms to people I do not know at Easter is not productive to me.
I eventually lit my memorial candles at the 1.5 hour mark. There had been no collections yet, no communion yet and I suspect the mass is still going on now. Really, if they want people to go to Church more often, they need to look at themselves.
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