Wednesday, first week of Lent 2023.

Today I went to daily mass.  My husband, the protestant that he is, believes church is something that should be done once a week on Sundays.   I, the good Roman Catholic who believes the celebration of the Holy Eucharist is the summit and source of my faith wonders why I am only going to mass on Sunday, once a week.   

The reason why it’s important for good Catholics to go to Mass instead of just any old Church can be summed up on one complicated supercalifragilisticexpialidocious word-transubstantiation.  We Catholics believe at a certain point in the mass the priest takes the humble communion wafers and cup of two buck chuck and miraculously turns their essence into the flesh and blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ.    So, if you visit a Catholic church, which I would highly recommend, you WILL be in the presence of Jesus Christ, king of the universe.  Don’t believe me, read all of John chapter 6 aka the one chapter literal bible protestants refuse to take literately.    Now, if this is what every Catholic believes you think the churches would be packed each and every day for 24 hours a day.     They’re not.  Lately they’ve been very empty which is a shame.   If, as Pope Francis stated the Church is a field hospital for our souls then I believe more people need to visit to prevent themselves from condemning themselves to the spiritual morgue.     Yes, most priests/God knows it’s a little hard to make daily mass a priority since most people have to work to be able to tithe their income into the offertory basket.  Still, I would highly recommend going to a daily mass once or even twice a week if you can swing it.

Furthermore, I did find myself being a bit more virtuous afterwards.   I prayed my rosary after mass with a group inside of the church and kept mind wondering to a minimum.  Afterwards, I was invited to join the church’s Legion of Mary.  As much as I am flattered with the idea of taking my relationship to the Blessed Virgin Mother to a deeper level I fear they won’t let me join once they’ve read how I have “Breaking Bad” thoughts while praying or start a petition to get me excommunicated for daring to compare the Blessed Virgin Mother to the Jewish mother stereotype.

Still, I strangely felt energized today.   Instead of sleeping on my day off I took advantage of my building’s laundry room which lucky for me had all 3 washers/dryers working and everyone else in the apartment building either at work or taking advantage of the cheap laundry deal the local laundromat offers on Wednesdays.    I also donated about 10% of my clothes to the Salvation Army including the clothes hamper.   I took trash out, cleaned up the kitchen, and wrote a bit in this blog.   God did greatly energize me today.  Thank you God.

Now, if I could just avoid the temptation to not sleep in.