Two odd things today in Mass that I did not think I would ever encounter:
1) Truthiness. Yes, that's right, a Stephen Colbert reference during a homily. At St. Joseph's, it was mentioned while discussing the Gospel reading.
2) Patriotic recessional hymns. I really don't know why this was the case, but the closing song at Mass was America the Beautiful. Now, it's a great song, and would probably be a better fit as our National Anthem, but at the end of Mass?
Just an odd, odd Mass. A couple of us in the pews looked at each other and remarked we hadn't ever seen anything like that.
Anyone else have a weird occurrence like this?
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Church Oddities
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Although not this week, my parish has definitely played America the Beautiful during the recession a few times in the past year. In fact, they probably will again next Sunday since it's so close to 9/11.
I, too, have mixed feelings on the matter.
No Colbert, though, thank goodness.
If it were next week, it would have made a little more sense with 9/11. If it happened on Memorial Day weekend, I'd understand that too.
But Labor Day weekend? That's not really on par with July 4 or Memorial Day.
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