Thursday, September 27, 2007
SUNDAY MASS AT THE CATHEDRAL
Last Sunday Mass was a little gift. We attended the 9:00 at Precious Blood Cathedral in Sault Ste. Marie where Msgr. Burns was the celebrant.
There were only a couple of rude people talking before Mass began. Most were prayerfully silent whether kneeling or seated. I was actually able to say part of a rosary while we waited for Mass to begin.
Msgr. Burns prayed the Novus Ordo. He didn't perform it. In fact there was little performance of any kind as there was no music, no choir, and only a processional and a recessional hymn, both focused on God and not on man. The processional was a hymn of praise I have never heard before, and while the melody for the recessional was familiar, the words were not. They don't use the "Gather" hymnal up there.
The homily was solidly Catholic.
It was soooooo good to be in the company of others who seemed to belong to the same faith that I believe in. We were a real community, not something manufactured by using a bunch of buzz words and glad-handing. I felt like I was among friends even though I didn't know a single person or speak to any of them. Too bad it's an impossible commute.
