SuperBowl Sunday evening 6Pm Mass...I arrived, while snow was still falling...over 95 % of parking lot, still snow-covered...not a single car in entire lot,yet lights were on inside the church...(maybe Mass was canceled?)I still took a chance, the door might be unlocked...I could at least,...
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SuperBowl Sunday evening 6Pm Mass...I arrived, while snow was still falling...over 95 % of parking lot, still snow-covered...not a single car in entire lot,yet lights were on inside the church...(maybe Mass was canceled?)I still took a chance, the door might be unlocked...I could at least, make a visit, say a few earnest prayers...already planning my next confession, ("Fr., I missed Sunday Mass...didn't know it had been canceled ")I arrived at the door, expecting it to be locked...Surprise! It opened!!I went in, I immediately noticed Fr.and his altar server, sitting in the outer sacristy, quietly conversing..Fr and I saw each other, and he arose immediately, I was expecting to hear " Sorry, Mass has been canceled " but instead he asked if I was attending Mass...I said " Yes" immediately, but followed with " If you are having Mass..?".He said he was, but he had been just questioning whether anyone would be attending...I assured him I was absolutely going to stay...and that was just the second time in my life, that I attended a regularly scheduled Mass, in a church, just for me!!! As a Catholic, (and by no means, would I consider myself anyone other than " just a Catholic", ) it was very special...Amen.Thank you to Father, and his server and lector, for making my Super Bowl Sunday, a very special one!(and not just because the Goat got #7!)