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And I don't want to go.
There's a fundraiser for the Catholic Foundation (I think) this Friday at one of the swanky resorts in town. My pastor bought a table for some of us parishioners who have had a long term of service. While in a way, I'm glad that I'm finally cashing in on all those masses I served and receiving something besides intangible religious benefits, but in another I'm kind of reluctant to go because they didn't have a seat for my wife so I have to go alone. I'm already drifting away from my parish, and I'm still peeved about the liturgies during Holy Week so I don't know how that would work out if the subject came up. And finally, I think it's weird to be going to a church function in such a ritzy place.
I think this might be a situation to apply what Fr. Ron in his book The Holy Longing calls a 'mellowness of heart.' Just relax Tad, enjoy the evening. It's OK.
There's a fundraiser for the Catholic Foundation (I think) this Friday at one of the swanky resorts in town. My pastor bought a table for some of us parishioners who have had a long term of service. While in a way, I'm glad that I'm finally cashing in on all those masses I served and receiving something besides intangible religious benefits, but in another I'm kind of reluctant to go because they didn't have a seat for my wife so I have to go alone. I'm already drifting away from my parish, and I'm still peeved about the liturgies during Holy Week so I don't know how that would work out if the subject came up. And finally, I think it's weird to be going to a church function in such a ritzy place.
I think this might be a situation to apply what Fr. Ron in his book The Holy Longing calls a 'mellowness of heart.' Just relax Tad, enjoy the evening. It's OK.