Thursday, December 25, 2025

Christmas Day Mass


 The Church eventually was packed and I eventually became squeezed in because of a family that sat next to me.  Trying to fight a feeling of annoyance, I tried to think of the restricted seating room as a deserved penance for me.

After the Mass was done I stayed in my seat.  Eventually, the church emptied so I could take these photos of how the church was decorated for Christmas:







Before I took the photos, I sat and waited, and had a lot of people wish me Merry Christmas, including this Irish lady who said: “So, you’re joining the church!” in a lovely Irish brogue.  The conversation was a blessing for me.



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