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Horton
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. . . . This has been a very difficult situation for everyone. I work for my parish, during the time when we were completely shut down, even the church, it was so hard for our priests. They couldn’t go into the hospitals to comfort the dying or give last rites, they couldn’t go into homes to anoint the sick, our priests were unable to care for the souls in their community. It was heartbreaking to watch.Thanks for the judgement of my situation. I can feel the love. Glad you have the money to attend Mass. also a great lesson in compassion. Just thanks.
They said Mass everyday to an empty church and it was live streamed on Sundays. We were fortunate in that our state leadership decided to start opening up quickly. We were able to back to Mass in June with limited capacity and we are still there.
We do not have sign ups or reservations, it’s a first come, first serve. I disagree with making reservations, I’m sure there are people sitting there waiting to make theirs the minute it’s posted.
Having said all that attending Mass and receiving the Eucharist is not all about you. I missed Mass greatly while we were shut down and I didn’t go back on a regular basis until July just because I wasn’t sure if it was safe.
Your priest and parish staff is doing the best they can with limitations they have to deal with. They’ve had to learn how to do all the normal things that keep a parish running (that you never see) differently due to the virus. They have direction from the Bishop, advise from the health department, and then the calls from the parishioners telling them how they are doing it all wrong, lots of calls, enough to make our secretary to go home in tears from hearing all the complaints.
. . . . Make the reservation and then cancel them if you can’t attend. . . .
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