Good meatloaf is not boring.
Far as the service being boring or not: For several days now all of the priests of our dioceses went on a convocation, leaving us supposedly Mass-less for the duration. Except one church, which talked a retired priest into doing the Mass for several days. So I went to that church this morning. Well…No singing of a hymn, even without accompaniment, during the processing in, as there was no processing in or processing out (and so, he was not at the door to greet people on the way out). No singing at all, which I missed. Didn’t even sing the Alleluia. He cut short the first part, just saying, Consider our sins. That was that. Adequate homily. But the whole thing just felt so fast and joyless.
BUT…As we always say, it’s all about the Eucharist. We did have a Mass, so I was happy that somebody was there to celebrate it. But we did get a taste of what boring is!
