Did you ever have a night that was just off? Nothing seems to go right, and after awhile it actually becomes funny. That was Meg's and my experience tonight at 5 p.m. mass. To begin with, the altar server did not show up. We would have offered for Meg to fill in, but we didn't realize it until a man in his 50's got up to serve. As most of our altar servers are between 10 and 16 and it was a little different, but very nice of him to pitch in.
Mass continued, and Meg and I noticed that the organ music was different than the song we were singing. After that we heard chime music playing while Father was reading a prayer. At first we thought it was the organ, but when it happened a second time we realized that someone had not listened to the pre-mass announcements asking us to please turn off all cell phones.
We did our best to remain focused on the homily and the preparation for communion. However, a baby kept screaming, and its Grandmother followed up every cry with a loud "Shhhh!" At that point I started looking around for the Candid Camera crew making sure to never look at Meg or I know we both would have laughed. We walked to the van after mass and Meg said to me, "I am glad we came to 5 p.m. mass. It was the funniest and strangest mass I have ever attended!"
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