Saturday, December 23, 2006

What? Me at Mass?

I live next door to an incredible church, Saint Hedwig's (pictured below). I've wanted to go inside it since I moved here, but I see no point considering I am not religious. However, lately I've really wanted to attend a midnight mass. Not so I can worship, but so I can just partake in the spectacle. I want to hear the choir, the organs, see the room full, see the beauty of the church. Midnight mass has always held good memories for me. I used to go with my family to our church as a child, then when my parents got divorced my dad would take us to his childhood church. I cannot remember a time when I believed in God, so I'm not sure why I liked going to midnight mass. I figure it must be because of the ceremony, the choir, etc.



St. Hedwig's has a midnight mass, preceded by an 11:30 pm Christmas Carol singing. Another church, Mount Carmel, has original E.M. Skinner organs in it. I think it would be awesome to hear those at midnight, as one of my prerequisites for me attending midnight mass is that the place will have a big fancy choir. The drawback to Mount Carmel is that it is far away from me, and traveling around alone at midnight does not sound appealing.

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