Maundy, Maundy

Tonight we went home to the parish my wife and I attended as a young couple. It is a very traditional/non-traditional parish in that their is a pipe organ, perpetual adoration, chant, more young people than old, it is a non-territorial parish, you can belong to this parish in addition to another and it is also the Catholic student union at Wichita State University here in town. The St. Paul Parish Newman Center is the Church that my wife entered the Church 9 years ago this coming fall. Here are two pictures from this evening, one of the main altar in the big chapel after it has been stripped at the conclusion of the Mass of Lord's Supper and the second is from inside the Adoration Chapel that had Adoration until midnight so we could all spend time with our Lord in the Garden and in His Agony. It was good to go home, it is only a trip across town but it was that I am glad we made tonight and we will make it again two more times in as many days.

(Last night after posting this I lay in bed thinking how lucky I was. Think about it, I was laying in bed and a long time ago Jesus stayed up all night last night getting hauled around Jerusalem, accused of all kinds of bad things. I wonder how the exact time line worked out through the night?)

Under the Mercy,
Matthew S

p.s. for those who appreciate good (well, at times that is debatable) humor, take a look below the pictures.

I hope the Mamas and the Papas will forgive me but I am baptizing their only number 1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100.

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Maundy, Maundy, so good to me
Maundy mornin', it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Maundy mornin', Maundy mornin' couldn't guarantee
That Maundy evenin' you would still be here with me

Maundy, Maundy, can't trust that day
Maundy, Maundy, sometimes you just get betrayed
Oh Maundy mornin' you gave me no warnin' of what was to be
Oh Maundy, Maundy, how could you leave and not take me

Every other day, every other day
Every other day of the liturgucal year is fine, yeah
But whenever Maundy comes, but whenever Maundy comes
A-you can find me cryin' all of the time

Maundy, Maundy, so good to me
Maundy mornin', it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Maundy mornin', Maundy mornin' couldn't guarantee
That Maundy evenin' you would still be here with me

Every other day, every other day
Every other day of the liturgucal year is fine, yeah
But whenever Maundy comes, but whenever Maundy comes
A-you can find me cryin' all of the time

Maundy, Maundy, can't trust that day
Maundy, Maundy, sometimes you just get betrayed
Maundy, Maundy, won't go away
Monday, Monday, it's here to stay
Oh Maundy, Maundy
Oh Maundy, Maundy