Today was a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics. When Mike and I went to Mass the priest mentioned that he likes Holy Days of Obligation, which made me happy because I like them too. The novelty of it - going to church on a day that isn't Sunday, going to a Mass where there isn't insturmental music* and the whole Mass goes slightly different - makes it fresher and makes you more mindful of the whole experience. That's also why I like Lent...it's something that jars you from your routine and makes you more mindful of having God in your daily life.
So hooray for Holy Days of Obligation!
* I don't think this is a universal Catholic thing...it's just that the woman who plays organ apparently only does it on Sundays, not weekdays.
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wow! i was raised by rather devout catholic parents and never heard of days of obligation. it could be that those were the days that mass was said at school. they were just days to envy the hindu kids who were at school because they didn't have to attend.
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