Glory to Jesus Christ!
What a weekend I had. On Thursday I found the phone number of my old high school sweetheart from Texas and attempted to call her. No answer and no voicemail. Friday a friend and I left for a weekend in Washington DC. On the way traffic stopped and a guy hit me. When I pulled forward we found that there were only 2 scratches on my car. Only his car had expensive damage! My bumper just popped back out! My back has hurt for a few days though, as I saw the accident coming and stiffened up. Oops! :-(
Saturday we went to the National Basillica and spent a good part of the day there. we also went to the Pope John Paul II Center. A fun place for kids, but not great. The chapel was a modernist monstrosity. We also went to a Fransiscan Monastery and viewed their stations & museum.
Sunday we went to a Tridentine Low Mass at Old Saint Mary's and then to a Divine Liturgy at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family. My Roman Rite friends were astonished at the chant and noted that it was like being in heaven. I HIGHLY reccomend anyone visiting DC go to the 9:30 English Liturgy there. A link to the site is on the portal page of
http://YourCatholic.com After that we attended a Polish National Catholic Mass at the National Cathedral. It was like a conservative Novus Ordo with a few better translations and the priest facing east with the people. We also viewed the Cathedral while an Anglican "service" was going on. Later that day I visited Christendom, A Catholic College in Virginia.
Monday we returned and on the way stopped at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. Nice place. We also drive by the St. Anthony Shrine & St. Ann Seton Shrine. When I got home I found an email from my old high school sweetheart. She had been looking around online and found me and wanted to see what I was up to.
Interesting and ironic weekend, eh? Now I need to get caught up on my lack of sleep and take some pain meds! God Bless!
