Well, I'm already falling behind on blogging. A couple of quick reports: I went to Mass last Sunday at St. Peter's, the full-on Latin solemn chant "smells and bells" version. I was glad I did that ... once. Today, I decided to go to my favorite church from my first visit to Rome, Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Now, as if to form the complete contrast, there wasn't a lick of singing there today. Very simple Mass. In fact, it felt sort of like daily Mass, even though it was Sunday. I may have to keep looking.
But I do love the church at Maria sopra Minerva, probably mostly because I love Catherine of Siena, and it seems like a bit of a miracle to be so close to her earthly remains, to light a candle, and to pray in thanksgiving for all of the wise and holy and strong women I know, and to pray that I might be one, too. I actually knelt before her body for quite a while, entrusting friends with health crises, friends with faith crises, friends with vocation crises, to the intercessions of this powerful spiritual force.
I'll also add that I really feel a dose of "girl power" in this place. Centuries upon centuries of honoring holy, wise, strong women in this place are palpable. It was good to be there.
3 comments:
Try the Sunday Evening Mass at Santa Maria in Transtevere. It's the San Egidio Community's Mass. It pretty good, particularly considering what else is on offer.
I bet you have a hard time finding a liturgy you like in Rome!! That is my fear when we go!!
Ps: Hello Fritz! How do you know Dana??
We are different generations of Duke students, plus she teaches in the second best undergraduate theology department on the east coast.
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