The church the girls usually go to for all their various activities (Sunday school, CYO, altar service, etc) is on the other side out town, which usually doesn't stop us from making the drive, but I've been attending RCIA class on this side of town, and tonight we needed to be in both places at the same time, which as you know, is usually not possible. So, instead of attending their usual church for Ash Wednesday mass, I took the girls to the church where I attend RCIA, since I had RCIA immediately following mass.
This was the first time that the girls had attended a mass at a church other than their own, and the first time I had attended mass at a church other than theirs since high school. Considering Catholic means "universal", I was surprised by a couple of the differences in the mass. Sure it was mostly what we're used to, but Darby, being an altar server and thus very familiar with the process at her church, gave me several "WTF?" type looks during the ceremony. And afterward both kids said, "we're not coming here from now on are we?"
Oh, and apparently the three of us are giving up some variant of soda for lent. The girls both decided to give up Pepsi, which I thought was a bit limiting, but Darby at least says she has Pepsi every day at lunch, so I guess that's something. I have decided to give up carbonated beverages. Considering I did that back in high school for two years, forty days shouldn't be too terrible right? Well, I don't know about that. I mean, do you have any idea how much soda I drink in a single day? Is it too late to change my mind?
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