Today at the end of the mass the priest took a moment to talk about an incident involving one of the other priests. As it went, a family of parishioners confronted the priest in an angry manner regarding the fact that the mass intention that they had requested was not announced during the Sunday mass. From the way the story was being told, it seemed like they were getting all up in the priest’s face. The joke was that it made that priest’s blood pressure go up mid-week. Now, while being confrontational like that is ugly behaviour, doing that to a priest is just bad. And while doing that to a priest is bad, doing that to a priest after receiving communion just minutes before is horrible.
I don’t know. From what I’ve observed in weekly mass, the intentions aren’t announced on weekends (at this parish). They never have been. So, just to make sure it was clear, the the priest today emphasized the fact that this was the case. Glad that’s settled.
When we were in the car, my father started venting about how the office should be more careful in making sure people know the deal. I wasn’t sure why he was indignant, but then it became clear that he was still frustrated that I was once included in the prayers for the deceased back in 2006. After all this time, he was still kind of miffed. And yes, after all of this time I still find the whole thing to be funny. I’m stiiiiiiill not dead. Whatever.
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