Four Rosaries were (finally) finished this afternoon and delivered to the new Rosary Distributor. I hope the distribution goes well. I hope the new distributor has fun giving them away.
They're all made from 8mm fire polished Czech glass and Nickel Silver findings - inexpensive, but colorful and durable.
Earlier this today, I went to mass (do Episcopals call it mass I wonder? or - do they call it "worship"?) at the Cathedral Church of St Paul on Tremont St in Boston.
It was a rag-tag bunch of us that showed up. Some older folks. Some college kids. Some families with little kids. Some Asian folks. Some African American folks. Some homeless folks. And me - the tumbleweed.
The choir is six or seven young people who sing the dickens out of the tunes during the liturgy, but they especially killed "Fix Me Jesus" and "Fix You" by Coldplay. Damn.
The whole time I was there I felt my Aunt Janet who passed away almost three years ago now at the age of 99.. sitting next to me. She would have dug the place.
I'll be going back there for a while to see if the highly improbable (if not impossible) has happened - that a tumbleweed could finally come to rest.
Some Episcopalians consider themselves more Protestant (common in Massachusetts) and refer to worship as "the service," but I've heard others call it "mass." If there's a Communion, it's often referred to as the Eucharist.
I like the Cathedral church. Your post reminded me that I should get over there more often.
Posted by: Mary | 02/24/2013 at 06:23 PM
Lovely rosaries, lovely pictures, lovely post.
Lovely to think of you and your aunt there together this weekend.
Lovely to think of some rest, however long for, for a tumbleweed!
Thank you Roy!
Posted by: Marcus | 02/24/2013 at 08:02 PM
Mass ? Hell yes !
PT
(scorched-card carrying sort of still maybe Piskie)
Posted by: paula | 02/26/2013 at 08:21 PM
Dear Friends,
Thanks so much for your comments!
Sincerely,
- roy.
Posted by: Roy | 02/26/2013 at 08:36 PM
I think so-called "high" Episcopalians often refer to their services as mass. The "low" kind, like my in-laws, do not. I think the words "high" and "low" should more properly be "fancy" and "not fancy" in regards to how they run their liturgy. You can be a "high" Episcopalian and be a ditch digger, or a "low" Episcopalian and be a CEO. It seems to me that RLP has found a home with the Episcopalians in the past year or so. I was too puritanical when I was first married to be able to give the 'lopes a go, but I think I wouldn't mind a more traditional liturgy these days. Kinda late for that, however.
Posted by: larry p | 02/27/2013 at 01:18 PM
...also, I believe you'll find people in high churches doing things like crossing themselves, genuflecting, getting out the "smells and bells", wandering around muttering and fondling beads, and so forth. One of my best friends from high school, who was a Catholic at the time, has found a home with the Episcopalians, but then too, she wanted to be a priest, so had to go where they would have her.
Posted by: larry p | 02/27/2013 at 10:38 PM