{"id":5378,"date":"2020-06-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=5378"},"modified":"2020-06-11T08:06:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T12:06:31","slug":"weve-been-missing-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/weve-been-missing-church\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve Been Missing Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"We've Been Missing Church 6\/12\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/pzgas-df7aa3?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=107&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHAT DO YOU MISS ABOUT CHURCH THAT SURPRISES YOU?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cEverything I took for granted. Daily Mass after I drop my daughter off at school. Lighting candles for the sick (and sometimes paying for them!). Hearing a favorite hymn, and trying to sing it. Hearing Fathers Vince, Junior or Adam nailing a homily. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Seeing the same 99-year-old man, with cane, genuflecting until his right knee hits the floor \u2013 and seeing him painfully getting up. Going out of my way to shake a hand at the sign of peace. Seeing others at Mass, whether 20 or 300, and knowing that despite our doubts\u2026.we are part of a 2,000-year tradition. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The taste of a Communion wafer. Criticizing, in my head, the dude who leaves after Communion\u2026..and then feeling like a jerk because I don\u2019t know his story.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Brzozowski, Somerdale, New Jersey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIt surprises me how much I miss all of it. Even trying to find a seat, crying babies, unexciting homilies\u2026.Of course I miss the Mass and the Eucharist, but the others surprise me.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patty Amato,&nbsp;Claremont, California<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI really miss just being able to walk into church when I am feeling anxious or scared and sitting in silence during adoration or before Mass starts. I always feel Christ\u2019s reassuring presence in sacred space and I have been missing that.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ursula Newcomb, Toledo, Ohio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe Eucharist. I know it sounds obvious, but it hit me like a ton of bricks. I can hardly watch a streamed Mass without crying when the priest, and only the priest, is able to partake in the Eucharist. I don\u2019t care how many times I say that \u2018spiritual Communion\u2019 prayer. It\u2019s not the same.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicole LeBlanc, Dallas, Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cHaving Sunday to be a different experience than any other day. It has disrupted our lives in a way that feels something is terribly amiss. We had to do something about it. Even though we livestream Mass and keep Sunday holy, we had to change a routine in our family. We now bake homemade bread Saturday evening. We wake up to homemade bread, a different breakfast than every other day.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rose Kaser, Waukesha, Wisconsin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>These appeared in AMERICA MAGAZINE, June 8, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do YOU MISS about church that surprises you?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why do you say that?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT DO YOU MISS ABOUT CHURCH THAT SURPRISES YOU? \u201cEverything I took for granted. Daily Mass after I drop my daughter off at school. 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