I was educated in Catholic schools - by nuns at primary, by Marist brothers at intermediate and by priests at secondary. As I've said before this didn't make me religious but it did instill in me some pretty good and enduring values.
It's Easter at present - Good Friday. I remember at school that Easter weekend was a big event in the church calendar. I was an altar boy and dressed up and officiated in mass, benediction and a few other arcane Catholic church ceremonies during the year.
As my family weren't overtly religious (dad had been brought up as a Methodist and mum a Catholic) we merely attended Easter Sunday mass and not the other ceremonies on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday. Some kids at primary school, particularly the Dutch, Polish and Italian immigrants used to attend the whole lot, poor buggers while the rest of us enjoyed our holiday weekend.
Our parents didn't let the church interfere with our lives.
On the other hand we never made a big 'non religious' deal about Easter either. Sure we had hot cross buns and Easter eggs but didn't go in for Easter egg hunts, painted eggs and never got all silly about big chocolate rabbits and stuff.
Talking about Hot Cross buns, have you noticed that today's versions are not a patch on the ones we used to eat in the 1960's. These were only on sale a few days before Easter and were stacked with cinnamon, fruit peel and currants. They were fresh and delicious. The modern supermarket offerings are small, dry, lacking in spice and almost currant-free.
Enjoy your weekend.
7 comments:
You've got guests and you're posting? Are they boring?
Have you shown them the 'wind dmage' - turned over chair and crooked picture - that will impress them.
Sorry, I meant 'damage'. You only get one shot on blog comments.
"I was an altar boy and dressed up and officiated in mass, benediction and a few other arcane Catholic church ceremonies during the year."
You dressed up as a priest, deceiving all the innocent people then indulged in old not now used Catholic ceremonies; and all in just a year. I think the police should be digging around that church.
Have you seen The Wine Guy lately?
Yes, where is he?
Probably time to update this blog.
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