Mar. 5th, 2003
holy day of obligation, batman
Mar. 5th, 2003 12:08 pmToday is Ash Wednesday and I have not gone to mass. Despite general lapsed-ness of my Catholoc-ness, the power of Catholic Guilt remains. And Ash Wednesday is by far the most guiltastic Holy Day of Obligation because should one not go to mass, one must then spend the whole day spotting people with proud ash marks on their foreheads. Whenever I do, I always feel like they, in turn, can tell that I am Catholic and since I clearly have not gone, they think less of me, when really, since I do not wear a nun's habit or any other identifying Catholic markers (unless you count the Grimace of Guilt), there's no way they could know. Behold the power of Catholic Guilt.
Perhaps I could go after work. There must be a nighttime mass somewhere.
Perhaps I could go after work. There must be a nighttime mass somewhere.