1 out of 2 ain't bad. ;)
It was my first time in church since the words changed. It was harder than I even imagined - and that's with the script they put in the pews! So. Hard. I think it's hard because your brain doesn't remember that your muscle memory is wrong. I went to church 500 or so times (1st-10th grade, 52 weeks a year, but occasional skips and extra holidays) over the span of a decade, and then intermittently after that. My brain thinks it knows what it's doing! I understand it's a better translation, but after saying "and also with you" for that long, "and with your spirit" doesn't roll off the tongue. And that's nowhere near the most difficult, it's just the one that happens the most often.
Also, just like in school, it appears that people treat church in a more relaxed manner than they used to. The church was kind of U shaped, with seats 180 degrees or so around the alter. This gave me a view of at least 75% of the people attending. I saw TONS of people (mostly kids, but some adults too) get up and leave to go to the bathroom or whatever during the service. Up and down, in and out. It was probably almost 20 people in the 70 minutes of mass. When I was little, you held it. And you answered your phone later. (Well, of course, since your phone was your land line at home & you weren't there.) The modern style of the church also meant for some reason that they built what basically amounted to a landcaping pond in the lobby of the church that they use for baptisms. It was interesting.
Then we went to their house & ate food & watched football for a few hours. What a hard way to lose, but at least they didn't stink. (Except for those last couple plays. You know, the ones that counted.) But that's life. :) It was sad, but not like Mariano-Rivera-Ruined-The-World-Series-In-2001 sad. That made my stomach hurt. Today was just disappointing.
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