Nice intimate Christmas
Corbett | December 26, 2005 11:29 AM
A few weeks ago, a group of French friends were at the Living Room, and I saw a familiar face, Father Benoit, the priest who married Irene and I. We had lost contact and hadn't heard from him in 9 years, and there he was in our place. A nice surprise. So we made plans then to meet on Christmas for dinner.
Last night we had a little surprise. Benoit arranged for a mini-private Christ Mass, which he delivered, in a tiny intimate chapel in Ding-Hao. I thought this was pretty cool, as the chapel was entered through several long corrodors and floors and doors, and finally to a rooftop. I joked that this was very secretive, the secret Jesuit sect in Taiwan.
This was my first Christ Mass since I sort of dropped out of organized religion after my grandfather and I decided one fateful Sunday morning that staying home and watching TV would be more entertaining than hanging around a bunch of old ladies eating donuts. I think I was 12 then. Brought up Christian, I still remembered the Lord's Prayer, and had some idea what was going on. I could even participate in the wafer/wine ceremony since I had been baptised as a kid.
Afterwards we celebrated with a nice Italian dinner and some pleasant conversation. It was all very nice and something quite different from Taiwan.
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Rai
December 27, 2005 9:56 PM
that sounds amazing. I have dropped out of organised religious gatherings since I moved to Taiwan...I miss the singing though.
Sunny
January 8, 2006 8:05 PM
Happy New Year! Wishes for continuing good health, more opportunities, laughter, blessings and good times this 2006 for you and your family.