yeah i get it, i'm not suddenly a catholic or something, it's just a gathering place and there is people there and to me that connection is why the physical gathering and the routine is good

i was raised SDA and i never got anything out of attending but Mass has a different vibe, especially the step just before communion

the whole thing post covid is so weird tho, i mean, is it really Communion if only the priest is taking the blood and all we get is bread, sorta bread?

so, yeah, just to be clear, it's just because of the people, and that's the main reason i'm going, and the people teach me things too, though they aren't intellectuals, really quite simple people, which is part of what they have for me to witness

there may be some mundane utility in this but the sense of being part of this funny little village in an edge that i feel most comfortable being part of is why i'm doing it, and i seem to be destined to live in this place for a few more years yet so i need to have a social connection to the culture here and yeah, i haven't been doing my language lessons lately, since i quit the caffeine but i'm quite sure that i will gain blessings by being a part of the christian community here, which is basically catholic, i'm not gonna nitpick on doctrine because i don't think that is important