GM. Today is the first Thursday of Lent.
As a special Lenten treat, my husband took me to receive my ashes from the Bishop himself, and afterward, we looked around the fascinating, eerie Niedermünster church in #Regensburg #Germany. We saw the Schwarze Madonna, that reminded me of Altötting, but the Roman excavation was unfortunately closed to tours.
#catholic
You would have loved that Mass, nostr:npub1ecdlntvjzexlyfale2egzvvncc8tgqsaxkl5hw7xlgjv2cxs705s9qs735 and nostr:npub1wqfzz2p880wq0tumuae9lfwyhs8uz35xd0kr34zrvrwyh3kvrzuskcqsyn . Absolute peak smells-n-bells, with 8 priests and a big male choir singing in Latin, and swinging the incense like crazy, and etc.
We were like daaaaaang. 👀
I went to evening mass on Ash Wednesday at 8PM. It was in latin, and the church was filled from wall to wall, every empty space was filled. And there were 7 priests.
“Remember man that ye are from dust and to dust ye shall return.”
"When you fast,
do not look gloomy like the hypocrites.
They neglect their appearance,
so that they may appear to others to be fasting.
Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.
But when you fast,
anoint your head and wash your face,
so that you may not appear to be fasting,
except to your Father who is hidden.
And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you."
The evening Ash Wednesday mass at my parish was pretty packed as well. It's the downtown cathedral, so all the young adult professionals go there after their work day.
# 👀☕🇧🇷GM
Deo gratias.
GM☕️☕️🌅💜✝️🕊️
GM 👀
GM.
I’ve never seen the days counted that way. We (US here), always just exclude the sundays and arrive at 40.
That Mass sounds amazing.
