Monday, June 23, 2014

Drive-By Mass

Hey Fellow Catholics!

Drive-by mass and communion is a real thing apparently. Put a priest on the back of a truck, give him a microphone and some speakers and you can catch mass by standing on your front porch. Or you can catch it as you go flying by the priest-mobile in your bus full of students. Either way, I think it counts.

Just kidding. In all seriousness, we really did pass a priest in the back of a truck saying mass. Yesterday all the towns heading up the hillside to Monteverde were celebrating Corpus Christi with celebrations along the way. The priest began at a town at the bottom of the mountain and stopped at every pueblo on the way up to say mass or pray. As he passed through each town, the townspeople would gather and follow him up to the next church. The great processional ended at the top of the mountain in Monteverde. The route along the way was decorated with balloons and beautiful displays of flowers! It was really amazing to witness for the short time that I did!



On the downside, I don’t think it actually counted as mass.

Pura vida,


Jessica Lynn

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