Reconciliation

Tonight our church has the reconciliation service. This used to be an affair where there was a "general absolution" (that is to say the service itself was meant to provide minor forgiveness of sin.) But the Pope abolished such things a few years ago. Now, everyone who goes has to go one on one into the confessional, so to speak. :-)

It is a beautiful service, the dimly lit sanctuary filled with gorgeous music, but it also happens to be the caretaker's birthday. She's my wife's best friend, and we joked yesterday that we we were going to put up a big sign saying "Happy Birthday," and that her birthday present would be a hidden microphone beside every priest. :-)