I still cannot believe what happened yesterday. It was nothing bad, it was kinda funny and sad at the same time. Every year my family goes on the memorial service for my grandmother that passed away 4 years ago. We have a new church in our neighbourhood and it was the first time that mass was held there. Anyway, normal mass is at 6, but the priest called my grandpa to tell him that we should be there at 5. There were only 6 of us in the curch and one nun. When the priest came in, I was surprised. He was pretty old and looking kinda ill...like he was not feeling very well. He had some mouth problem and I saw that something was weird right away. . And then the fun started. The priest did not put his denture in his mouth and he started talking. We could not understand a single word he was saying. His jaw was moving in the strange way and we could not even read his lips. The nun had some bad flu and she coughed quite a lot. Church door was open, children were going from school, others playing football on the playgound near by and there was more car noise than usual. So, nun coughing, all that noise from outside, the priest with no teeth in his mouth and being sooooo slooooow that I thought he would collapse any minute. Btw, he also had a flu and he did not have any handkerchief so he was wiping his nose in his sleeve. Ma and I were shoving each other because we were sure it had to be a joke! If nothing else, my other grandma had fun. She normally watches the mass on TV so she got the opportunity to say her prayers out loud...and loud it was!! She was attending the event of the week. She has seen some serious amount of masses in her life but this was a premiere.
I feel bad for the guy (the priest, I mean). I am sure he had better days than yesterday...but all in all, it was an insane situation. Priests also get retired, do they not?
Post je objavljen 02.10.2006. u 19:12 sati.