My Modern Faith and a Patchwork of Holy Days
A narrator recalls a Brooklyn childhood connected to Manhattan College, a proscribed wedding, and shifting religious loyalties from Episcopal roots to Catholic remembrance. The piece blends historical upheaval like The Troubles, Good Friday to Belfast, and World War II memory with reflections on Pascal’s Wager and Holy Days of Obligation including dates, rituals, and pop culture references.
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Manhattan College
Regina
Charlie
APO
Vietnam
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Bushwick Avenue
Henry VIII
Episcopal Church
Northern Ireland
Kenneth Branagh
Belfast
Branagh
Steely Dan
Star-Revue
America
Christmas Mass Rules and Holy Days Question
The writer riffs on religious laws about Sunday Mass and Holy Days, asks how missing mass on a Holy Day that falls on Sunday counts as sins, and notes a recent archdiocese ruling about Holy Days on Saturday or Monday. The tone is speculative and humorous as they await an answer.
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