Monday, September 6, 2021

Chapels

So the way I am beginning to understand is that if people don't know the priest's name, they might call him "padre." However, if they know his name, they will call him and refer to him as "Don" with his name. My only experience with this title was in Honduras but it was for older lay men and "Doña" for women. Plus, the consensus of the seminarians there at the time was that it was an old practice that seemed to be going out of style. Evidently Spain is one of those countries that still uses the title for priests. Here is a picture of Don Jason Bedel offering Mass in the chapel of the science building at the University of Navarra on the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time in English:

About half the assembly were Filipinos and the rest were probably people from other countries who are more familiar with English than Spanish.

I was amazed to find that every building at the University has a chapel near the entrance with the Blessed Sacrament reserved. It seems St. Josemaría Escrivá wanted Christ front and center. Plus people can pay a quick visit to the Blessed Sacrament both coming and going. There is definitely a culture of making a visit to the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. One chapel I saw was set up with a window for such visits from the hallway without having to disturb any liturgy that may be taking place inside. Here is another example of a chapel in a university building:


I'll close with one quick bedelism: I’m finding it difficult to get cool while others in the house are wearing sweaters and sweatshirts. However, today was in the 90s--no air conditioning or fans--so there was some commiserating...


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