[Magdalen] Hit and Run Devotion?

[Ann Markle]

And, of course, he could have been telling someone about what he was doing,
to bring them, as well as himself, a little solace/comfort.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> My treatment was done by 5 PM Tuesday, and I knew StMtV had a Sung Mass
> scheduled for 6 PM (Nativity of the BVM).
>
> While there, we witnesses and interesting modern phenomena before the
> service began:
>
> Man walks up the side aisle to a rack of votive candles. All the time he's
> yakking away on a cell phone.
>
> He stops at the rack -- and with his free (right) hand, he lights a match
> on one of the other candles, lights one of his own, and then, still yakking
> away (at something irrelevant to his actions AFAICT) crossed himself, and
> continued up the aisle and out the 47th Street entrance.
>
> Areal Hit and Run Devotion, if you ask Me.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>