Hubby Tony and I have a busy day tomorrow, so we decided to go to Mass tonight. When we pulled into the church parking lot we had to park farther back then we usually do on a Saturday, and the church as was fuller than normal. There's some winter weather forecast for tomorrow; I wonder how many of the extra people were there for that reason?
We're creatures of habit and usually sit in about the same spot. However, it was filled so Tony chose a pew on the opposite side of the aisle and much farther back then we usually sit. There was a man at the end who grudgingly moved down to give us just enough room. Eventually several other people wanted to enter the pew; when Tony asked the man to move down again he reluctantly slid over a couple of feet, which meant that the man to my left and I were very close to each other.
After the Gospel reading we sat down to listen to the sermon. I couldn't help but notice the man pulling out a medium-sized spiral notebook and a pen. He proceeded to take notes while the priest talked. I tried not to let it distract me, but since he was right beside me it was difficult. (If I'd wanted to I could have read what he was writing.) When the sermon was over the man put closed up the notebook and put it into the holder with the hymnals. It stayed there until the end of Mass.
Lots of people take notes during sermons at our church...., in fact there is a blank page in the bulletin specifically for note taking!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a great idea. I wonder if taking notes would help me concentrate on those days when my mind tends to wander.
DeleteI've never seen anyone taking notes like that in church.
ReplyDeleteI've not seen that, either.
ReplyDeleteI used to take note myself. Sometimes I can go back and read what I wrote and wonder why that particular passage meant something to me.
ReplyDeleteAnd the other times.....you can't read it or you can remember why you wrote it?
DeleteI've seen people taking notes in church for decades. Many have journals specifically for this and they also use them as prayer journals and/or with the Bible study group. I will make notes on the bulletin if I want to look something up later. I'm not too sure why you found this unusual.
ReplyDeleteI guess it depends on the denomination. I've never seen anyone take notes in a Catholic church before. I have to admit it sounds like a good idea, though.
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