:thinking:Mea culpa! Please forgive snide remark re: SSPX. I had just received a nasty email containing a threat not to show my face or else ....It is unfair to count this against the entire chapel. It is doubtful the priest who is only visiting cares one way or the other where I spent my summer. There are still plenty of priests and laity who are of goodwill. One should hear Mass to worship God, not to be treated well. In reality, more graces are given the one who is treated badly and goes anyway without complaint. Looks like I blew my opportunity.
My one legitimate point is that others have been denied the Sacraments in other chapels for far less. This IS true injustice.
What Matthew says is true about "holidays" like Labor Day in the U.S. It commemorates the huge rally and strike of garment workers in Union Square, New York City in 1911. It was run by Jєωιѕн communist feminists. Hardly a "holy day" for Catholics! I do both kinds of work to make ends meet, salaried work and self-employed/contract. These "holidays" come in handy! They're an opportunity to supplement the full-time salary job on which pay I cannot live!
A former student of mine is due to give birth to their third child on Sept. 3, so we're praying for Monica to have a literal "labor" day on the 2nd! Pray for safe labor and healthy daughter for Carlos and Monica R. and two big brothers, Carlos, Jr.5, and Juan, 2.
Happy Labor Day!