A particular item screened on RTE television caught my attention the other day. It featured three ‘lads’ who, instead of the traditional pub crawl at Christmas, went on a ‘Mass crawl’ beginning in November 2024. They have managed to visit and attend the Holy Mass in over 50 places across counties Wicklow, Kildare, Carlow and further afield. Make you want you wish from the item here. In the telling of the story I thought that were something decisively Emmaus-like (Luke 24:13-35) about this Eucharistic journey. They went as ‘two or three’ (Matthew 18:20) and not three separate individuals. Was it a case of their thinking ‘Were not our hearts burning within us?’.
Something does not readily explain this behaviour in today’s
Ireland. I am sure that smart
commentators will query in a possibly negative way aspects of the story.
After all, matters religious and especially Catholic are fair game these
days on most media channels.
Some of the details that I found interesting were:
- Curiosity
- Generosity
- Courage
- Welcome
- Smiles
- Joy
- Tenacity
- Serious but light-hearted travellers
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