It wasn’t as he remembered it as an altar boy at 6:45 a.m. mass, where he’d gone with his grandfather.
I tried to go back. When I was out in L.A. and I was kind of struggling for a bit. I went to church for a while, but its kind of, its gotten gigantic now for me. . . . Theres a band. . . . . and you got to, you have to hold hands with people through the whole Mass now, and I dont like doing that. You know, I mean, it used to be the shaking hands piece was the only time you touched each other.
. . . . Now, Im holding hand now Im lifting people. Like Simba. . . . . Im holding them (Singing) ha nah hey nah ho. . . . Im doing too much. I dont want theres Frisbees being thrown, theres beach balls going around, people waving lighters, and I go, This is too much for me. I want the old way. I want to hang out with the, you know, with the nuns, you know, that was my favorite type of Mass, and the grotto, and just like straight up, just Mass Mass. [Italics added]
Have not run into frisbees and beach balls, but I know the feeling.
(Big tip of hat to The Chant Cafe.)
Blithe Spirit 