Jenn Doing My Best

We went to a different parish for the 11:30 a.m. Mass today. (That’s where I took these rainy Sunday pictures, by the way—in the peaceful parish garden. 😌🌧🌻)

It’s the third church we visited within these last seven days.

We like to do what Travis and I call “church hop.” That means visit different parishes throughout the week.

We attend evening daily Mass two to three times a week and one weekend Mass at nearby local parishes.

For the daily Mass, a 7 p.m. Mass is generally offered only once a week at certain churches.

Whereas, early morning daily Masses are offered anywhere from four to five days out of the work week, depending on the parish.

We’re just not able to go to a daily Mass in the morning right now. Travis has to be at work by 6 a.m., and we only have one working vehicle at the moment.

But boy, are we thankful we found a few evening Mass options at several local parishes during the work week! 😊🙏🏽

After today’s morning Mass, we went to say hello to the priest, and he said, “Don’t I know you?!” 🤔😆

We explained he probably remembered us from a different church we visited a couple of weeks ago when he was the celebrant at that Mass.

“Oh, yes!” he exclaimed remembering where he had last seen us. 😅

We do have a “home church” that we make the best effort to attend in the weekend a few times in the month.

However, Travis works a lot (six days a week), and life gets pretty busy with the kids, so having the flexibility to also attend a Sunday Mass time (such as 11:30 a.m., 12 p.m., or even 5:30 p.m.) that fits our schedule works best for us.

It’s just the stage of life we’re in right now, ya know. 😄 #busybigfamilylife

Honestly, I wish we would have thought to do this (church hop) when the kids were babies and toddlers instead of always being late to church. Haha 😂🫣

💜 XO

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