Speeding and the Eucharistic Prayer

Two very different uses for patience and contentment

Three Sundays ago, I went to Mass in person for the first time since February 2020. My church took awhile to dispense with an annoying online sign-up form and to get back to its usual times, but it’s operating normally now, and now that my wife and I have gone back to restaurants, there’s no excuse for holding out.

I was happy to be back, and yet when th…