Your diarist was a sluggard getting to church this morning and thus had to go to the Spanish language Mass in Bellingham. Very few Anglos were in attendance: the priest with his fluent but imperfect Spanish and yours truly (\u201cno habla\u2026 what\u2019s that other word?\u201d) and that was about it.<\/p>\n
I have been christened an honorary Mexican by my actually Mexican cousins due to my general demeanor and my tolerance for extremely hot food, so you\u2019d think I could do a better job at least understanding the language. Put Spanish journalism in front of me and I can hack my way through much of it, with a little help from a dictionary. But I\u2019ve never developed an ear for it.<\/p>\n
There were moments during Mass today when I was pretty sure I caught the gist of it (\u201cEl cuerpo es importante, muy importante!\u201d) yet they were pretty brief. Maybe one of these days, when I get some free time, I\u2019ll buy the Rosetta Stone\u2019s Spanish lessons and bone up. That would make it muy easier to sleep in on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your diarist was a sluggard getting to church this morning and thus had to go to the Spanish language Mass in Bellingham. Very few Anglos were in attendance: the priest with his fluent but imperfect Spanish and yours truly (\u201cno habla\u2026 what\u2019s that other word?\u201d) and that was about it. I have been christened an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1078,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[469],"class_list":["post-842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-in-catholicism","tag-spanish"],"yoast_head":"\n