There are plenty of people who could lock up. This was because it was a Holy Day of Obligation and Mass wiped out the need for novena prayers. That is what he said. That is fine...he does not have to go. I do not have to go. He should have told them they do not have to go to the novena tonight because it had been taken care of with the mass. No..what he said was that they could not do the novena tonight, even though it is a very deep part of their religion. They could not do it. And he was giving them a stern warning. Those were his words..a stern warning. They clustered in the middle of the church after Mass, looking dumbfounded. Like I said one or maybe two women were crying. I wish I had started saying some hail marys because I was not part of the novena. Everyone knows how devoted they are to the Lady of Guadalupe. This was religious brutality, totally unnecessary, culturally beyond insensitive. It was really messing with peoples' traditions, their fundamental religious beliefs etc. I think he has lost a big chunk of the congregation, who will go to the next parish over. mg