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Thread #31332   Message #408761
Posted By: GUEST,Matt_R
01-Mar-01 - 10:05 AM
Thread Name: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music
Subject: RE: Ash Wednesday, Lent, and Music
Man, the Newman Center last night was MORE packed than it has ever been! What a turnout! The songs were pretty cool. We did "Without Seeing, We Believe", a great song.

Father Tom did this great homily, short, but powerful. He kept saying "What does God do? FORGIVE!" And he kept asking us "What does God do?" and we'd all scream "FORGIVE!!!" as loud as possible. What a great feeling. I described it as "a pep rally for Jesus".

Afterwards, my friend Ryan kept wishing everyone a "Happy Ash Wednesday"! Later on in the night, me and Ryan started screaming songs from Jesus Christ Superstar at the top of our lungs, while Ryan did hilarious goofy arm-swaying dances. You should have seen us blazing away at "Simon Zealotes"! Then we wanted the real thing, so we put on the Jesus Christ Superstar DVD and started singing along..lol.

Before Mass, me and Ryan where entertaining people coming in by singing various Simon & Garfunkel, Monkees, and Chicago songs. We were also belting out "One" by U2.

What a gas!