Time to relax

17 Responses to Time to relax

1. William of the Old says:

   25 April 2010 at 8:08 pm

   Dear Father Z, It would be my pleasure to send you some GREAT (IMHO) small batch ,
   boutique, gin………..just add REHORST to your Amazon wish list.
   Too bad I missed you by a week; I’ll be in DC for a business meeting next week and am planning to go to Mass at St. Mary’s next Sunday. God bless you.
2. torch621 says:

   25 April 2010 at 8:15 pm

   Shaken, not stirred, I presume? =)
3. Elijahmaria says:

   25 April 2010 at 8:28 pm

   Which? The Mass at St. Mary’s or the gin?

   EM
4. mikew says:

   25 April 2010 at 8:35 pm

   Outstanding! I can only hope that it is Bombay Sapphire. I notice there are 3 olives… I too like 3 olives in my Martini!
5. Maltese says:

   25 April 2010 at 8:41 pm

   I hope that martini is “extra-dirty,” that’s how my wife and I like to drink them at least; here’s an e-cheers to you Fr. Z, that drink is well deserved!
6. MargaretC says:

   25 April 2010 at 8:41 pm

   The dry martini is one of the major achievements of Western Civilization. Hope yours was a good one.
7. doanli says:

   25 April 2010 at 8:56 pm

   Reminds me of something my husband told me about, that happened to him years ago.

   He went to a Baptist church and the preacher was raving and ranting about a certain other preacher who went to bars and drank alcoholic beverages.

   My husband (an Anglican Christian) thought to himself “I would have bought him a drink!”
8. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:

   25 April 2010 at 9:23 pm

   Bombay Sapphire very dry with two olives.
9. cpaulitz says:

   25 April 2010 at 10:01 pm

   Was is a regular english novus ordo or Latin and ad orientum?
10. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:

    25 April 2010 at 10:12 pm

    cpaulitz: I said the Mass in English, Novus Ordo, at the main altar, ad orientem. Apparently people are accustomed to that here.
11. Agnes says:

    25 April 2010 at 10:39 pm

    Ah, a day of rest. Good form.
12. Gulielmus says:

    25 April 2010 at 10:54 pm

    In Washington, a city with so many different populations mingling reasonably well, the 7:30 pm Mass at St Mary’s has been such a blessing. It’s not unusual to see college students sitting in pews with policemen or Capitol guards, and tourists next to embassy workers. It’s usually a very simple Mass, very reverent, and very well-attended.

    St. Mary’s had the first indult EF Masses in the Archdiocese, celebrated by the then-pastor, an avuncular former Latin teacher. His legacy, and that of the subsequent pastors (with the support of several Archbishops), is the liturgical beauty, whether simple or complex, of both forms of the Roman Rite as celebrated there. Glad to hear you were there, Father!

    (PS, where were you eating, is that Clyde’s? Everything looks pretty good…)
13. seanl says:

    26 April 2010 at 12:15 am

    Father, dinner looked great! I’m much a fan of martinis, but the brew looks good! Hope it was a good evening!
14. markomalley says:

    26 April 2010 at 3:50 am

    Fr Z,

    Your comments on the line for confession that formed before 7:00? (If it’s like usual, confessions were going on up to half way through your mass)
15. upstate crunchy says:

    26 April 2010 at 6:45 am

    definitely a Facebook “likes this” event
16. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:

    26 April 2010 at 8:48 am

    markomalley: Yes, confessions went through Mass.
17. irishgirl says:

    26 April 2010 at 8:53 am

    Cool pictures there, Fr. Z-even though I’m not a drinker.

    Glad you had a nice time in DC…wish I was able to come!