Experiencing Mass remotely

This article was provided by our friend Rose Mitchell from Broome and candidly describes her family's first experience with an online Mass. It’s just lovely and Rose describes the experience in a way I think we can all connect with.

We were very taken with this story which we originally saw as a Facebook post and are very appreciative to Rose and her family for their willingness to share.

The lesson to be learned however for those of you who may try this in your home, is to ensure you have morning tea prepared for the congregation afterwards!

Enjoy!

"So we just had our first mass at home via facebook live from our parish cathedral. (Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral )
I didn’t expect the kids to stay and watch as it would have been weird for them but I just wanted them to check out this new way of living...they stayed the whole time. It was just like mass in so many ways but yet not...
* Joseph was just in his jocks (we popped Aidan’s tshirt on him for the photo)
*I still had to tell them to behave
*Joseph and Max set up their soft toys to watch too
*We texted our friends “peace” for the sign of peace
*There was no collection but given that Max does it at Mass he could have made a nice little side earner from his siblings
*The kids all went up for a blessing at communion time to Aidan. We stopped short of taking the soft toys up.
*At the end the kids went and played 2 square and asked if there was any morning tea ( just like they do at mass on Sunday)

It was a surreal and special time together with quite a few laughs. It felt like it was something we would remember for many years to come".