Any type of reverent, contemplative mood was destroyed every time he would screech another note. He was flat, he played clinkers, wrong notes, wavered, was all over the place, his timing was off, and this was all in addition to the fact that it was a harmonica, which was jarring enough in itself. I say "attempting", because this kid couldn't play that harmonica worth a hoot in a high wind. I looked over, and sure enough, there was a young man standing next to the organist, attempting to play accompaniment on a harmonica. I finally placed it as coming from.a harmonica. However: I was listening to the organist practicing some of the dreadful old chestnuts ("We Are Many Parts, But All One Chevy", "Glory and Praise To Our God", "Bread For the Squirrels"), and along with it, I heard the most dreadful, awful noise coming from the organ stand. The new young priest never showed up to hear confessions. Tonight, I went in early I wanted to go to confession, which is at 3 PM, and Mass, which is at 4 PM. We used to have a reasonable mixture of good old classic Catholic hymns and the dreadful old "folk" chestnuts from the hippie era, like wow, man, copic-can you dig the colors? Totally cosmic! I found this tiresome, but at least they were still being played on an organ. The major changes I have noticed since he became pastor is in the music department, which we were told would be happening-the new pastor wanted to "breathe some life" into the music of the parish. His homilies have been sort of pedestrian, but I've managed to pick a nugget or two out of them here and there. This is his very first parish he's a young guy, kind of dry, but okay enough, I guess.
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Shortly after Christmas, we got a new priest. My wife stopped attending because of unrelated issues which I won't go into, so I was going to Mass by myself. We had temporary priests in the interim, some good, some so-so, but nothing major changed.
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We liked it because it seemed a little more traditional, and although the music was pretty lousy, at least it was played on an organ, not tin whistles, finger cymbals, and kazoos, whatever.Ĭouple years ago the pastor became very ill, and was forced to retire. The parish we've been attending for the last five years or so, ever since we moved out here to the boondocks, is just a little parish, conjoined with another larger parish at the county seat.