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Krowl Birdfried shared a photo. 4/9 near Cathedral of Saint Anthony

Holy Week has begun, the time of Christ's divine Passion and Resurrection. Today is Palm Sunday, the day our Lord was welcomed into Jerusalem like a king, in full knowledge that many of those who cheered for him would soon be screaming out for his death. Yet he still chose to take on the burden of their sins, and of ours. He chose to forgive. For those of you who are part of the Church and have not yet done so, I encourage you to come and celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation during this final week of Lent, and to experience Christ's infinite forgiveness and love. I know that some find it difficult to speak their heart to a priest even in the best of times, but I hope that by my own sharing in the strange and often upsetting experiences associated with this social network, I can offer to you a uniquely sympathetic ear. The Seal of the Confessional is still absolutely inviolate, even if one is not completely sure of the source or nature of the sins that one is confessing. Our Lord who knows all things in fullness will understand, even if we do not. To those of you not in communion with the Church, I offer my blessing and pray that you find peace and comfort during this beautiful season of spring. My thoughts are with all of you as we walk together beneath this, our own peculiar veil of shadow.

[ooc: Those who want to take Karl up on his offer can hit up his IC inbox and/or contact me at randomarticle or Spinel#3440 on Discord! Non-Christian characters are welcome to ask him for a private chat too, of course, it's just that the Seal of the Confessional won't apply.]

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It's too early to say Happy Easter isn't it? But is there a greeting for Lent or Palm Sunday? Either way, a thousand blessings to you and your congregation, Father. It seems like a good day to drop in on mass!

[He's also up at the crack of dawn today, or more like he still hasn't slept because there's plenty to do for Passover too, but anyway.]

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There is not one that I know of, now that you mention it. A terrible oversight! But I thank you for your blessings.

I would be delighted to see you at Mass, Mister Behar! I will be celebrating the two earliest morning services, but unless you have a mind to experience an entire Latin Rite High Mass today I would recommend coming to the second.

There will be an ensemble reading of the Passion according to Saint Matthew during the Gospel, if that affects your decision.

[Not that the Catholic Church is one of those that makes a lot of hay about how "the Jews did it", but there's no harm in being sensitive.]

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It might defeat the purpose of learning to hear it in Latin... Let me know if you ever get subtitles for it.

That's the Crucifixion right? That should be interesting, that sounds great!

[Even if the church itself or the readings made it sound that way, he's quite certain Karl wouldn't be intending it to come across that way, he seems almost painfully open-minded for a priest. Besides, from what he knows it's kind of funny how much of a stereotype Judas is. It's so offensive it loops back around to being funny - but then, he has a bad sense of humour.]