I got up early this morning to try and make Morning Prayer at Church of the Ascension, the church right across the street from LaSalle Street Church, where I work. (When I say right across the street, I mean it. When you are a greeter on Sunday morning at either church you can see into the other church!) I was under the impression that Morning Prayer started at 7am. I left the house at 6:25 and waited for the Pink Line for a few minutes. When I went to transfer to the Red Line, I missed a train by seconds, so I got to church at 7:04. There was a one page printout of the outline of the service, letting you know where to find readings in the BoCP. There was also this at the top:
Morning prayer 6:40am Evening Prayer 6:00pm...
Low Mass 7:00am and 6:20pm
DOH! Come to find out Morning Prayer starts a bit earlier than I thought. I was able to fumble my way around the BoCP and figure out where we were and join in. It was a great service, very high to those not in a liturgical setting, and a blessing. I was able to partake in the Eucharist and start my day nice and early.
I'll probably try again next Tuesday, some evening this week, or on Friday.
Peace,
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Welcome! Glad you got to morning Mass! I must say I've done that only a couple of times in all my years in Chicago, even when I lived in LaSalle Towers just north of Division. I'm more of an Evening Prayer and Mass kind of guy...I'm the Evening Prayer (6pm) officiant and Mass (6:20pm) server on Wednesdays. But kudos on getting there so early. The morning Mass is also the conventual Mass for the nuns of the Order of St. Anne, whose convent is the blue-ish gray-ish house across the garden from the church.
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