11th October, 2011
Today I stayed at the house for most of the day. This is because Ireland were playing their final Euro 2012 qualifying match against Armenia. I was able to watch it online for free on ESPN3's website. Since that was in the middle of the day, there wasn't much point in doing anything before that.
After the game, I went to a Taize prayer that I saw advertised in the Basilica of St. Mary (America's first Basilica). The service was nicely done (though it could have been darker). There were a few young people but it was mostly people who were 40+. It really hasn't caught on with young people the way that it has done in Europe. I knew all of the songs, although they sung some songs in English that I learnt in French or Spanish. They had piano, fluto and clarinet players. It was nice but not truly Taize-like in that it wasn't all that ecumenical. They had confession throughout the service, they prayed for the Pope and Bishops and during The Lord's Prayer, they finished it at ...evil, until a number of people at the side continued ...and thine is the kingdom.... Overall thought, it was nice to be back at a taize prayer. It had been months since I was last at one.
I had hoped to see the Basilica but the main church was closed so I'll have to go back. I went to the Sculpture Garden just down the street. I saw the famous cherry on a spoon (see photo above) that you can see in a lot of Minnesota tourist ads. There are a lot of smaller sculptures as well. However as it was getting dark when I got there, I couldn't see too much. I'll have to return here when I re-visit the Basilica.
I returned home, cooked a late dinner and watched the Mexico V Brazil football match with my housemate (who is of Mexican ancestry). Mexico lost.
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