Mink at Mass

When I was very young, women were still wearing mink stoles with the little animal faces and paws attached.  Sunday Mass was an occasion to dress up and some women would adorn themselves with this strange item.  Kneeling behind one of these stoles and being stared at by those beady eyes was sometimes scary, sometimes fascinating and always distracting.

The Catholic faith has made me at times fearful and fascinated.  There have been distractions certainly.  For long stretches Catholicism was out-of-style for me and I ignored it except when I was frightened and prayer was the most comforting thing.

I wonder what distractions a child might have at Mass these days– anything as odd as dangling, dead animals?  Fur stoles are thankfully out-of-style (as are mandatory head-coverings for females).  Happily, I am now a less distracted Catholic.

One World, Many Stories

  Summer reading is upon us and I drew this ... sometimes a simple, literal interpretation is the best (and librarians are fond of "literal", heh, heh)!

and, of course, I just have to animate it!