Presumptions

As any Catholic ought to know, the Pope is making a visit to our country next month. After reading his published itinerary I thought "maybe" we could see his plane come or go, but had no illusions that we might somehow get in to attend the Papal Mass. Nope, no way that was going to happen. My husband didn't think it was as impossible as I did. Then someone I knew posted that they are getting to go, I was pretty shocked.

Today I saw this in our bulletin:

However, it turns out our Parish might receive 4 tickets after all; two seated and two standing room slots are going up for a drawing.

When I think about it, there are so many other parishioners who I feel are so much more deserving and I do not indent to submit my name for those precious few slots. Besides, I couldn't find the child care and I'm not sure my baby would make it through a 2+ hour Mass in Spanish. I'm hoping it will be broadcast on the web at least.