WOW! What a Mass we attended this morning at St. Michaels Roman Catholic Church! It lasted 1.5 hours and was very enjoyable. Father Cooper's message was great (even at 25 minutes); the congregation was very outgoing and friendly and I swear I've never heard the music sung quite the way I remember the melody! It was very 'bahamian', upbeat, and loud, with bongo drums, electric guitar, tamborine and keyboard. No one cared how they sounded they just sang lustily! The sign of peace must have taken 15 minutes since everyone greeted everyone and Fr. Cooper rocked out to the music at the altar with a big smile on his face. Afterwards we were shepherded into the cafeteria for breakfast which was grits with your choice of simmered corn beef, tuna or sardines and veggies. The sardines and veggies were the best followed by the corn beef in a tomato veggie sauce. Finally an hour later we had 8 to 10 'rides' arranged to take us back to the marina. It was smashing and took the village little time to tell everyone about the two 'guests' at the marina that had come to share Mass and fellowship with them. That afternoon we spent doing some cockpit cleaning and waxing and then cooked dinner aboard for Solitaire. And the wind howled . . . , and the boat rocked . . . , and we were snug as bugs on our boat.
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