I went to my parents' church since I am on holidays this week. I was amused to note that the choir was not there, so the lector began the Mass saying, "We will all sing 'All Creatures of Our God and King' together."
Now, this isn't the biggest space in the world, so the aisle is fairly short, but there was a decent pause as Father and entourage made it right to the foot of the altar without a single sung note, causing the lector to shrug and announce, "I guess we won't be singing it, then!" and took his place in the congregation. I cracked up.
I also cracked up later on at the Presentation of the Gifts when the congregation, still without music, got a little confused. As the gifts were presented, about 40% of the congregation, all gathered at the front, started to stand up. A woman in front of us started to get up very hesitantly too since she was confused by the new addition to the Mass, and her son tugged on her shirt saying, "We're not supposed to stand up here." She replied sharply, "Just do what everybody else does!" and after a second's hesitation, sat down herself. I was in a real giggle by then, especially when everybody else up front realized their mistake and sat down row by row as well.
I commented to my mom, "Do they always do 'the wave' at this Mass?"
She replied, "Yes, but usually it gets farther to the back than that."
What a place.
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