I went to Mass

Thai food is delicious in every country but it's probably best in Thailand.
Esther and I went to church yesterday at Santa Maria in Trastevere. We were trying to go to San Giovanni Laterano but there were no busses going our way and it's a long walk and so we would've missed Mass. Anyway, Santa Maria is pretty nice too. At one time it was the seat of the Pope so it's got that going for it. Also it is gorgeous. We were a little bit late but that was ok. The church was full of people which was nice to see, especially when I'm used to lackluster attendance at home. And there were six priests. Six! For a regular Sunday mass. With lots of altar servers too. Amazing. I didn't really know what the priests were saying because it was in Italian but a Catholic mass is a Catholic mass no matter what language so I knew what was going on. I think being there made me the most homesick I've been so far. But not in a bad way, more I was just thinking about home and I knew exactly how mass would be there and that Mom would go and maybe Dad and the boys if they're around. I don't know. I guess it's that being at Mass is so comfortable. It's such a solid thing and I can't really feel out of place there in a church even if it thousands of miles from home and in a foreign language. That's how it should be after all. We're a community, a universal Church. Yeah, so that was really nice. I will hopefully be attending many more Masses at many more churches. Also Mom and Dad called me later that afternoon so I got to talk to them. Extraordinarily nice.
And I went to Scholar's Lounge (one of Rome's Irish pubs) to watch the Super Bowl. Lots of Chicago fans there and they were disappointed but I didn't care. Also I realized I can go to Scholar's to watch the Six Nations which I will be doing. Hooray for international sports. Ashly and I and probably some other roommates are also going to be getting tickets to a Roma game soon. It won't be Roma v. Lazio though because those tickets are crazy hard to get and also I don't want to be there when there is rioting. Because there was rioting in Sicily a couple days ago so all Serie A matches have been suspended. Hooligans, I have something to tell you. If you riot and people get injured and a police officer is killed, calcio will be cancelled. Don't do it.