Lucky Southerners

How cool would it be to live in Corpus Christi? Imagine telling someone where you live. The others go around announcing that they're from Detroit, Seattle, Tampa, Little Rock, whatever random city they happen to reside in. And then you get to announce, "Well, I live in the Body of Christ."

Perfect evangelization opportunity, hmm? Of course, the rest of the people might follow up with a particularly strange look and just walk away - you've hardly entered a real conversation at that point.
I would almost try it, if Corpus Christi wasn't too far south and far, far too hot for my tastes. Which completely explains why I've accepted a job in Fort Worth instead. The couple hours north makes all the difference. -- You can accept this as an official announcement, and take from now until August to tell me what I'll need to bring to survive down there (the cowboy, sorry, cowgirl boots and gun are already taken care of).

Anyway, the diocese of Lansing celebrates this feast on Sunday instead of Thursday, so there will be Masses and processions tomorrow. Happy Feast of Corpus Christi everyone!

(Had I bothered sleeping for the past week instead of finishing all episodes of Fruits Basket, I'd write a more theological reflection. Perhaps I'll be brilliant tomorrow.)