Spending Time With Him

Yesterday, my family and I attended Mass at the our parish, the Mission San Luis Rey (MSLR), the biggest Spanish church the Catholic Mission built, starting from San Diego to far as the Northern California, during the discovery of the New World. For that the MSLR is called the "King of the Missions." Going to the mission's grounds remind me of the churches I used to go to in Pilar, Bataan which has a main church and a cemetery nearby. Here, they have the main Mission church, a modern parish center-church and an old small chapel and a big cemetery.

In front of the Mission church is a big pepper tree, the first in California, a sunken garden and ruins of a soldiers' garrison that was used by the Americans during the Civil War. There's also a museum, a souvenir shop and a retreat house. For me it is always relaxing when I'm in this holy ground, which is kind of ironic cause it sit just a mile away from a freeway. But, best thing I like about this church is that it's where we can hear Mass with Pilipino Choir, which the religious experience more meaningful and prouder that after one song they perform, some parishioners would softly clap their hands in admiration. It's also not as crowded as the other missions we have seen throughout the Golden State. And I would prefer for it to stay that way so We can really just spend time with Him that way He would like us to.