Hot mass

You've heard of hot yoga (link to Craigslist yoga mat). It's the body bending, core work out all know and pretend to occasionally do plus the added excitement of a thermostat set to a balmy 105 degrees (In Texas you can just go outside). The idea is (I think) that the heat loosens your muscles allowing you to do the poses better while simultaneously allowing/forcing you to sweat out more toxins/life giving water.

Hot mass is similar. For those who are not with it enough to make it to 8am mass, a 10:30 mass is available. The first thing I notice was this guy: 

Can't see him? Try this:

Still no? Here:

I arrived at mass at 10, so I got to be there for the rosary. By the end of the rosary, I was perspiring. On later Sundays I realized this was partially because I was not seated between the open doors with a through breeze, but in this rookie state, I didn't know any better. Mass started and things started heating up. As I sat there, I felt the similarity to hot yoga and imagined the sweat dripping down my back to be toxins leaving. I was at mass, maybe it could be like sin leaving. Offering up the sweltering heat for forgiveness of sins? The closer I got to being able to bend into flying cow pose, or whatever, the more I had to remind myself to sit like a lady. Half way through the homily, the godpigeon couldn't take the heat and took off. I made it to the end, but I'm pretty sure I at least sweated out some minor offenses.