subtle differences

This one may strike you as kinda boring, but I wanted to mention it anyway. I was at Mass this afternoon with Chip, and as we walked in, it looked like there had been a First Communion Mass just before. This made sense to me, because I remember mine being in May as well. What we came to realize was that the mass we were there for also had a First Communion...for four children. This struck me as odd because almost everyone I know back home did theirs in a considerably bigger group (largely because they were in a Catholic school with/like me, but still).

All the same, the families of these four kids filled the church significantly better than last week's crowd of retirees and us. Also, they sat on benches on the altar the whole mass, and even doubled as altar servers (gave me a chuckle, having been one myself years ago). I really thought the whole thing was great, because it was easier for these kids to focus on the actual ceremony. They had no distractions from the people they sat next to every day of the week like my friends and I did. I kind of envy them for that.

I also wonder if there were only four because that Mass time was one of two, maybe three, Masses that are in Spanish-I mean, Castellano. Doesn't matter me. I liked the ceremony as it was, but I won't ramble on lest I get lost in a discussion about how I'd like to see a couple of the Sacraments go down.

Unless I have some kind of unforeseen adventure during the week, I'll probably post again sometime next week from France or Italy, where I intend to have a few adventures and many, many pictures.

TTFN,

Gaby