It's Official!

Chris received communion for the first time from me!  How special that was!  It was my first time being an Eucharistic Minister.  A couple of  big firsts for both of us!  We are so lucky to have each other!  I am so proud of my hubby for all the hard work he did to become Catholic.  I was so happy that his family showed up to see this happen for him!  I told him that my parents would be so proud as well, especially my Mom who was a convert as well.

I was so lucky to have great parents that gave me my spiritual foundation.  Without them I would have never gotten this far.  I became an Eucharistic Minister because I wanted to serve, and I know it would have been something my Mom would have been doing......I now see a lot of her in me.  Thanks Mom and Dad.....I am so appreciative to you both.

Tomorrow Is The Big Day!

I can't believe that tomorrow my hubby will become Catholic! We have been waiting for this for almost a year.  I still can't believe that this is happening!  He is excited about it, but I think I'm more excited for him.

It is also a first for me because I will be distributing communion for the first time as a Eucharistic Minister.  I am surprised I'm not nervous about it but I'm not. I guess there is really nothing to be nervous about.  I am also serving at tomorrow's 9:00am Mass and that is supposed to be the biggie, the one everyone attends, maybe on second thought I should be nervous....nah all will go well.

I will post pictures of the newest Catholic tomorrow!

Holy Week....We Are Getting Closer!

Last night we had rehearsal for the Easter Vigil and it went pretty good! I really wish they would have told us where the families are going to sit so that I could co-ordinate my Eucharistic Ministry duty to the section the family is sitting in hopeful it will be on the side we usually sit. We are so excited for Easter Vigil to get here, it can't go fast enough,  I have Thursday and Friday off which works out great for me I have a thousand things to get done!

I did get to talk to Matt about not being able to sign up to be a Eucharistic Minister for times other than 5:00pm Mass he said he was having trouble with the system and that my numerous emails had not gone unread.  That made me feel better! Unfortunately, I don't need to sign up for any other Mass since we are done with RCIA.  Oh well, maybe it will be fixed before we know it.

Tomorrow Never Comes

Just got an email saying there will not be a class after Mass tomorrow.  It would have been our last RCIA class, actually I am glad we don't have to go! We do have rehearsal on Monday for the Easter Vigil.  I'm not sure why we need this but whatever!  I do have thirteen people coming for Chris's sacraments....The more the merrier!  His son might be home for this so we are excited.  I didn't think it was going to be a long Mass but from what everyone has been saying it sounds like it's going to take a couple of hours to get through.  I also get to be a Eurcharistic Minister for the first time at that Mass, there will be a bunch of first times that night.  I'm excited can't wait!

Only One More Class....

My hubby has only one more RCIA class which is on Palm Sunday....we are so looking forward to his acceptence into the Catholic Church. He made his first confession this past Saturday night, and we were able to see all of our old friends we usually sat with when we attended 5:00 pm Mass. It was so nice to see them again can't wait to worship with them after Easter!

My hubby opted to do a face to face confession!  Being a cradle Catholic all I have ever known was having my confession heard in the "closet", and to this day I still go to confession with the screen between me and our priest.  My hubby said it was a piece of cake....he said he would do face to face confesstion always!  Good for him....I will NEVER be able to do that!  I am glad that he has no fear of confession and my hope is he will go often.

We have decided that we will be going to Holy Thursday Mass so he can see what things are like, I went to Catholic school so all of this is old hat to me but it's all new to him. He is excited to learn more about his religion, I have to love that!

He will be receive his sacrements at the Easter Vigil which is at 8:00 pm on Saturday the 26th.  We sent out invitations and I was getting nervous we wanted them to RSVP ust by yesterday.....boy they waited till the last minute!!!  His dad, sister & her hubby, a cousin & his wife, my brother and our sponsors will be there. He has another sister that didn't even have the descendancy to let us know they were NOT coming...but that is the kind of person she is. I'm sure she would go up in flames if she crossed the threshold of the church.  I know that is not kind but this person is just plain evil. She has had numerous affairs and I'm sure her husband has done the same or so I've heard.  As you can tell I don't like her and she doesn't like me! I find it hard to see Christ in her or her husband.  So much sin between the two of them!  I guess I need to try and pray for them that would be the Christian thing to do.

Anyway we are excited about Easter and everything that goes with it.  I also get to distribute communion for the first time at the Vigil and I am so looking forward to doing that!  I'm so excited to be an Eucharistic Minister I've signed up for the next month of Saturday Masses and a few of them in May.

Deny Yourself

All of this Lenten season I've been listening to Matthew Kelly's series Best Lent Ever....today's posting hit me like a ton of bricks....it was about denying yourself, even the secret little things you do in private to deny yourself!  It is worth listening to!  Best Lent Ever Deny Yourself.  I book marked it so I can go back and listen to in the future. I wish I could post the video here but I can't figure out how to do it! LOL!  Not so techie these days!

Half Way Through Lent

 I can't believe Lent is almost over....it seems like it went so fast.  This year I gave up 2 things....I gave up complaining and I've done a pretty  good job of it.  I also gave up my favorite ice cream bar. That is going well since I can't buy them until Easter!! My hubby gave up swearing.....not going so well, but at least he tried!

We are looking forward to Easter because of two things, Chris will become Catholic and receive his sacraments and I will be distributing communion for the first time! Lots of firsts. I will be glad when his classes are over we only have 2 more of them. It will be nice to get back to "normal" and go to 5:00 pm Mass on Saturday.  I miss my friends!!