The Easter blessing of friends
Christ is risen! Alleluia!
We had a blessed Easter Sunday yesterday and it was wonderful to share it with so many friends.
Adam had to serve the 9:30 a.m. mass so our friends Lauren and Matthew sat with the kids and I. It was nice to have a couple of extra laps and arms to help with the kids. We actually made through mass without having to leave! Alleluia!
We came home to have some brunch…of course the only part the kids ate was the resurrection rolls we made. It’s been a great and tasty tradition for Easter Sunday. All sixteen rolls were gone in no time.
After our Easter Egg hunt, we had some old and new friends over for Easter dinner and/or dessert. It was great fun to visit and share some of the sugary abundance we had.
The best and most blessed part though was at the end of the evening. After we put the kids to bed, and a few of us cleaned up, and another few taste tested Adam’s first batch of homebrew, and Zvezdana fixed some of knitting mistakes…the eight of us gathered in the living room and prayed the 3rd day of the Divine Mercy Novena. That was awesome. The blessing of sharing prayer with our friends is what my heart will remember of the holy days we celebrate them.
Matthew and I are still talking about how wonderful it was to go to Mass with you and the kids. It was a good experience to know what life will be like with children in church. So, I am going to enjoy the quietness of now and the easy way it is to focus because for probably 15 years while having kids I won’t get to do that so easily. We both will sit with you any Saturday/Sunday that Adam is serving!
And we keep bringing up how comfortable, moving and just plain heart-warming it was to sit and pray with so many friends. Thank you for inviting us to stay and pray with you! I can’t wait to do that again!