March 27, 2008
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Easter In Our Little Country Church(es)
This is the little country church that I have attended Mass at every Sunday since I have been eight years old. All of my children were baptized in this church and have made their first communions here. If you want to spend a peaceful and holy lent this is the place to be. Our dear and beloved Padre has been with us since 1972. He has been my confessor since he came to this little country church. All my children have been to catechism class with him right through 12th grade even though Father said that is was unnecessary.
All of my boys have served on that altar right through to their graduation. They even served their graduation Masses. When that parish closes I will miss that little country church.
Because our parish is scheduled to close very soon we also split our time going to this church in the next town. Matthew likes to go here also because the priest here lets him serve anytime that he is there. Father Morelle in our home parish only lets the boys serve when they are on the schedule. (the altar is much smaller)
How truly blessed we are to have two such holy priests so close to us. I was recently reminded of this when a man who is a benefactor of our local private Catholic school offered to pay tuition for Matthew to be able to attend the school if we wanted him to go. We thanked the man but told him that Matthew would not be going to the school. When the man asked why we told him that it would prevent Matthew from being able to go to daily mass, something that he prized very highly. The man thought for a minute and then told us that was a very good reason for refusing his offer and said that we were very blessed to have that available to us. He has grand children who have to travel quite a long distance to find a good Catholic church to attend on the sabbath. How sad for them.
How blessed I am to have a son who values the Mass more than time in the company of his friends.
