March 27, 2008

• Rehearsing For Easter Mass

  Holy Saturday afternoon Matthew and I went to St. Josephs Church in Oneida to rehearse for the Easter Vigil Mass.  I decided to take my camera with me.  Usually I take pictures of everything but I don’t ordinarily take it with me to church.  But it occurred  to me that the Blessed Sacrament isn’t going to be present in church so I will be okay for me to take pictures.

  

  The boys that Matthew was serving with were all friends that he has served with just about every morning for the past two years so there was a lot of goofing around on the altar.  You can see him trying to be holy but with a smirk on his face.  Fortunately Father Castronovo is a very tolerant priest and very good with the boys.  He seems to know that the boys don’t need serious all the time so he puts up with a fair amount of horsing around.

  

  Here Father is going over the part where he blesses the water.  While he is explaining this Joseph, on the left, and Thomas, holding the book, and Aaron, beside Thomas, were splashing water at each other and Father.  They were being quite silly.  When the book got splashed Father had to put his foot down.  Aaron’s older brother Brandon is in the background waiting to be told what to do next. 

   

  Father is the choreographer for this motley crew.  That evening everything ran smoothly.  The Easter Vigil Mass is my favorite of the whole year.  It is the most solemn and beautiful ceremony of the whole liturgical year.

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