Hallelujah!! It's About Time!! *Genuflecting*

I went to mass tonight and it was "run" by the 9th graders. Rachel had a pre-confirmation retreat all day at church and it ended by parents attending mass with their kids.

During the portion of the mass where petitions are read ( special intentions where we ask our fellow parishioners to pray for and give special intention to ) the lector read " We pray that we all will respect one another regardless of our religion, race, gender or .....sexual orientation" . I looked around to see if anyone reacted to this bold statement in the petition -- could this be?? Could the church be moving forward?? I quickly realized that those darling 9th graders had written the petitions!! Another one read " Let us pray that we all will respect one another regardless of our political affiliations or beliefs"


After mass, I caught Father Tom and said " Did the 9th graders write the petitions?" He looked at me cautiously and said " Ummm yes they did " and I said " well all right Father!! It's about time I heard something like that in a Catholic Church -- I'm proud of those kids!!" ....and his reaction?? Well...I'm not sure how to take this but he....laughed his arse off. And I left with " I guess you know where I stand on the issue " ...Come to think of it, he often laughs at me whenever we have a "discussion"...in a good way, I think.


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Blessings on those darling 9th graders!!



Halle*flocking*lujah!!