One Year in the Life of a Dad Who's Learned a Lot -- and Who Still Has a Lot to Learn.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Getting Ready for Easter Eve Church
When it comes to getting ready for the big Easter family service on Easter Saturday, my daughters have two completely different approaches to things.....
I have tried to enjoy the Great Vigil service, but I just can't. It is way too long for me. I like the shorter ones all week long :) Ours starts at 7pm with the lighting of the Pascal Fire and then goes until 11:00 pm because they finish with a full Easter Service so that people don't have to come back Sunday morning.
Frederick Buechner once wrote, “The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.” I'm a 40-something husband and father who is trying to figure out my place at the party and learning all I can along the way about religion, education, politics, and anything else that comes up on the journey.
3 comments:
I love the contrasts! Both pictures are adorable.
I have tried to enjoy the Great Vigil service, but I just can't. It is way too long for me. I like the shorter ones all week long :) Ours starts at 7pm with the lighting of the Pascal Fire and then goes until 11:00 pm because they finish with a full Easter Service so that people don't have to come back Sunday morning.
I tend to adopt the second daughter's method of getting ready! It's 5 am and I still have all the cooking to do! :-) Happy Easter!
They're both dolls! So sweet.
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