Holy Week and Easter Sunday

When I looked out my window on Holy Monday, I gasped!

Snow. Oh dreaded April Snow. A final penance for Lent. The weather for the rest of the week followed suit. Thank you Lord.

On Holy Thursday we made a craft that we found on Catholic Icing-our first time ever visiting that site. It was great! (Thank you Catholic Icing!) We all learned about the last supper, the instituition of the Eucharist, a little bit about Passover, and the names of the Apostles.


We then made a poster with many of our favorite priests and prayed for each of them by name. Conversation at lunch was as follows:
Pia (to her cousin, D): "Are you going to be a priest or a daddy?" We will have to wait to see what God's will is!


Dinner was simple, in hopes of attending the 7:30 Mass. Sadly we didn't make it, since Dulce was screaming inconsolably when we got there and we decided to bring her home and put her to bed. We did read the Mass readings at dinner.


After dinner we started a new tradition, the family washing of the feet.


Ron gave Pia a bath and she was so upset afterwards. "Mama! Dada forgot to wash my toes!!!" She was so serious about the foot washing and blessing and asked for Dada to wash her feet for several days after. As Ron washed Pia and Dulce's feet, he told them how much he loves them, how honored he is to serve them, and how grateful he is to be their Dad. Then he gave them a blessing.



Good Friday, I brought out my Resurrection Icon which folds closed to show the closed tomb. (An awesome surprise!) Last year I had a Resurrection Set but it was made of resin and the kids liked to play with it and eventually Jesus was beheaded.


We got out our supplies, and started our Divine Mercy novena! We intended to make a new Resurrection Set from the Catholic Icing site but it took too long, and we never finished it. Next year...


All of our holy items were covered with purple cloth.


The curtains stayed closed. We waited with Mary and the Apostles and went to the Living Stations of the Cross.


Finally, Easter Sunday morning! He is Risen! Go to an early Mass! Break out the celebration!


Wear fancy clothes!


Feast! Spend time with family!

(the breakfast was almost ready: chocolate covered strawberries, homemade blueberry coffee cake, and an egg bake)

Rejoice! Alleluia!

Glorious!

As a final note, I taught Pia to greet people with either "Happy Easter!" or "He is Risen!" but no-one responded back to her with "He is Risen Indeed!" so she also told that to a lot of people today and then started telling them, "Jesus is Risen!". So funny, I think Monsignor would be proud!