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Jan. 18th, 2007 10:13 amThe priest ended up coming for the house blessing last night, just later than originally planned. He was supposed to come at 7pm and actually arrived about 8:15. Which was fine, as the girls tend to go to bed about 9:30 lately. They were sooooo wound up about it though, no one fell asleep until nearly 11pm. Bad. Zoe and Mari didn't get up until nearly 10am. I have a feeling my plans for getting the bedtimes schedule shifted back to an earlier time is mortally wounded now.
Anyway, it was really nice to have the priest here and have him praying with us, blessing our entire house. He did the new house blessing actually since we had never had this house blessed when we moved in. I've never seen that before. The girls were totally fascinated, as I don't think any of them remember seeing a house blessing before. It was really cute when he read the story of Zaccheus (the gospel reading) and the girls were totally captivated because they have recently become obsessed with the song "Zaccheus was a wee little man..." Luci's eyes never left the priest's face while he was reading.
Then all three girls competed for his attention for about 10 minutes, showing off and talking a mile a minute, especially Maria. Luci just stood by the poor man where he was sitting at our kitchen table, bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet and grinning and asking questions whenever she could get a word in. Basking in a some kind of glow she seemed to be perceiving. As I tucked her in bed after the priest left, she sighed this deep contented sigh and said "I love Jesus! I want to see him." I explained that Jesus was with us all the time, even though we can't see him and brought her the icon of Christ, The Good Shepherd, that makes its rounds into all my children's beds periodically. She snuggled up with it under her cheek and fell asleep. When she got up this morning, tears sprang into her eyes instantly after gazing around the kitchen. I asked what was wrong and she said "The priest is gone!" I'm wondering now if she has priest/Jesus confused in her head somehow. Regardless, she really likes the priest. I guess now we need to have him and his family over for dinner. He has a six year old boy, a four year old girl, and a baby about a year old, I think. The girls would probably really enjoy playing with them.
My house is remarkably clean and my day is remarkably open. We should have gymnastics today, but Mari and Luci both have well child appointments, so we have to skip gymnastics. Clean house, no major obliligations...it feels like a vacation around here! A REAL one!
Anyway, it was really nice to have the priest here and have him praying with us, blessing our entire house. He did the new house blessing actually since we had never had this house blessed when we moved in. I've never seen that before. The girls were totally fascinated, as I don't think any of them remember seeing a house blessing before. It was really cute when he read the story of Zaccheus (the gospel reading) and the girls were totally captivated because they have recently become obsessed with the song "Zaccheus was a wee little man..." Luci's eyes never left the priest's face while he was reading.
Then all three girls competed for his attention for about 10 minutes, showing off and talking a mile a minute, especially Maria. Luci just stood by the poor man where he was sitting at our kitchen table, bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet and grinning and asking questions whenever she could get a word in. Basking in a some kind of glow she seemed to be perceiving. As I tucked her in bed after the priest left, she sighed this deep contented sigh and said "I love Jesus! I want to see him." I explained that Jesus was with us all the time, even though we can't see him and brought her the icon of Christ, The Good Shepherd, that makes its rounds into all my children's beds periodically. She snuggled up with it under her cheek and fell asleep. When she got up this morning, tears sprang into her eyes instantly after gazing around the kitchen. I asked what was wrong and she said "The priest is gone!" I'm wondering now if she has priest/Jesus confused in her head somehow. Regardless, she really likes the priest. I guess now we need to have him and his family over for dinner. He has a six year old boy, a four year old girl, and a baby about a year old, I think. The girls would probably really enjoy playing with them.
My house is remarkably clean and my day is remarkably open. We should have gymnastics today, but Mari and Luci both have well child appointments, so we have to skip gymnastics. Clean house, no major obliligations...it feels like a vacation around here! A REAL one!
