Spring is Here!

There is no doubt that spring is definitely in the air. Today it has reached the upper 70's and appears to be remaining there for a couple of days at least. My little bulbs of tulips and daffodils have been sending up their shoots for the last couple of weeks in promise of their beautiful flowers soon. And my cat is shedding. A lot. I took Laura outside today to watch the goings on around the farm. This afternoon she is sleeping having gotten very tired from our little tour of the place. It seems as though every day we have another baby calf (or 2 or 3) and the geese have returned so that you can watch their v-shaped patterns overhead. After the dreariness of winter, spring is a most aspicious reward.

Take this bread, Drink this Wine

Last night John and I attended a first communion meeting. Personally I expected it to be a quick meeting to get organized for Megan's upcoming first communion. And it was a little bit. But Father Ed has decided that the parents are in need of training to so we spent one and a half hours going through the meaning behind mass and basically received a pretty extensive primer. I have to admit that I found it very informative. Something that has been spending the last 2000 years evolving is never simple and quite a lot of it is symbolistic in ways that you would never imagine by just attending church. It never ceases to amaze me that the more I learn of Catholicism the more aware I become of the vast number of events, people and differing opinions which has created what we now see as the church today.