Easter

[threeplusfire]

The Easter Vigil completes things for me. For one, this year, I am now fully a part of my church. I feel at home there, in a way I don't feel even with my family. I belong there, even with people I've never seen before. Though I like to see the familiar faces, the people who helped me through RCIA. When I come back from Prague, I am going to sponsor someone for the next year. Perhaps they will let me work with someone who is coming from a background similar to mine. It would be nice to know there are other atheists out there who became Catholic. I want to be a part of that process.

The culmination of RCIA and Lent is the Easter Vigil, and it is the most beautiful service. I felt the tears well up in my eyes as I watched Father Elmer baptize people and I remembered how cold that water was last year. There was another woman with a baby, and one who had announced that morning that she is pregnant. With the new church came the new baptismal font. It's almost like a tomb or a coffin, about five feet deep with steps cut into the stone. Father Elmer loves anything that involves holy water, especially when he can wade down into it. Quite a thing to see, these people rising up out of the water into a new life.

Happy Easter everyone.

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Re: thanks

[jengirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, drats! Thats what I forgot. I was going to buy a chocolate bunny. Oh, well. There's always next year.