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puzzleannie
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Happy feast day, superceded by third Sunday of Advent, but celebrated none-the-less by las Mananitas, tamales, and a play put on by Spanish 1st communion class. Does your parish celebrate her feast and if so how.
Let me tell a story of how she sent roses to us again today. Elementary CCD retreat this morning 9-12:30, Jr. hi retreat from 1-5. We prepared for a posada, went to 5 oclock Mass together, and invited congregation to join us. As we traveled to each station we sang O come Emanuel and prayed the third Joyful mystery, ending in the hall for cookies & pinata. As I was lighting the lumenarias after communion time, the ladies came to bring two vases of huge red roses for tomorrow morning, and asked me to put them in Church. I said, can I borrow them first for 5 minutes? Sure.
I set them at the 2nd station, the Annunciation, Mary’s home. Pointed out the mini-miracle to our small cast. We had been disappointed by the meager turnout for the retreat, and small number of parishioners staying with us. That really brought to us the importance of what we were doing, and told us Mary is pleased with us for remembering her and her Son. After the “crowd” passed to the next station, Joseph’s house, I took the roses in to La Virgen’s altarcito, and thanked her fervently.
Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe! Viva Cristo Rey! Viva!
Let me tell a story of how she sent roses to us again today. Elementary CCD retreat this morning 9-12:30, Jr. hi retreat from 1-5. We prepared for a posada, went to 5 oclock Mass together, and invited congregation to join us. As we traveled to each station we sang O come Emanuel and prayed the third Joyful mystery, ending in the hall for cookies & pinata. As I was lighting the lumenarias after communion time, the ladies came to bring two vases of huge red roses for tomorrow morning, and asked me to put them in Church. I said, can I borrow them first for 5 minutes? Sure.
I set them at the 2nd station, the Annunciation, Mary’s home. Pointed out the mini-miracle to our small cast. We had been disappointed by the meager turnout for the retreat, and small number of parishioners staying with us. That really brought to us the importance of what we were doing, and told us Mary is pleased with us for remembering her and her Son. After the “crowd” passed to the next station, Joseph’s house, I took the roses in to La Virgen’s altarcito, and thanked her fervently.
Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe! Viva Cristo Rey! Viva!