We’re on the threshold of being overrun with guests here. Elise and Rachel continue to flourish in their Latin home but tomorrow we have five more coming: Andy, Christine, Gerard, Christine and Johnny. This has meant that part of my week was getting the house ready, moving furniture all over the place and getting new beds and sheets. It will be great to have the house so busy.
We are also in the midst of our Parish Novena. We are now on Day Three and it seems to be going well. Different from previous years we have all the nights in the Parish Church where a different chapel leads the liturgy and there is a guest speaker to lead the reflection. The main theme is that we are ‘missionary disciples of Jesus Christ who came to give us life’. The Masses and Novena are all lively and there are some imaginative ideas coming out too.
This morning we had our Parish Eucharistic Walk when I carry the Blessed Sacrament through the whole of the Parish visiting the eight chapels on the way. As in previous years people popped in and out of the Walk. Damian and David kept the singing going (Tito is laid up in bed) but we had to stop every so often to let the oldies at the back catch up --- I was at the front. At each chapel the catechists had prepared small prayer services and had decorated the chapel. Of course, a great innovation this year was that, when we finished at Narcisa chapel, they had prepared Hot Chocolate for us; it went down a treat.
Next Sunday we have our Parish Fiesta at the retreat centre of ‘El Cenaculo’. It promises to be a great affair although there could be too many folk! Booking buses and keeping a check on them is a nightmare.
At the start of the week we headed off to Ayangue with Rachel and Elise for our monthly meeting of the St. James’ Society. It was excellent weather the two days we were there and I had a chance to jog along the beach and then swim in the pool. Fantastic! As ever there were decent meals and good craic so it was terrific.
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