Monday, September 23, 2013

Jingle Bells


September 15, 2013


Today we celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. It is an important feast day in the Congregation of the Holy Cross, as Our Lady of Sorrows is their patroness. My favorite part of the day was the Apostle’s Creed in the middle of Mass. The keyboard started playing “Jingle Bells” as an introduction, and I almost laughed out loud. When the congregation sang the entire Apostle’s Creed to that tune, I definitely laughed out loud. It was the coolest thing ever.
We had a big celebration afterwards, a joint feast-day celebration/ going away party for Sister Helene, who has worked in Africa for 15 years. I thought 1 year was long! We feasted on jeloff rice, goat soup, grilled sweet plantains, popcorn, and cake! It was great to hang out with the Brothers again; they are a lot of fun. 

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