Sunday marked the half-way point of Lent, also known as Laetare Sunday. Laetare is Latin for, "Rejoice!". The entrance antiphon for the Mass begins, "Laetare Jerusalem (Rejoice O Jerusalem)", Isaiah 66:10-11.
During this penitential season of Lent, Laetare Sunday offers us a glimpse of joy and hope. The Gospel reading was the Prodigal Son (Luke 15), a parable filled with hope, joy, forgiveness and love. It serves as a beautiful example of the importance of our relationship with God and with community. I left Mass feeling renewed and refreshed and eager to face these last weeks of Lent, in preparation for Easter. Add in Daylight Savings and I feel like a new person! Tonight after supper, instead of the kids winding down for the evening, they played outside taking full advantage of the longer day. It was great!
A few nights ago as we were eating supper, Cucumber was trying to tell a story about Sweet Potato. Sweet Potato did not want this story told and shouted at Cucumber to stop. This outrage hurt Cucumber's feelings and she began to cry. Seated next to her is Pumpkin, who leaned over, put an arm around Cucumber's shoulders and then whispered, "It's o.k. Cucumber. Did he break your heart?"
After school one day last week:
Me: Me and the little girls drove to the cities today to visit Dad at work.
Sweet Potato: Why don't you say that sentence again and this time be grammatically correct?
Saturday morning the boys uncle was picking them up to spend a few hours with them. When he arrived, he told Honey Bunches to put on some socks. Apparently Honey was having difficulty in finding some clean socks. After being reminded again to find some socks, Honey Bunches replied, "the laundry service isn't too good here."
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