We went to the 9 o'clock Mass this morning and it was wonderful! We always feel very welcomed at Saint Mary's in downtown Phoenix. Today was especially different because we were all up and ready to go before 8:30 a.m. - which, by the way, in and of itself is somewhat of a miracle for us.
Near the beginning of mass, the priest invited the children up to the front and we told Carli she could go. Little did I know my Carli would be going somewhere else in the building. She was gone for quite awhile and of course, ever the nervous, worried mom, I wondered about her. I tried to concentrate on what was happening in front of me, but it wasn't easy.
Eventually she did come back with the rest of the children and sat down between us once more. We listened to the sermon and sang and prayed some more before heading downstairs to celebrate Brother Jeff's leaving the parish.
We ate hot dogs, macaroni salad and potato chips...yummy food that we normally don't ever eat, so it was a nice treat. We drank strawberry lemonade and even had a bottle of water. People were so nice! A lady named Kelli took our picture. We met some other parishioners who were very nice to us and made us feel very welcomed.
I think we'll keep going there and learning about what it is to be Catholic, start RCIA and in August start Carli in Religious Education classes so she can learn too.
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