Father Finnegan

This has been cracking us up for a while now. We sit in one of the front rows for church usually because Finn sits still more when he can see what the priest is doing. Well....he's been taking notes. Now "Father Finn" pays us a visit at least once a day. Tonight he almost performed a full Mass for us, and even let me pull out my camera for some shots. (I'm not sure the priest at our parish would allow that.) Enjoy, and may God bless you.


First, the procession...he mimics the alter server by carrying the "cross"(part of a guitar stand).


After several laps of that, he places it carefully down and grabs the "incense" (my half marathon medal) and swings it around for a while. (This is one of Finn's new additions, as he saw the preists recently do this during Christmas.)



Then he marches around with the "gospel" (an old red Presbyterian hymnal he found in the garage).




After he has made sure EVERYONE has had a good look at the book, he finds a suitable lectern for reading it. Usually this is gibberish (fake adult language) maybe some pointing (that's his own addition really....must be reading Revelations) followed by "The word of the Lord." He always awaits our response.



Then, of course, the offering. (You're really put on the spot when you're the ONLY one at Mass...in the living room.)


Next, the liturgy of the Eucharist, the blessing of the bread and wine. (This usually includes some mono-tonal singing of pretend words.)




That's it. I just wanted to share it because I think it's so darn cute. Who knows, maybe he will be a priest some day.

And as for Selah, she's pretty content sucking on her feet these days.