Happy Easter and Welcome

Hello everyone, Sarah and I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend!  For us, it was very enjoyable with my family but WOW was it cold in Northeast Ohio... seriously, what's up with snow in April??? C'mon now, global warming....humm...  The kids just had to do the egg hunt inside grandma and grandpa's house this year!

I'd also like to thank my wonderful wife for allowing me to be a complete couch potato during the Masters.

Unfortunately Sarah was not able to go to Mass as our youngest son Billy had her up all night and wasn't feeling well enough to attend.  I do have to share with you one funny story though from Mass.  OK, so we (our two oldest children, my Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother-in-law and I) went to the 9am Mass and we're sitting there waiting...and waiting...  now it's 9:05 and nothing... then the Deacon came out to say that we'll begin the Mass as soon as the Celebrant arrives.  With that you could hear a low volume wave of chatting cross the entire church as people began to speculate as to what was going on.  A few minutes later, the Priest arrived and the enterance procession began.  The priest arrived at the front of the church and greeted everyone by saying "I'd like to welcome everyone to the 9:12 Mass."  and a slight chuckle crossed the church.   Fast forward to the homily...  now I love the homily and this perticular priest is fantastic.  He started out by saying "In today's world, we are so caught up with moving quickly through tasks...  We are a task based society, we even coined a new phrase, 'multitasking'." (by the way, this pretty much sums up my life, so it really captured my attention!)  He continued to say, 'You know what multitasking is, right?  It's like when you're sitting on your chair, drinking a cup of coffee, petting your dog, watching Meet the Press on tv and someone walks in to say - Father, you have the 9am Mass today."  What a great way to think on your feet!!!  Absolutely hilarious!!! 

So, how was your Easter?  I'd especially like to extend a welcome to those who entered into the Catholic Church this Easter!  It's Sarah's 5 year anniversary of becoming Catholic and it's still amazing to think about all of the events of that time in our life!  Please feel free to email or send some pictures of your Easter celebration. If you completed your journey of conversion this past weekend we'd love to hear from you and see pictures!