A Sacrament

Zeke’s First Reconciliation was on Saturday.  He wasn’t worried at all and seemed very prepared (unlike his mother, who felt like she hadn’t been nearly as involved in his preparation compared to his older siblings). 

The night before, we went over the process again, and practiced the Act of Contrition a couple times, too.  He is ready.

After basketball practice, we drove to church.  He was in the second group of kids, and with two of his best buddies.  They visited with the DRE and decided who would go first.

 

*Normally, we wouldn’t be wearing sweats and a t-shirt, but we had no time for him to change between basketball and the drive to church.  I regret that just a smidge.

 

After his confession and penance , I let him light two candles and offer a short prayer for special intentions.

To celebrate, we went out to eat.  Just Zeke, Graham, Louis and I (the remainder of the family was at a crop judging meet).  Then, he was invited by the mom of his buddies to go to a blow-up game fun day in a neighboring town.  That evening, Dad indulged him by playing board games with ‘just’ Zeke (Stratego and Chess).