Our first school Mass.

This morning was the first Mass our son attended with his school. The lower grades go to Mass on Tuesday mornings and the entire school attends on Friday's. "I'm going to go to church 3 times every week?", our son asked awhile back. "Yes, you lucky guy!" I replied. I decided to go to this mass this morning too. A few weeks ago, I asked my best friend who is Catholic if we could tag along with her and her mother to a Saturday Mass. We did, and found that is isn't much different that our services in the Lutheran church. We say the creed, use very similar liturgy, the responses are the same or very close, and the order of service is about the same. The new priest, fresh out of seminary, is a fantastic speaker and he is very gifted at commicating with the kids. Today's sermon spoke of loving our enemies as we do our family and friends. A pretty mature concept, but he had a way of interacting with the kids right there in the church that made them and the rest of us understand and embrace it. Our son as well as the other kids did fantastic. They were quiet, reverent, and participated fully. I have spoken with the senior priest about him not being Catholic. "Not a problem! You'd be surprised by the number of non-practicing catholic families at the school, the practicing protestants at the school is a breath of fresh air!" He assured me that he will allow our son to participate fully with the exception of communion and reconciliation. In those incidents, he will receive a blessing, otherwise he and the school fully respects our protestant faith, and will help our son find his own path.