Busy Busy Busy

Advent is a very hectic time in this parish as everything seems to happen at the same time. There are first confessions, first communions and all the rehearsals and preparation that is required. There are also a whole host of Christmas parties to attend starting with the KADSA, Catholic schools assocation this evening. Oh yes, and from December 16 there will be nine days of mass at 4am blasted out throughout the area on loudspeakers so I feel I'm going to be very sleep deprived by December 25. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam I suppose.

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the ordination of Fr Allan, the parish priest and we will celebrating it with a sung Latin NO mass, sung mostly by yours truly because we didn't get around to teaching a choir the Missa de Angelis. We're going to begin the mass with the asperging, use de Angelis throughout and I'm going to sing Elgar's Ave Verum during communion. This is going to be the first time that almost everyone in the congregation has ever heard a mass in Latin so it's going to be interesting as to how they react. Please pray for me that I will do a good job with the singing.

In Christ through Mary,

Daniel