Pie's 1st Rosary

Hooray!
Today I got my very first roasry ever!!!
I've never even SEEN a real rosary in person before this one! It's all white, with little blue beads after each decade (so it kind of looks like the colours you always see Mary wearing...)
I am so happy!

I should re-phrase that: I got my first rosary YESTERDAY - It passed midnight before I wrote this, so I got to pray 2 sets of mysteries! I find the repitition of the rosary very relaxing - like the sound of waves crashing upon the shore. It's very calming, but also very enlightening (the enlightenment coming while meditating on the different mysteries.)

Today...er...yesterday was also my last class in the "Inquiry" section of my RCIA. On Sunday, I get to partake in the right of acceptance/welcoming (I don't remember which one you do if you haven't been baptized yet!) Also, I got to know my sponsor - she's a really nice lady named Anne Marie, who is the principal of Holy Name Catholic School. (In case I forgot to tell you, I go to Holy Name Catholic Church....It's across town from my house....but I don't care!) She's really funny, and she reminds me of my school principal Mrs. McCutchen - out at Medowvale Village P.S. Yep....I went to public schools all my life. My mother was never baptized, but my father grew up (in Scotland) as a catholic.

However, he was as catholic as a cow is purple.

N E Way, I'm really excited about next sunday - not only do I become a catac...cathum...catum...
Student of the Holy Gospel, I also am presented with my very own bible and sunday missal (which sounds like a weapon of mass distruction to me!) Also, it marks the beginning of the bible study portion of mass, so I don't have to stay in the Church hall with all those noisy children who won't shut up and the lousy parents who can't control them.....Lord bless them all.....

I'll tell you all how it goes next sunday (knowing my luck, I'll go arse-over-teakettle during the procession.....)