This may be a quick, grainy snapshot, but I am glad I have it.
As happened with many in 2020, our opportunities for particpating in Mass changed.
Our local church collaborative closed to the public for some weeks, and, then, finally reopened with a variety of uncomfortable (to us) changes in place.
Thus, our family began to travel to a beautiful, somewhat local, small friary and, then, also to a larger, growing FSSP parish even further afield from us.
Both were warm, welcoming places of worship where we were grateful to particpate in Mass.
That said, our youngest boy, who had been so excited the first time that he served at Mass and enjoyed serving many Masses after that with his big brother., was not comfortable offering to serve at the friary nor the FSSP parish.
He lacked the training to do so, and, among other things, distance and timing made getting to training hard for us.
Hard is not impossible though, and, as I often say to my children,"We can do hard things." So, with help and encouragement from friends, our youngest was able to make it to some trainings and - thanks be to God - is serving again.
What joy it brings my heart to see the little boy the little boy from three years ago gorwn up some and excited to be back to altar serving.
Thanks be to God for the way He works in our hearts and removes obstacles.
