Corpus Christi

The Feast of Corpus Christi is a Solemnity celebrating the Real Presence in the Eucharist, and the body and blood of Jesus Christ. After Mass there is a procession of the Blessed Sacrament. The point of the 
procession is taking Jesus Christ out of the Church and to the people. 

I love these ways of a practical, literal showing of our faith... 

The Flower Carpets. The boys were amazed with their beauty!

 Thank you God, for the gift of Your Son. And for the gift of holy Communion. May we never take forgranted Your love for us!

In the Love of Christ,

Making a Monstrance

We love celebrating major Feast Days with a craft project, or special recipe. It helps to reinforce the reason we are celebrating, and builds a love of our faith in the youngest of hearts.

For the Feast of Corpus Christi, we made a monstrance. We took paper doilies and painted them with gold paint pens. We cut the base of the monstrance out of gold paper. For the Blessed Sacrament, we took white craft foam and cut a circle, then used the gold paint pen to draw on a cross. We used rhinestone stickers to decorate the monstrance.

Joseph was very careful with his paint pen. He wanted his monstrance to be perfect.

The boys chose James' finished monstrance to be on display in the dining room for our Feast Day supper. He was so pleased!

We also made a "Happy Feast Day!" banner to hang in the dining room. I look forward to using it for many Feast Days to come!

Love in Christ,
 

Parish Carnival

Mass followed by face painting, pony rides, games, and a bounce house! Could we have asked for a more wonderful day?!

I wasn't sure if my little two would actually ride the ponies, but, much to my surprise, they loved it!

The boys loved having their faces painted. Jacob was a puppy, Joshua a bear (of course), Joseph a monkey, and James a tiger. And next year John David will join in the fun...I wonder what animal he'll choose?

What a fun time together!

In Christo Rege et Maria Regina,

Trinity Sunday

In honor of Trinity Sunday, we decided to make a Trinity Triangle. The boys love making crafts of treats, or doing other hands on activities that encourage their faith!

We used red for the Holy Spirit, Blue for the Father, and Yellow for the Son. On one side of the craft stick we wrote the Names in English and on the other we wrote in Latin. The boys have been learning the Signum Crucis (Sign of the Cross) in Latin, so they were quite excited to include it in their craft!

To God be the Glory!,