Easter

I'm actually of two minds. (Imagine that.) I feel very happy and very sad all at the same time; it is quite a strange phenomenon.

Reasons I feel sad:

• I messed up the reading I did at the Easter Vigil. I skipped a whole line about fish swimming and birds flying. I could have kicked myself.
• I also managed to cause Fr. Michael's copy of the hymnal to be misplaced. I put it down in our prep room, along with my own hymnal, and then I went out to greet people. When I went back into the prep room, someone had taken both hymnals and spirited them away somewhere. We couldn't find his anywhere.
• One of my favorite altar servers is leaving St. Justin's to go to a different church because of some unspecified problems he's having within the parish. I will miss him.

Reasons I feel happy:

• I managed not to set the altar cloth on fire when I lifted it into place over the altar candles. (Considering my other flubs, I'm lucky I didn't go three-for-three.)
• Shirley's reception and confirmation was beautiful and went off without a hitch. Yippee!
• Jesus is alive and I'm forgiven. (Double yippee?)

I guess the reasons to be happy greatly outweigh the reasons to be sad.

Happy Easter!