April 28, Divine Mercy Sunday.
"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Afon: a sort of moving portrait, on the playground.
I was sick from Tuesday onward this week, so these pictures are from Monday. Nothing new since then. We've been taking him out for long walks each day to get him tired and have noticed a profound difference in how long it takes to get him to fall asleep. He still stirs easily in his sleep, though.
We had a beautiful walk home from Mass in Colwyn Bay today along the seashore. But Afon tired quickly and kept intercepting me as I walked, pulling me by the arm where we held hands and nearly tripping me: "Hold me!" Silly boy!
Today, on Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope John Paul II was canonized Saint John Paul the Great. The Catholic blogosphere is abuzz with celebration, and many of them have stories of how the saint touched their lives personally, whether in person or from a distance. If you're not Catholic, did you know that JPII was canonized today? What do you think, or did you think when you heard the news? What is your fondest memory of this well-loved pope?
Pasg hapus, everyone!
Christ is Risen! So sorry you've been ill; may God be with you! Love to you from here in New Jersey :)
ReplyDeleteAlleluiah, alleluiah! All better now, praise God! He knocks me out to remind me of how good I've had it when I'm getting a little uppity. c; God bless you, Elizabeth. <3
DeleteStill sick here..I keep thinking I'm well and then I eat something :(
ReplyDeleteAfon is adorable..long walks are such wonderful things..
Blessed Divine Mercy! Did you do the novena??? I managed it for the first time EVER! After years and years of forgetting to start or forgetting holy saturday..<3
NO! I FORGOT! But I did get--well, assuming I got--a plenary indulgence for Divine Mercy. I'm terrible with novenas. It's like backwards counting, and I'm not good at regular counting. >.<
DeleteI think it was impossible to miss that John XXIII and John Paul II were canonized yesterday. All the media were full of it. Found it fascinating that they were canonized the same day! As a non-Catholic I find it more of a curiosity than an important event, but I do realize that it is important for you. Practically a contemporary of ours was recognized as a saint!
ReplyDeleteAh, see I don't have a television, so I didn't know the media covered it! Both popes were known for change and reform in the Church, so maybe that's why they paired them together? xx
DeleteI think I first read about it on ynet? It's an Israeli news site. I definitely saw the date on index.hu for the first time. :) It was kind of awesome how the date fell just before Yom HaShoah: Saint John Paul was such an instrumental person in improving relationships between our people. He also visited Auschwitz in 1979, so that made the timing even more interesting.
DeleteHi Christie, I came from Practising Simplicity, I love you plyaground photos, i would love if you dropped by and linked up to our Playgrounds of the World Series. http://www.nokoncept.com/show-your-playground-callout/ Hope to see you there too:)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Petra! I clicked over, but it looks like the linky collection is closed. :c
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