Morning Prayer Excitement!

It's been a great morning so far and it's only 10:00.

So, chronologically...

On Thursdays, we go as a household to 6am morning prayer and 6:30 Mass and breakfast.

This morning, it was just as much 5:30am when I woke up as it always is when I wake up at 5:30am.

Near the end of morning prayer, I heard the door open and saw a couple chasubles come in out of the corner of my eye. The number of celebrants often varies from one to three at morning Mass. I figured we had two priest this morning and that they'd gotten vested early...

We finished and got up to go into the main chapel for Mass, expecting to see two priests behind us. Well, there were two bishops behind us, and two friars and a vicar.

That sort of thing is a shock under normal circumstances.

Oh well. Only at Franciscan, I guess...

But the exciting parts!

At breakfast, we got a new intent! Maria. It was a big surprise this time, so I was really happy and excited, and cheerful and awake. (for 7:30am)

Then the Pre-Thes started coming back from morning prayer.

Then one came over and gave a little card with a wooden rose and a Hersheys bar to Kat. The card had apples on the front and said "CONSIDER THIS" on the inside.

Hm. Odd.

Then another pre-the came over and gave me one. My card had green grapes and said "MY FORMAL".

Then Kat and I had to leave frustratingly early to get to class on time, and had to miss the last two cards (which, I was told later, said "INTENT" and "LOVE, CHRISTINA", respectively)

And even though the text message I received a half-hour later only contained an anti-climactic "Christina intented", I was way too excited to pay enough attention to don Alvaro. Poor thing. He'll get his attention tomorrow and Monday so I can have all my homework done.

[1:30 pm - Edited for clarity]