It's beginning to Look a lot like Christmas..

Future Priest

Today Matthew decided he wanted to be Father Thomas...

We're not sure about the liturgical colors that we chose...

But the cross looks right (though Father Thomas does not generally carry it himself, but anyway...). Wanna use this humble cross in our next procession, Father Thomas? Sponsored by Home Depot!

We got the purple right for the candle (it's Advent season now.)

This is Matthew's favorite part -- carrying the Bible. Matthew does this part all the time. We did not put him up to this -- it was his idea! Hopefully Josh can YouTube the video I took of him singing "Holy Spirit Come to Us" (repeat 4x), his processional chant, while. That one comes out a lot, my favorite being the morning I was in labor at home with Hannah -- the Holy Spirit was certainly with us -- she came in 2 1/2 hours! Our favorite recent variant of the chant: "Holy Spirit You're the Best" (repeat 4x). No kidding.