Friday Frivolity: Classic Eye of the Tiber
This post from Eye of the Tiber has come up several times recently in conversation so I figured I should probably share it for today’s Friday Frivolity:
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
This post from Eye of the Tiber has come up several times recently in conversation so I figured I should probably share it for today’s Friday Frivolity:
I’ve written before about why you should encourage your son to become an altar boy, but today I wanted to share a great video I found describing how he can live out this ministry to the best of his ability:
In the parish where I grew up it was understood that, upon receiving their First Holy Communion, boys were then eligible for training to become altar servers. I followed in this tradition and became an altar boy at the age of eight. Even after we changed parishes, every week I served on the altar and did so for many years. I continued to serve regularly until after I completed university and, even then, when I was back home visiting my family I would typically don my cassock and carry a candle on Sundays.
I loved being an altar server and I think that all parents should consider encouraging their sons to become altar boys. In this post I’d like to share my top ten reasons why altar serving is great…