Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Hey! Name that candle!
That's a Cathedral brand 51% beeswax short 3 with a self-fitting end!!!
Did you know that kids? So why was it in the junk drawer in the kitchen?
Whose was it anyway?

My best forensic history says: Martha's.
Short 3's (don't ask me why a short 3 is 16 inches long) are what religious ed. requests for the February candlelight service for second graders. Ed was homeschooled and didn't go through with the candle service. Chuck didn't do so well at his December "making peace" para-liturgy - let's just say the evening ended with a future communicant suffering sensory overload and crouching under a pew. There was no way I was going to show up a month or two later and hand the kid a lit candle.* I don't think Chuch was in attendance, though I, the teacher of his class, had no choice.

Emily became Catholic in 4th grade - and missed the candlelight service. Fran and Bridget, being pretty 'old' themselves, have probably had their candles packed away in a very secure location. So I would guess it is Martha's.

*Everything in its own time. Chuck and Eddie both received their First Holy Communions. They haven't suffered too much from missing out on the candle service. They even make it through the Easter Vigil without causing any catastrophe!

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