Saint Jose Maria Escriva, Pray For Us!

The little kids usually finish up their school day by early afternoon. While I'm still busy with the older three, the little ones find themselves involved in some very creative play. Today, while I was busy teaching, Teresa, Aidan and Molly Grace set up their own little congregation of Little People attending Mass, priest and all! Here they are, attending Mass (I know....no dogs allowed in Mass, we'll have to work on that one :)





And who is the priest, you may ask? It's St. Jose Maria Escriva!  He's one of our favorite saints. Erin's Godparents, Erin and Juan, brought this lovely little statue home for us from one of their trips.





There's only one problem with this little scenario...the kids were not supposed to be playing with our statues. I understand it must have been very tempting...they did NEED a priest for Mass.

As feared, the statue broke. Poor St. Jose Maria's head broke off. Oh dear. Don't worry, Erin and Juan, it was nothing a little super glue couldn't fix.

Here's our mended St. Jose Maria, and Aidan's note of apology (done with Teresa's help).