A local seminarian from our church, Christopher S., was ordained a Roman Catholic priest yesterday by our bishop in Charleston!!!!!! THE WHOLE ORDINATION MASS WAS BREATHTAKING!!!!! :)= It was soooo cool!

Today Father S. celebrated his first mass.!.! It was such an amazing thing to witness. Chris was almost in tears at the end of the mass when he gave out his thank yous. Both receptions after these masses were huge and they were both really great parties!!!!!!! Today's mass was so beautiful and exuberant of Christ. I have learned so much about the Catholic faith, you cannot imagine it!!!! It is been a very "Catholic" weekend!!!!!!! The things that I remember most about his first mass as a priest is the way it was all carried out!!! IT WAS DONE ALMOST ENTIRELY IN LATIN!!!!!! It was so amazing to hear a dead language spoken and sung by so many people! The homily, given by another priest, is one of the best I have ever heard!!!!! I think this is one of the best masses I have ever attended, since my first mass at St. Mary's. Both of our priests are wonderful. Another memorable high point of the mass was the amount of people serving on the altar. Around 20 men and boys served Father S. during his celebration. It was the most people serving a mass, that I have been to, since the day of his ordination!!!!!!! I AM SOOOOOOOOO HAPPY FOR CHRISTOPHER THAT HE FOUND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH!!!!!

MAY GOD KEEP AND BLESS CHRIS FOREVER !!!!!

PLEASE PRAY THAT GOD MAY HELP CHRIS WITH HIS PRIESTHOOD THROUGHOUT THE REST OF HIS ENTIRE LIFE!!!! (IT'S AN AMAZING SACRIFICE!!!!)

Also, on Saturday I went to see Tony Melendez and his Toe Jam Band at a local church!!!! THIS GUY IS AMAZING. He has no arms and he plays the guitar with his feet!!!!!!!! He was very good and very talented along with his band!!! Please pray for him because Sony Records has offered him a deal to sell his next record!!!!!!! I, actually, got both the drummer's and HIS autograph after the show. He is such a compassionate person!!!!!! His concert was very moving and I hope many more will go to see him. He was actually kissed by Pope John Paul II, himself, in 1986!!! This was so cool to hear him tell the audience this. (Since he has no hands, he has to use his feet to drive, turn pages, and play guitar) His tour right now is titled, "The Pope John Paul II Memorial Tour." GO SEE HIM IF YOU CAN!!!!

I, also, met a few cool seminarians today at the reception! They were all friends of Christopher S.' They were very kind and I hope God blesses them and their vocations. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE TIME YOU SPENT WITH ME AND MY FAMILY TODAY!!!!

SHOUTOUTS TO ALL WHO WENT TO THE ORDINATION OF CHRISTOPHER S., THE TONY MELENDEZ CONCERT, THE FIRST MASS OF CHRISTOPHER S., AND YOUTH GROUP TONIGHT!!!! I LOVE AND APPRECIATE YALL SO MUCH. MAY GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU ALWAYS IN HIS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE YOU ALL IN CHRIST, AND KEEP PRAYING FOR CHRISTOPHER S. MINISTRY,
CHRISTIAN L.