Easter Vigil
- A surprisingly large number of people in your phone contacts have the surname “RCIA”
- You wonder if Caffe Nero will start charging you rent for the number of one-to-one chats you have there
- The lead is missing from the projector. Again.
- WhatsApp and Facebook messenger ping throughout the day about any or all of the following: lost Baptism certificate / why I can’t come this evening / can someone give me a lift / what’s that book you mentioned? / our babysitter didn’t show up
- You inwardly do a little dance when someone who is married ticks the boxes marked, “I have not been married before” and “My husband/wife has not been married before”
- You carry an extension lead in your handbag in case the parish one is missing. (Yes, I do that, okay?)
- You have a larger-than-normal number of novenas on the go – for various breakthroughs/conversions/obstacles to be removed
- You would love to know how many souls have been released from Purgatory for the hours you spend putting out tables and chairs and stacking them away again
- As well as catechesis, you have unexpected skills in technology, hospitality, childcare, design, catering, to name but a few
- The night you’re not feeling too enthusiastic for the enquiry sessions is the night God sends along an unbaptised university student, a young professional “none” and a Hindu who is interested in Christianity… And you are amazed and in awe at how God will entrust these people to you.
