Almost Palm Sunday

Well we are two days from Palm Saturday. Yes I did say Palm Saturday. Since the Catholic church starts Masses on Saturday evening which are the same mass as the Sunday ones, it is no big deal to hear "see you on Palm Saturday "or even Easter Saturday for that matter. of course this is not an official name as the Church has rules for Saturday evening services that count for the Sunday obligation. As a matter of fact, one of those rules has made it necessary for our Parish to change their Easter vigil service to 8:00 PM instead of 7:00 PM, but that is official stuff so we will not go into the whys right now. What I am more concerned about is the Palm Sunday passion dramatization, which my family has been a part of for quite a few years now. Unlike a Play the dramatization is a written work in which the story is told through speech with adds action. How this is done without distracting from or making a mockery of our Holy Gospel is that as Father reads the Gospel , we members of the dramatization act out the words without speaking and without costume. Instead to keep the attention where it should be, the Gospel, all but a select few stand out characters wear black. Those wearing other colors are Me ( Mary Magdala )wearing a red shirt with my black pants,and Mary, the Blessed Mother wears pretty colors. Anyway this morning I was informed that Michael needed black jeans. OK I stated , we will have to go to K mart tonight, I replied to which Cindy informed me that she also was in need of Black jeans but not to worry, she planned on wearing mine. OK, so now I am off to buy Michael a pair and make sure that I have two. Yep it's almost Palm Sunday !