First Penance

On Saturday, Keely celebrated just her second sacrament in the Catholic Church.  This is pretty significant given that the first was Baptism and that was over 8 years ago!  She was so excited, and a little nervous.  She practiced very hard though and did very well.  Her confessed sins were 'pretty good' for a first confession, as noted by the priest.  She was given one Hail Mary as her penance.  We know all of this because she is a very vocal child, and I know I will be glad of this characteristic as she gets older and hopefully informs us of her life happenings.  Quinn was different, he didn't say much - and to evidence that, as Keely was in the confessional I asked him if he was nervous for his first penance about 2 years ago.  I don't think he had ever said, and I had never asked.  He said he was a little nervous, and I said that I couldn't tell.  He said he was nervous inside - evidence of his fairly calm demeanor outside so we couldn't tell.  In any event, Keely is now wiped clean of her sins - or she was, until about 2 minutes after the penance in the car when she fought with her brother again.  She is so excited for First Communion to be held two months from today, coincidentally.