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It\u2019s big.\u00a0 Really really big.<\/p>\n

One of the priests walked everyone through everything<\/em> \u2014 offering bits of catechesis here and there about the ritual and what it all means.\u00a0 With the DRE and the MC, they somehow figured out the traffic management and how they were going to accommodate 15 people in the sanctuary, along with their sponsors. They practiced receiving their first communion and sipping from the chalice, and even worked out the carefully choreographed recessional (following, of course, the \u201cHallelujah!\u201d Chorus).<\/p>\n

After that was done, I donned an alb and stole to administer the Ephphatha rite<\/a>.<\/strong> Had lunch after with the priests in the rectory, and sloshed home to finish work on my homily for tonight and practice, a few more times, the Exultet.<\/p>\n

I need a nap.<\/p>\n

Below, a shot from the RCIA rehearsal.\u00a0 I\u2019ll try and post some pictures from the vigil, if I\u2019m still standing, later\u00a0 on \u2026<\/p>\n

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