Aaron's Confirmation and Easter

Celestial spirit that doth roll
The heart's sepulchral stone away,
Be this our resurrection day,
The singing Easter of the soul -
O gentle Master of the Wise,
Teach us to say: "I will arise."  

~Richard Le Gallienne

This Easter was a very special Easter for the Delicath-Weir family.  My wonderful husband Aaron received the Sacrament's of Confirmation and First Communion and became a member of the Catholic Church.  The Sunday before Easter, the whole family gathered for a special Passover supper at church.

We had a wonderful time.  We were blessed to sit with Deacon Don and his wife Lu.

We celebrated an almost authentic Jewish Passover supper.  Not all the food items are very tasty, but the symbolism is beautiful.  The potluck following was delicious as well.

Then, in a flash, it was Easter Vigil, the night Aaron was to be confirmed.  The Mass was beautiful and I was happy and proud to stand up with my husband as his sponsor.

The RCIA group was large, and the amount of support and love in the Church was inspiring.

This blessing was Aaron's personal acceptance of the beliefs of the Catholic Church.

We were so happy, and Aaron was, admittedly, nervous throughout the ceremony.  

This was Aaron Confirmation Blessing.  It was a beautiful moment.  We were so happy to have two priests give the blessings with whom we are so close.

All smiles.

My handsome husband is Catholic!

Aaron's First Holy Communion.

The night was incredible and Aaron posted a particularly touching facebook status about his feelings of the night.  He spoke of his feelings of incredible acceptance and support.  He also said he was happy he was open-minded and willing to go through the journey with me.  I was so happy I could have burst and we were both glad so many members of my family were there to support him.

We celebrated Easter Sunday with Brunch at the Columns.  I love this picture of my beautiful Mom and sister

Proud Father and Mother-in-law.

Silly husband.

Much better:)  This is our second Easter together as Husband & Wife.

Easter would not have been complete without a puppy Easter egg hunt.  Penny knew what to do.  Her egg was eaten in seconds, shell and all.

Brutus was confused.  He didn't like the way the dye tasted, yuck!

Marley had no qualms eating his.  He ate it daintly, though, peeled off the shell and ate the inside.

Brutus watched Marley for hints on how to eat his.

After Mommy picked off the shell, Brutus did end up eating his egg.  However, he didn't really like the egg.  Human food doesn't agree with his sensitive tummy.

Then we were off to K-K's for our traditional Easter Ham Dinner.  Rachel and Ally had a "people" Easter egg hunt and found lots of eggs.  They had so much fun looking for the eggs.

They even got to race with Grandpa and Daddy to find some of the eggs.

Ally and Grandpa teamed up.

That Easter Bunny sure is tall.  Like Grandpa...

They didn't stop until every egg was found.

They even found the super hard eggs.

They are the best sisters.  They shared all of their candy at the end of the day.  The cutest cousins in the world!

It was a blessed Easter for all.  As usual, we enjoyed family time and lots of yummy food and laughter.