Interesting day. We missed a few first graders today. I hope if they are ill, it will go away quick, and they will be able to go on our Ash Wednesday field trip to St. Meinrad.
St. Meinrad is one of the seven arch Benedictine abbeys in the world. It's really a beautiful place, and it allows us to start Lent on a roll - literally because we will be rolling down the big church knoll tomorrow to celebrate the good weather. We will go to the Chapter Room for ashes. The ceiling of the chapter room is painted with scenes of the Old Testament. It's quite beautiful.
Then it's on to Noon Prayer in the big Abbey church. Then we will leave for Monte Casino which is a little one room replica of Monte Casino in Italy. We will picnic up at the shrine, and then come home. It's an hour from here by bus. We will be leaving at 9:00 and returning at 1:15.
Parents are welcome to come.
March is Medieval month. We will begin to study the Middle Ages. The kids love it.
Today in school we had breakfast outdoors and got school started late. It was such a gorgeous day. It was report card day. We had class and then moved outside again. The kids played with their bag kites again.
We had roast beast and mashed potatoes and corn, salad, carrots and dip and lots of bread.
This afternoon we sang some religious songs so we will look competent if they ask us to sing tomorrow. We sing quite a few religious songs. My favorite is Blest Be the Lord. Peyton, Mayli, Hadley all sing the echo. Then today, Ty, Adyson, Jack and Yuta all took a line from the first verse. So here's the picture:
the class sings, Blest be the Lord,
and the girls echo, Blest be the Lord.
Then the class answers, the God of mercy, the God who saves.
Echo: the God who saves.
Class: I shall not fear,
Echo, I shall not fear;
Class: the dark of night,
Echo: the dark of night,
Class: Nor the arrow that flies by day.
Ty: He will release me from the net of all my foes
Yuta: He will protect me from their wicked hands
Adyson: Beneath the shadow of his wings I will rejoice
Jack: to find a dwelling place beneath
Repeat. Blest be the lord...
It has a great melody and the kids sound spectacular. I'd like to belt it out in the big Abbey Church.
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