an eventful saturday

i tried to make pancakes this morning, being saturday. i mixed everything perfectly, but when i put them on the burner, i realized seconds later that i forgot to lubricate the surface, all the pancakes were stuck. none of them were salvagable. maybe next saturday ill get it right.

i taught CCD to 10 year old kids today. i couldnt believe how smart one of the kids was. he said, "when adam and eve sinned, they gave everyone original sin and the gates of heaven closed. when jesus died, he went to where the dead people were, open the gates of heaven and let them in". i couldnt believe it! i wouldve been happy if they could say the our father and the hail mary.

on my way home, there was a communist party rally blocking all traffic. as you know, communism is against any religion, but here in italy, people joke and say that they: 1 - dont believe in god, and 2)mary is his mother. not hard-line commies, i guess.

we had a guest over for lunch from the canadian college, fr. peter from london. i had to re-show him the house because the last time he was here, it was under renovations.