December 12. Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.


Maybe as many as 150 were at the 7:00 a.m. Mass at St. Mary Magdalene's Catholic Parish Church in Brackettville, Texas 78832. USA!

And most likely another 100 + made it for breakfast afterwards at the Old Church Building.

Man!

Las Guadalupanas really put together a most impressive arrangement!

The hardworking La Comadre, La Sra. Lourdes Zamora, was a great example for us all.

She was so involved that she never even returned to our table to eat her meal.

Nor was she alone!

Because Betty Guajardo -- along with her sisters and Nora Rivas, too --was among those ladies so involved that they stayed on their feet the whole time, seeing to everything and to everybody.

Paul Fernandez came around and was promised more $$$ assistance for next year's Womens' ACTS Retreat.

And so -- yawn! -- we commented to all and sundry -- including a long - suffering Father Pius -- once again:

"That Acts 2:16 always seems most vividly real and 3 - dimensional during gatherings like these!"

Humm .. you don't say?!

And now maybe the light bulb flickers, albeit perhaps only dimly:

"Wow! So maybe that's why La Comadre felt an urge to run away, thus making good her escape, having heard it all before at least 300 times, and all that in just two years . .. ! " :)

Seriously folks:

Today was one of those magical, mystical moments, all but predestined to be frozen forever in time...

¡Gracias, Hermanitas Guadalupanas!