Happy Easter!

Today, I went to Mass at the Cathédrale Saint-André in celebration of Le Saint Jour de Pâques.  The service was all in French, except for the parts in Latin.  I went with a Californian friend and her parents and family friends who are visiting her from California (duh!)  It was all very fun.

The Mass was presided by S.E. le Cardinal Ricard.  Yes,  indeed, a Cardinal!  It was very exciting.  He was an adorable jolly Frenchman.  The service was really nice, and I got to learn some interesting things about French services.

For those of you linguistic people, you might find this interesting.  In French (and many other languages), there are 2 ways to address people, the formal "vous" and the familiar "tu".  Generally, people older than you/people you respect/people in authority positions/strangers are "vous-ed" and then people younger than you/your peers/immediate family are "tu-ed".  In Mass, God is "tu-ed" while the Cardinal and priests were "vous-ed".  My friend and I thought that was an interesting choice, but we couldn't definitively find out why....  Just some interesting food for thought

Also, during the service, the sun was shining and the cathedral looked AMAZING. I will have to go back and take photos when there is sun.  When we left the cathedral, first there was sun, then it started to rain, then it started to HAIL.  It was all very unfortunate.  By the time we had finished Easter lunch, however, the sun was out again.  But, with the wind as well.

Oh, silly weather....But, really, when will it be nice out for a long time?  I would really like to walk around without my wool coat at some point!  I hope this message finds you well and Happy Easter!