"He who sings well..."

According to St. Augustine, "He who sings well, prays twice."
I have to do a lot of extra praying since I can't sing well,
but Lord knows I try!

Emma loves to sing.
Her repertoir, as one can expect from a three year old,
is very limited. The only two songs she can really sing
from start to finish is her "ABC," and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

Last Sunday, I finally went to church with Emma.
She had Sunday school that morning, so I decided to give
the Church-Emma combo another chance.
On our way to church school, I told her of our plans
and instructed her on the proper behavior in church.

Ten minutes to 11:00, we entered the church's vestibule.
Her first question was, "where the choir?"
(She remembered the term from our last failed attempt.)
We took our seat and I reminded her again about the rules.

Mass started promptly at 11:00 a.m.
The congregation stood up, and Emma did too.
She did the sign of the cross when prompted.
Actually more like she said the words out loud,
but did not do the hand part.
She sat down when we all sat.
I was thinking, "Wow! Perfect!!!"

Observant as always, she picked up on the relationship
between the opened hymn book and singing.
Next song, she took a hymn book, opened it, and
when the song started, so was her singing.
Right on cue.

So there she was with an open hymn book.
Singing - "ABC" and then "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."
Her voice gradually increasing in volume.
Working up to that moment where she can sing her little heart out.

That's when I told her to STOP.