Mimi’s Chronicles at Narnia.

I took Monday off to go with the Altar Boys in our parish (of which Xavier is one) to see The Chronicles of Narnia.

First, when we got to the church, the boys had a practice for the upcoming feast. It was my week to clean the church, so I got there a few minutes early to get the vacuuming done. This is when I discovered I had one blue shoe and one black shoe on. Ugh.
Got the vacuuming done, finished the cleaning and read in the car (Lorna Doone) while the practice continued.

Then, we were off to Skippers for lunch. I remembered why it had been 15 years since I’d last been in a Skippers (it seems like I craved their Clam Chowder when pregnant with Cedric). Then we had over an hour until the movie started. We went to the theater, got our tickets, and went back to the church so the boys could run off their energy.

Finally, we were at the theater, tickets in hand, and ready to depart to Narnia.

I loved it! Each time they showed something new, I thought “that’s exactly how I imagined it!” The scenery was lovely, the actors were grand (love Lucy, could she be any cuter?), and the storyline was true enough to the book to not give any pause, and Aslan was incredible.

On the way home, I was discussing the allegorical theme of the movie (especially the part where Edmund has a confession with Aslan) with Xavier. He took that and ran with it, he loved figuring out the different allegories and how parts of the movie fit in with Christianity - the breaking of the stone table, the four kids being as disciples, and on and on. My favorite comment was “so, I guess that’s why Subdeacon Gideon took us to see the movie”.

And, then, in a most humbling moment, he said a powerful theological statement “Edmund is like the thief – he did something bad, confessed to God, and is with him in the Kingdom”.

Indeed!