We have a problem at my parish choir. Here's the thing. Last Sunday at noon mass, we couldn't sing because the scouts showed up for a gathering. That's what they told me. I don't know. There were a lot of them. Way too many, if you ask me. They stood right where my choir stands, with their flag and everything, and sang instead of us. I was really, truly angry about that. Really angry. But who do these people think they are? They came dressed exactly alike. And they started singing with a guitar. I could hardly believe it. I have to say, though—they sang terribly. Really terribly. I hope I never see them again. Why did they come? Don't they have their own church to go to?
Did they have to come to mine? And right at noon when I sing with my choir? That's enough, I say.
I love singing in the noon mass choir so much. I love singing with the others. I especially love the song Su ali d'aquila—"On Eagle's Wings." I sing it at home too. I watch the video on my phone. I know all the words by heart. I love it especially because it has the word "dawn" in it, and I'm always waiting for dawn because I don't like the dark. I always want to keep the shutter a little bit open so when dawn comes I see it right away and I'm super happy. I don't want the night, and I always want the light on in the hallway so I can see there's no darkness, but the light doesn't bother me when I'm trying to sleep in peace. The song says: "and he will raise you up on eagle's wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of his hand."
Then I like to sing Alleluia and also Gloria and Santo and Popoli tutti acclamate and lots of others, even the rosary songs. But Alleluia especially—the part where everyone moves and claps their hands. And I sing well: "offer your life as Mary at the foot of the cross and you will be servant of every human being, servant through love, priest of humanity." But I love singing everything. I have fun singing. I practice a lot at home with the videos on my phone, and sometimes I even sing along with my dad and we record it.