Professor Faith

Professor Faith?  “ Who is that?” my 7 year old son asked me during Mass just before the Creed.  I almost burst out laughing when I realized Father had just said, “Let us profess our faith.”     Months later, I was talking to my husband about my filling in as D.R.E.  I was discussing the number of catechists we still need for the quickly approaching religious ed. classes.  Once again my son, who was standing nearby, set my mind churning.  “Why do you keep talking about Religious Ed?  Who is he anyway?  When I finally had breath with no stitch in my side, I dried my tears and answered, “He’s friends with Professor Faith!”  He giggled at the fact that made up another person when I explained, religious ed is an abbreviation for religious education.