Any parent of small children knows the longing for the day when our children really start paying attention at church. So you can understand my joy when our 6 year old, (now 7), was raptly attentive when a visiting priest was giving his homily a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, ignorance can be less than bliss when you start paying attention, because she couldn't help asking: "what does that mean?" at every turn. Everytime his vocabulary got a little beyond her 1st grade level, she'd whisper her request for clarification. Imagine her delight when he got to a part she did understand:
"It doesn't matter who we are. We all have suffering. Whether it is from illness, or financial difficulties, the suffering is there. Sometimes we struggle with relationships, or even family problems..."
"MOM!" She whispered excitedly (for the few rows behind us to hear), "WE have family problems!!" To which she added in a concerned voice: "Mom, you're not supposed to laugh at church."
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About Me
- Mandie DeVries
- I am a wife, homeschooling mother of 6 children, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Catechist and formation leader, who moved her family across the country to follow a call to dive deep into the questions and the heritage of thousands of years of philosophy and theology and join in the mission to bring that timeless wealth into conversation with the people of today. (To know God and make him known).
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