tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post4904675667235315057..comments2023-08-29T09:03:19.065-05:00Comments on Just Another Jenny: Suffer the Little ChildrenJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472686909226073213noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-12567935813086912832015-05-05T12:32:34.563-05:002015-05-05T12:32:34.563-05:00Amen. Re - experiencing all of this with my now 1 ...Amen. Re - experiencing all of this with my now 1 year old. She loves her some holy water blessing when we hit the back of the church. THe good news is my older kids finally do participate in church after years of taking them and by their own choice are lectors and peer ministers. So I'm not bothered too much when the priest makes a comment in Mass like the other day when the baby shouted out after he asked for an Amen. Everyone else said Amen and in the moment of silence afterwards, she hollered. "I think she agrees, too," he said. Got a laugh. But I still headed to the back. Emily J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01132106976424535611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-3190165593340626192015-05-01T22:35:45.917-05:002015-05-01T22:35:45.917-05:00I like this a lot, and I feel that it highlights t...I like this a lot, and I feel that it highlights the value of bringing small children to Mass, every week. I know a lot of families who split up so that they don't have to take the smaller kids to Mass, and of course everyone's got their own reasons, but when Jesus says, "Suffer the children to come to me, and do not hinder them," it does sound like a) he wants the children to come to him, and b) if you keep them away from him, you are participating, a bit, in that hindering.MrsDarwinhttp://darwincatholic.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-25896685017916484632015-05-01T18:45:14.713-05:002015-05-01T18:45:14.713-05:00Yes. You have to. Yes. You have to. Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-1044514448793042792015-05-01T15:16:29.813-05:002015-05-01T15:16:29.813-05:00Melanie,
I should take a video of M making the si...Melanie,<br /><br />I should take a video of M making the sign of the cross. It is to die of cute.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472686909226073213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-6499610121849445152015-05-01T14:18:54.791-05:002015-05-01T14:18:54.791-05:00Also, our parish almost never says the Confiteor, ...Also, our parish almost never says the Confiteor, so that's not a prayer my kids actually know. Isn't that sad? Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2940375117370631601.post-12093873470748737152015-05-01T14:16:40.679-05:002015-05-01T14:16:40.679-05:00I've always been very moved when my toddlers m...I've always been very moved when my toddlers made the sign of the cross or repeated words of the prayers. Maybe they don't get it, but really who of us do fully understand. I believe that they are participating as fully as they are able and I also recall the Psalm: From the lips of infants and babies you have received perfect praise. I don't want to read too much into it, but how can it be too much when Jesus tells us they praise him?Melanie Bettinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557248434888642114noreply@blogger.com