tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post4410748688926783088..comments2024-03-05T14:07:28.062-08:00Comments on Ask Sister Mary Martha: Child HeavenSister Mary Marthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580244097177195453noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-28109259305086922902007-11-18T16:00:00.000-08:002007-11-18T16:00:00.000-08:00It reminded me of when I was a kid. My father hate...It reminded me of when I was a kid. My father hated crying kids at church and I wasn't allowed until I asked to accompany him (Mom was Protestant and was happy to stay home at the time-she later converted when I was in high school). Well, I was 3, maybe 4, and Dad told me whatever you do don't make a fuss or I'll upset the baby Jesus. Well, I was quiet as a mouse. After Mass I said, "Baby Jesus was mad today." Dad asked why. "Well, didn't you hear Him crying?" My father laughed all the way home.radio45https://www.blogger.com/profile/03028346716140781309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-2073503294634391902007-11-18T00:04:00.000-08:002007-11-18T00:04:00.000-08:00Great post..Great post..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-77634208455213156882007-11-17T23:42:00.000-08:002007-11-17T23:42:00.000-08:00Great post! I love this blog!Great post! I love this blog!Just A Stay At Home Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181391696592787138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-25216035031966114802007-11-17T12:06:00.000-08:002007-11-17T12:06:00.000-08:00What a great idea! Now I just have to find a mang...What a great idea! Now I just have to find a manger.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06764026513006823421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-4178219423883049852007-11-16T17:36:00.000-08:002007-11-16T17:36:00.000-08:00Ditto Sanctus Belle. Love your wit and wisdom :)...Ditto Sanctus Belle. Love your wit and wisdom :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-83573316905049516762007-11-15T16:18:00.000-08:002007-11-15T16:18:00.000-08:00Love it, love it! Love this blog! How I wish I l...Love it, love it! Love this blog! How I wish I lived near SMM so I could bug the stew out of her wisdom!! <BR/>Seriously, though, my third child (a boy, after two girls) gave out this behavior as a toddler, then as an elementary- schooler, then as a middle-schooler, then forget about high school... you get the picture? His two older sisters had been fine with family prayers. Began to think of myself as a total model failure. Then, voila, as a COLLEGE STUDENT he got diagnosed with ADD. He had done fine academically all those years before college (parochial and public school), no hyperactivity, no obvious signs except that he was not a big reader like his sisters, antsy with family prayers, and antsy during Mass. We didn't pressure him because my husband just wanted him to find his own way. Weelllll..... he kinda did find his own way, but not, as of this posting, The Way. He is now 26, finally graduated college, good job in Atlanta, but has a BIG allergic response to all things religious. Sure wish I had pursued his inattentiveness more aggressively when he was 6-7. <BR/>Just our own personal story--don't know if it will help anyone else. Blessings on all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-83532286802834304102007-11-15T13:57:00.000-08:002007-11-15T13:57:00.000-08:00This is my first stop here and this blog is hilari...This is my first stop here and this blog is hilarious! I'll visit more often and keep up the good work!Sanctus Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06189142564821094716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-70574490989634376212007-11-15T09:12:00.000-08:002007-11-15T09:12:00.000-08:00Zaccheus!!!I love it!!!Zaccheus!!!I love it!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-73470421341975893962007-11-15T08:17:00.000-08:002007-11-15T08:17:00.000-08:00Zaccheus, maybe, for the Pope's visit?Zaccheus, maybe, for the Pope's visit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-85190229925464991912007-11-15T06:12:00.000-08:002007-11-15T06:12:00.000-08:00I'm on my 4th 5 year old (also home schooling) and...I'm on my 4th 5 year old (also home schooling) and it seems to hit then that they can't hear or see God so He must not be there. <BR/><BR/>After panicking with the first few, I learned that it's important to ask why they don't want to do prayer and to take their concerns seriously and calmly even if it's disbelief in all you've taught them. One thing to point out is the existence of other things that they can't see or feel (like love).<BR/> <BR/>IMHO, this is a critical point in their faith, not that they will continue to reject God as a child, because they will knuckle under, but that if Faith is something that can't be questioned, they will reject it as an adult. We need to give reason for the hope that is in us. Just make sure what her issue is before you start so you don't raise other issues before she's ready (and given the 5 yo attention span!).Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14745372502346991328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-26925039497493180042007-11-15T06:08:00.000-08:002007-11-15T06:08:00.000-08:00Delightful post, Sister!Delightful post, Sister!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02454937406530486401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-63012713695419678742007-11-15T05:29:00.000-08:002007-11-15T05:29:00.000-08:00Sister and All,The straw in the manger really work...Sister and All,<BR/><BR/>The straw in the manger really works! I've done it as a child and a parent. <BR/><BR/>As for the Holy Father, I'm planning to hit NYC when he's there and just hope to be passed by his motorcade!MABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07637491041886997999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-27918756455149456032007-11-15T05:25:00.000-08:002007-11-15T05:25:00.000-08:00Awesome stories; awesome post.Blessings to you tod...Awesome stories; awesome post.<BR/><BR/>Blessings to you today, Sister.Margaret in Minnesotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603439076606550856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30512717.post-88393085196358799032007-11-15T04:29:00.000-08:002007-11-15T04:29:00.000-08:00Sister Mary Martha,Thanks so much for the great id...Sister Mary Martha,<BR/>Thanks so much for the great idea with the manger game. I will definitely do that this year. I love those kinds of activities. I usually do one for Lent where the kids add something to a cross for every day they successfully do their sacrifice. Then we talk on Good Friday about how all their sacrifices are only good because of Jesus' one sacrifice. Anyway, great idea. <BR/>Ironically the one time I did try to force it on her, we were saying a decade of the Rosary for her grandmother and I was sure her head was going to spin and she was about to spit up green pea soup! I've backed off some since then! Now I just assume she participates, even if she doesn't want to, I just don't force it!<BR/>Thanks for your comments and suggestions! And maybe I'll pray to ALL of those saints for help with the Papal visit!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com