My daughter Krystiana and I have an evening routine. Every night, we talk, read about the Saints, and pray the Rosary. Our evening talks are amazing and I feel very blessed to be raising this little Saint. We got into the topic of confession and how some churches are not Sacramentally based. I explained that they do not have confession. She replied back "I don't know why. It feels so good to go to confession. It's like being stuck in a locker with a bunch of stinky socks and someone lets you out!" I couldn't have said it better myself.
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What a beautiful story. I am glad that I stumbled upon your blog while moving from blog to blog (It is amazing what you can come across with six degrees on the internet, I am glad it was this and not the majority of what can be found).
It sounds like you are doing a great job raising your child in a Christ centered home.
I am a Roman Catholic who has studied Christianity (Catholic (RC and EO) and Protestant) in depth. I loved the story and I hope that you missed out some details with your conversation with your child. You informed your daughter that some churches are not sacramentally based, but you should have said that most are. The majority of Western Christianity has sacrements. Not all of them have confession as a sacrament, but most have confession as a major tenant in their belief. Some Protestants confess their sins in private prayer before God, believing this suffices to gain God's pardon. However confession to another is often encouraged and in some sects or denominations required when a wrong has been done to a person as well as to God.
I believe (especially as mothers, in the example that Mary set before us) that we should raise our children to be strong Catholic men and women, but should also teach them that God’s grace is given to all that believe. It is offensive when a non-Christian tears down the Catholic Church, it is even more offensive when it is done by a fellow believer in Christ (I am sure you know a few Catholic bashers). So it equally offensive when a Catholic tears down a fellow non-Catholic believer (I am sure that you also know your fair share of “One True Churchers”).
Unitatis Redintegratio is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on Ecumenism. The title in Latin means "Restoration of Unity," and is from the first line of the decree, as is customary with major Catholic documents. Following the Second Vatican Council, in 1966 Pope Paul VI confirmed the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity as a permanent dicastery of the Holy See.
At present, the PCPCU is engaged in an international theological dialogue with each of the following Churches and World Communions:
The Eastern Orthodox Church, The Coptic Orthodox Church, The Malankara Orthodox Church, The Anglican Communion, The Lutheran World Federation, The World Alliance of Reformed Churches, The World Methodist Council, The Baptist World Alliance, The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Some Pentecostal groups.
So if our Holy Father, and the ones that preceded him, find it important to establish unity with our brothers and sisters outside of the Roman Catholic Church, I believe that we should strive to do so and raise our children to do the same. My husband, David, and I teach our children the beauty of our sister Churches and some say that doing so might cause them to stray from the Church. And I say to them “would you rather have them stray to the Lutherans or stray from our Lord entirely?”
Wow, I did not mean to go off on a rant. As I said, reading your post, I believe you are doing a wonderful job.
In Pax,
TO
Here is to no stinky socks!
I really was just leaving a comment about something cute that my daughter said. Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you come back. Next time, drop me the name of your website or blog. You obviously are very enthusiastic about your faith:-)
I thought of this in prayer...I would say that most protestant churches would say that they are "Biblicly Based," not sacramentally based. They threw out 5 sacraments during the reformation. Most, if not all, only consider Baptism and Communion to be Sacraments. They also do not believe in the true presence. Otherwise, they would be in communion with us. I do not think that it is wrong to teach your children that other churches do not have the "full truth." I have protestant friends that admit they love me...but they don't want their kids to be Catholic. There is nothing wrong with that. I want my kids to share in the same rich traditions my husband and I have experienced. I know that they want the same. My husband and I are Orthodox, this is an Orthodox website. Please don't come to criticise. If you do, at least don't do it anonomously.
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