Saturday, January 18, 2003
Passing the Faith on to a 16 month old.
Dale: It isn't easy, but progress has been made.
Last year, after concluding business in Bay City, I stumbled across "Regina Caeli," a fine Catholic bookstore. Surprisingly orthodox (see Saginaw, Diocese of), it carries none of the works of Joan Chittister or anything about the idiotic New Age ennegram. As an aside, I think any Catholic who has published an ennegram book should be subject to random nightly raids where they are woken up and smacked with a fifteen pound ham.
I found a children's bible which I couldn't pass up, and brought it home with me. Maddie has actually taken to the Christian books we have for her. In one, when she asks us to "reet" it to her, we ask her: "Where's Jesus?" She immediately points to the depiction of Christ. She's been doing this for about three months now.
Well, just this week, it's gotten more developed. Now I'll simply point to Christ, and ask "Who's that?" She responds with "Jeess."She'll also point to pictures of the Holy Family, and say "Mama" to Mary, and "Dada" to Joseph. Jesus gets "bay-be."
In fact, she's saying "Jeess" a lot now, pointing to our olivewood carvings of Jesus and the Holy Family, especially liking to hold the latter icon.
It's early yet, but the initial signs are good.
Dale: It isn't easy, but progress has been made.
Last year, after concluding business in Bay City, I stumbled across "Regina Caeli," a fine Catholic bookstore. Surprisingly orthodox (see Saginaw, Diocese of), it carries none of the works of Joan Chittister or anything about the idiotic New Age ennegram. As an aside, I think any Catholic who has published an ennegram book should be subject to random nightly raids where they are woken up and smacked with a fifteen pound ham.
I found a children's bible which I couldn't pass up, and brought it home with me. Maddie has actually taken to the Christian books we have for her. In one, when she asks us to "reet" it to her, we ask her: "Where's Jesus?" She immediately points to the depiction of Christ. She's been doing this for about three months now.
Well, just this week, it's gotten more developed. Now I'll simply point to Christ, and ask "Who's that?" She responds with "Jeess."She'll also point to pictures of the Holy Family, and say "Mama" to Mary, and "Dada" to Joseph. Jesus gets "bay-be."
In fact, she's saying "Jeess" a lot now, pointing to our olivewood carvings of Jesus and the Holy Family, especially liking to hold the latter icon.
It's early yet, but the initial signs are good.
