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When Children Reach for God David Turnley/Corbis BC_C21_Win04h 1/16/04 2:57 PM Page 1 C21Resources a service of boston college winter 2004 When Children Reach for God David Turnley/Corbis Handing on the faith can be a two-way street by julie donovan massey gazing at him with fond reverence. But before I could become lost in the t was a quiet Saturday morn- painter’s skillful strokes, one of my ing. I cuddled on the couch children yanked the book from her with one of our daughters as sister’s hand as another child spilled we looked at the small book a container of juice on the newly of children’s Bible stories. We scrubbed kitchen floor. Ah yes, real Iexamined the stories of Moses and life with children! So I sighed and Noah and Jonah. Each page held a admitted that our children are not brief text accompanied by a powerful sitting quietly anywhere, much less illustration. Soon enough we arrived gazing reverently into the Redeemer’s at a page that quoted Jesus saying, eyes. But despite the fact that they “Let the little children come to me; cannot touch Jesus, I know they ex- do not stop them; for it is to such as perience a vibrant relationship with these that the kingdom of God be- God. On a good day, I hear what the longs” (Mk. 10:14). children have to teach me. The image beside these words was grace before meals. She first encoun- quests that prayerful song by calling lovely, serene. It depicted a sunny day First Lesson: Joyful Noise tered the familiar tune “The Lord Is out “apple seed!” each evening. And with just a few clouds. We saw Jesus Our two-year-old daughter, Bridget, Good to Me” in the loving home of she is right that we should daily thank seated on a rock under a tree, children is fond of the simple family ritual of her day care provider. Now she re- the Lord “for giving me the things I in this issue Catechesis, Culture and Conflict e live in a popular culture of disbelief and, too often, cynicism. Thus, handing on the faith to those who come after us is a gift of great value and a core duty and challenge that come with membership in the Catholic Church. It is also an act of faith, for, as Thomas Groome makes clear in his Warticle in this issue, it is only a lived faith that sinks its roots and spreads surely among future generations. Before the recent evidence that sexual abuse of minors was a reality among priests yet often swept under the rug by the hierarchy, and before all the pain and questioning it caused, young Catholics and many adults were looking more critically at the institutional authority of the Church and were less willing to take at face value what it teaches. While the crisis has not made this challenge any easier, there is not the least reason to be less confident about the truth and ap- peal of the Good News that the Church embodies. The question is not the message, but how the people of the Church can be better messengers of Catholicism. That is the focus of this third issue of C21 Resources, and the third focus as well of the Boston College initiative, the Church in the 21st Century. When religious education is mentioned, teaching may be the first thing to come to mind. The articles in this issue would have us recognize the impor- tance of listening as well. Listening to those who question the Church’s teachings does not mean dumbing down or relativizing the message of the catechism. It does mean, however, establishing a relationship and authentic connection with the listener. In many cases, that is the best channel, over time, through which to hand on the faith. –The Editors boston college | c21 resources | winter 2004 1 BC_C21_Win04h 1/16/04 2:57 PM Page 2 need, the sun, and the rain, and the Fourth Lesson: A Friend of Jesus God to another? She is no student apple seed.” Thus Bridget, a tiny Some years ago I was praying with of theological anthropology. Here is priestess with blond ringlets, gathers our children at bedtime. We had al- what she knew: my husband and I C21 Resources her little flock around our table and ready concluded when I recalled an brought her into being. We give her reminds us to thank and praise the additional intention—a sick friend love on a daily basis. We forgive her executive editor Lord—not quietly, but in jubilant song whom I thought we should remember. mistakes. We sustain her little life. J.A. Appleyard, S.J., that ends with a vigorously made I suggested we add the friend to our While we clearly are not God, at this Vice President for University Sign of the Cross and, finally, “Eat prayers. Our oldest daughter shook moment Shannon recognized the ways Mission and Ministry Papa, eat!” She knows, no doubt, her head, “We can’t. God just left. in which we mirror God for her. “I that God sits at the table with us He went out the window,” she in- in them and you in me” (Jn. 17:23). editor and wants nothing more than that formed me. And then, to my tremen- We are each summoned to receive Richard Higgins the meal be celebrated with joy. “O dous surprise, with a smile she added, the kingdom of God with the simplici- come, let us sing to the Lord; let us “And he wasn’t wearing any pants!” ty of a little child. But how is that— advisory board make a joyful noise to the rock of I knew there was no need to run to wearing pigtails, sporting skinned Ben Birnbaum our salvation” (Psalm 95:1). the analyst’s couch with that one, for knees and giggling? No. Our children Patricia M. Chang children somehow dwell in Eden for possess much greater depth. If we are Patricia De Leeuw Second Lesson: Living Water at least a few years after their birth. willing to learn from them, we may Jack Dunn A friend told me about the experi- Instead I found myself musing about be lucky enough to grow in our faith— ence of allowing her two-year-old how real, how present God was to faith that is joyful and eager, faith Mary Ann Hinsdale daughter to receive Communion in our child in that moment. As though that is reverent and familiar, faith that Richard Keeley the family’s Episcopal church. It is God were a close friend, sitting in looks upon goodness and love and Robert R. Newton their pastor’s conviction that children the room and conversing with us that proclaims God’s presence. Perhaps Hallie Sammartino Di Schino should not be refused Communion if evening. “I do not call you servants this is the prayer that God whispers Judith Wilt they genuinely desire it. Little Elisa- any longer; I have called you friends” into each child’s ear: beth was begging to receive and final- (Jn. 15:15). May you not become so preoccu- consulting editor ly, after reflecting on the matter with John L. Mahoney their priest, her parents consented. designer Elisabeth’s reception of the host went without incident. But as she and her Elizabeth Worton, mother arrived at the cup, Elisabeth Progressive Print Solutions The beauty and weight of her words enthusiastically plunged her entire hand into it. As a parent who takes engulfed me. How did a three-year-old child young children to Mass, I can fully C21 Resources is published three times understand why my friend went slink- come to understand that each of us, a year by Boston College’s Church in the ing to the rear of the church, grateful 21st Century Initiative, in partnership that she could be at the end of the created in God’s good image, with the publications from which these Communion line. But I can envision articles have been selected. C21 Re- a carpenter’s son smiling by the side can reveal at least a piece of the face sources is a compilation of the best of a well: “If there’s living water in analyses and essays on the Church’s cri- there, honey, don’t be shy; go for it!” sis and search for renewal. They are of God to another? published with the intent of stimulating Third Lesson: On Prayer discussion and thought among bishops, Megan, our middle child, intently priests, religious, and lay members of notices everything her big sister does. the Catholic community. On a recent visit to Grandma and Fifth Lesson: Encountering God pied that you forget joy. Grandpa’s house, Grandma gave all Mountaintops, deserts and bathtubs— May you not become so self- the girls rosaries. One day, our oldest God is always there if we are looking. assured that you forget eagerness. daughter was reverently fingering her Our daughter Shannon was nearly May you not grow self-conscious rosary and making her way, with rea- four when she looked up at me from of the manner in which you speak sonable accuracy, through the corre- her evening bath and spoke with to me. sponding prayers. “Where does the quiet reassurance: “You are my God May you not relegate me to distant, Our Father go?” she would ask, trying sometimes.” “What?” I replied with heavenly thrones. to recall the lessons from her first something like alarm in my voice that May you know that I am with you grade teacher.
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