In the last couple weeks I have had posts about boys playing “Mass”, one had a great video, one had a photo I took of a photo at the funeral of a 60-year priest. Yesterday I posted in a review of the movie Courageous about the importance of fathers in the family, for boys usually emulate their fathers better traits when they are around.
Here is a photo sent by a reader, which I offer for your amusement and your edification:
Pray for vocations to the priesthood.
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “My baptismal anniversary. I’m mostly Scottish/Irish Catholic, birthed and educated by the Mercy Sisters during the height of the Troubles.…”
on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Father, it was perfect symmetry for two people. One cup handle facing one way and the other the other way.”
on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “From a reader: “What are in the frames between the vestments?” Those are the priest’s vesting prayers. I’ll show more…”
on WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo) – Mighty humble Shepherd, humble mighty flock: “Fr Z you are an inspiration in your knowledge about and love for the things of God and the church.…” on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “Holy cow that pasta. I wish we had smell-o-vision and taste-o-vision.”
on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “The German grind continues. It is in their nature.”
on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Scary about the women. What I mean is this: it would be disheartening enough just to find out that a…” on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “I wonder what’s going on with these women. Don’t they know that the greatest example of womanhood is Our Blessed…”
on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Fr.Z sez: It is really sad that some people still push this rock up the hill. Reminds one of Sisyphus,…”
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on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Most people, whether pro or con, misunderstand the history and practice of the female diaconate. The deaconess was a separate…”
on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “I remember only the joke at the beginning of the homily: Priests get four weeks of vacation per year. Some…”
on “you must not remember your forefathers…” Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “My children at one of the solid Chesterton Academies have been taught science and theology by an amazing young Catholic…” on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “What is it that changed about the Catholic Herald? Interesting interview by George Farmer. (If only the faithful could be…”
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Wonderful photo!
Our 3 1/2 year old son is accustomed to spending some time with his little nose near the floor during the prostrations of the Lenten Prayer of St. Ephrem. After last week’s Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts, which included such prostrations, this son felt the need to tell Father that the vents on the floor of the sanctuary were dusty & in need of vacuuming…& that someone had also dropped a quarter down there.
cf. munus parvulorum in precibus apud allahifideles expediendis –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PGls9KIJKM
How great to be reminded that the little ones belong to Him.
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Adults usually look at something like this and think, “how cute, but he doesn’t know what they’re doing.” Not so. For children, acting things out is a form of learning and understanding. This little boy is operating on a level here that most adults don’t recognize because they’re no longer children. This little boy is identifying part of what the priesthood is as he acts it out. If it fits, he may well become a priest; if it doesn’t fit internally as well as other things, he won’t. But watch and hold your breath. This is serious business for this little boy.
reginamarie- hahaha-
I wish we had the prayer of St Ephrem more often- but of course it is most appropriate for the Great Lent
I would bet more than a few angels were smiling as well…
THAT should be on a mug with a daily prayer for vocations!
I got it by email so I don’t know if there are any copyrights or whatever… But I agree!
This past fall my family attended an ordination in Norcia, Italy. We sat in the back, as usual, because we have three small children who have a hard time sitting still during Mass. I was convinced my then 2 year old son had no idea what was going on, and saw next to nothing. However, shortly after returning home he decided that when he grows up he wants to be a priest and a monk. Several months later, he still wants to be a priest and a monk.