𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 — 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲…, 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼, 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗵𝗮 & 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸
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News from P.I.T. (Pastor in Training)
𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍
It’s amazing how we can learn a lot about our faith by reflecting through the eyes of a child. Jesus says as much in our Gospel this weekend: “ For although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned, you have revealed them to little ones. ”
Think about this, for instance: What were your first words as a child? You probably don’t even remember them, but that’s okay, because you could probably make a good guess. Mom and Dad were our everything as toddlers—so much so that they were the foremost things on our minds and in our words. We really couldn’t understand ourselves or the world apart from them.
As beings made in the image and likeness of a trinitarian God—a God whose essence is relational—this doesn’t surprise us. Our essence and identity too is inherently relational. This explains why Christ talks about his relationship with his Father in heaven immediately after talking about the wisdom of children. Children come to know who they are because of their relationship to their parents. We come to know who we are because of our relationship to our Heavenly Father.

Hence why we are pursuing a family-centered faith formation process for our children! If we truly want our children to better understand themselves in light of their heavenly Father, it is most effectively passed on through catechesis of their earthly parents. If children learn to walk, talk, and do just about everything else essential for life from their parents, why not also the most essential thing of all?
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