Protestant-proofing Our Kids

[hopeful1]

ok, now i'm curious, did that analogy make ANY sense at all?

[Dusty Fro]

If I were a mother, I wouldn't "Catholic-proof" my children. I wouldn't discourage them from joining the Catholic church if that's where they felt led. As a Christian mother, I would have a responsibility to teach them about God, Jesus' sacrifice and ressurection, and moral living. I would have a responsibility to take them to church and have open conversation with them about these issues. The saddest day for me would not be "Mom, I'm a papist" but "I don't believe this God stuff anymore, and I don't want you to talk to me about it."

[PedroX]

Creeping protestantism is one of the great dangers facing the Church today. Not because Protestants don't worship God, but because it waters down the hard truths of Catholicism. Why recieve sacremental absolution when you can confess only to God? Why treat the liturgy and the Eucharist with respect when its just symbolic? Why bother with beauty in our worship, when it might turn lazy people away?

Catholic parents are true heroes when their kids grow up to be Catholic. There are so many dangers and tempations both from the world, and from heresy. I pray for my friends who are parents what a heavy weight they carry along with their blessings.

peace...

[Katholikos]

[quote name='Dusty Fro' date='May 26 2004, 11:16 PM'] If I were a mother, I wouldn't "Catholic-proof" my children. I wouldn't discourage them from joining the Catholic church if that's where they felt led. As a Christian mother, I would have a responsibility to teach them about God, Jesus' sacrifice and ressurection, and moral living. I would have a responsibility to take them to church and have open conversation with them about these issues. The saddest day for me would not be "Mom, I'm a papist" but "I don't believe this God stuff anymore, and I don't want you to talk to me about it." [/quote]
:laugh: ROFL at the prospect of a new convert coming home and announcing, "Mom, I'm a papist."

"Papist" is not a word that Catholics would ever use to describe themselves. "Papist" is a perjorative term -- an insult -- that is used against them by some Protestants. It was one of Martin Luther's favorite epithets.

It's okay, Dusty. You didn't know.

JMJ Likos

[Mickey's_Girl]

[quote name='PedroX' date='May 26 2004, 11:50 PM'] Catholic parents are true heroes when their kids grow up to be Catholic. [/quote]
And let me tell you, the witness of Catholic parents who raise their children in the Church to love Jesus and live for him, is an amazing thing. It's one of the reasons I am looking at Catholicism today--at my (Catholic) friend's father's funeral, the holiness of his life and the faith of his children were so apparent to me...I walked away saying to myself, "This was a holy man. There must be something going on here."

Just a little encouragement to any Catholic parents out there!

MG

[Katholikos]

[quote name='the lumberjack' date='May 26 2004, 04:36 PM'] and I, sir, am one of those idiots.

non compus mentos

or is it

no compres mentos?

oh well...thats what I mean.

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and Raphael...no problem brother.

God bless [/quote]
non compos mentis = insane