tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post8365687324783590200..comments2023-10-23T09:44:03.507-04:00Comments on Growing with my Girls: Why do I...Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029296444906951529noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post-81924435971524737852009-10-23T22:58:19.280-04:002009-10-23T22:58:19.280-04:00When my children got to an age where we thought it...When my children got to an age where we thought it would disrupt their nap or they would be too disruptive in Mass, dh and I would alternate-- he would stay home and I would go and then vice versa. That being said, when they reached preschool age, we have all attended Church together as a family. It is wonderful to share who and what we are with our kids. Jesus was a baby, too. I'm sure God understands. :-) You are there every week where you should be. It will get better.Lisa Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12584089495171423348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post-66200691962163551332009-10-22T22:06:25.026-04:002009-10-22T22:06:25.026-04:00Yes, there was another one about breastfeeding in ...Yes, there was another one about breastfeeding in Mass. She got some really ugly responses to that one!! She also had another post where she wrote an "open" letter to a gentleman at our church who routinely glares at her if any of her kids makes a peep during daily Mass. The beautiful thing was that we have a newsletter at our church, in addition to the bulletin, and they published a couple of her articles about this topic in there. So it got a lot of discussion!! It's a hot topic. As one of my friends said today (we were discussing your post): our faith tells us we're supposed to be totally open to children, yet we're not supposed to bring them to Mass? We were also talking about families where husbands are deployed (mine is leaving AGAIN in January) for the military - are the Moms supposed to hire a babysitter so they can get to Mass each week, so as not to disturb people with their children? This is a real hot button issue!!Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999838147173390906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post-11901879703294959022009-10-22T13:33:35.380-04:002009-10-22T13:33:35.380-04:00I actually read that very article by Kate after yo...I actually read that very article by Kate after you first told me about her blog! I think it was the first thing I read... and it was either that article or another one where some commenters got really angry about breastfeeding in church...Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029296444906951529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post-56671832968303339152009-10-22T10:01:04.449-04:002009-10-22T10:01:04.449-04:00with 5 kids, we've gone both routes. With our...with 5 kids, we've gone both routes. With our oldest ones, we used the nursery, because at our church it was parent run and we knew everyone who was in there, because we all swapped Sundays. However, that being said, I always felt weird about it. With our younger ones, we had one child who absolutely refused to go in there (talk about "child-led"!!), so we kept him in Mass with us. It was, suprisingly (at the time!) not more difficult to have him there, especially as he got older. Interestingly enough, our church nursery ended up ceasing, as we had less and less families using it. Sounds like a trend to me, or families staying together in Mass! I had a friend who actually talked to a priest about this very issue, because she had 3 small children with her in Mass and felt like she wasn't able to pay attention at all and was feeling very guilty and wanted some absolution. The priest's respons was beautiful, and I've always kept it close to my heart since she told me about it. The priest told her that Gof gave her those children as her vocation, and she was faithfully living that vocation by bringing her children to God in the Mass. God knew the intentions of her heart, and there was no absolution needed. She was doing what God asked of her, and that's all we can do as mothers, and God is fully aware of that. Here's a great article in Inside Catholic, written by my friend Kate, that addresses this very topic: http://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6171&Itemid=48Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999838147173390906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21732972.post-64109421035581975012009-10-22T00:09:29.781-04:002009-10-22T00:09:29.781-04:00My Mom and Dad made the family sit in the front ro...My Mom and Dad made the family sit in the front row at Mass so that if we misbehaved everyone would see...and that always scared us straight!!Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811354464191353508noreply@blogger.com