November 01, 2007
Gratuitous Domestic Posting - November 1 Edition
This morning, the seven year old said to me, "Daddy! Today is All Saints Day!"
"That's right," I replied.
"Daddy," she said, "What's a saint?"
"A saint is a person recognized by the Church for leading an especially good and godly life," I answered. "And we honor all of them on this day."
"Oh," she said. And then without missing a beat, "Daddy, I'm a saint."
Well, now.
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Posted by: The Colossus at November 1, 2007 10:33 AMWell, had it been one of the other two, I would have been ROTFLMAO, but this particular gel makes a special effort to try and be good so I didn't want to say anything that would discourage her.
Posted by: Robbo the LB at November 1, 2007 10:43 AMAnd she is a saint as a follower of Christ. Please teach her the hymn - "I sing a song of the saints of God" - my favorite as a child because it was the first time I realized that I "could be one, too"! Hey - from the mouths of babes.
Posted by: Branford at November 1, 2007 04:51 PMBranford - If the past is anything to go on, we'll get that hymn this Sunday at St. Loony Up The Cream Bun and Jam. And if the Rector is recycling sermons, we'll also get his "We're all saints" thing, which I've heard a number of times before.
No offense, but I don't like this hymn for two reasons. The first is purely aesthetic - I don't like "perky" hymns. The second is more philosophical - the Inner Catholic in me doesn't accept the idea that all of us who try to follow Christ are saints. Saved, yes. Saints, no. It's too close to making sure that all the kids get some kind of award for me.
Posted by: Robbo the LB at November 1, 2007 08:26 PMAh, but the hymn that seems too "perky" to the adult can be exactly what the seven or eight year old responds to. Also, I'm thinking of "saints" in the way that Paul uses the word in his letters, when he refers in his greetings in Philippians, Ephesians, etc. to "greet all the saints in Christ Jesus" - I guess it's the "rising to high expectations." If Paul considers followers of Christ to be "sanctus" (consecrated to God), then as followers, we need to believe and behave in a way that honors God.
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