Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Worship and Children

It is fascinating for me to observe my son and daughter-in-law raise my grandson and granddaughter. They are loving and caring parents but they are also very focused on setting proper boundaries and rules. As a grandfather, I am more focused on spoiling him and being overly flexible.

They are particularly interested in teaching my grandson and granddaughter right and wrong as well as proper manners in a variety of social settings (at the dinner table, in church, etc.). I have to admit that I am proud that my son takes his parenting role so seriously.  He makes sure that my grandson and granddaughter eat healthy foods and get a proper balance of play time and sleep.  My grandson and granddaughter have a good supply of books including Bible stories.  They are learning to pray at bed time and meal time.

A very important part of parenting is helping our children learn about worship.  We need to model for them the value of worshiping every Sunday and being reverent in church.  It is also important the children learn the great hymns and liturgies of the Church.  These are great treasures that must be passed down from age to age.

Each generation has the opportunity to add their best and their finest works of creativity and devotion to the worship treasures of the Church. Jesus says in Matthew 13:52, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”

May we help our children embrace the treasures of the Church from every generation so that our children’s children will clearly learn of Christ and His cross.

Pastor Quardokus