This year we are going to begin the first communion catechism, in the hope that the Spirit of the Lord lead us and support us in this difficult task that lies ahead. The catechist
fact must not only prepare children to receive this important sacrament, but also and above all, must be able to capture the interest and hearts of children, to guide them towards the person of Jesus For this reason, to present their a path, in my opinion necessary, I decided to write this article that does not have the presumption of wanting to be nothing more than a reflection on us all.
First, the family is the first environment in which the child feels to be a person and feel welcomed, always in the family the child should be open to life, takes shape day by day and leave no traces as deep experience in his life, for good or evil.
Gerardo Pastor (Dean of the Faculty of psyche of the Pontifical University of Salamanca) says that "neither kindergartens or schools, or groups of peers, or parishes, or the media (press, radio and television), can penetrate so deeply in the depths of the child as the parents, which is fully dependent in the first six or nine years.
One factor that has always characterized the educational role of parents Christians in the home is training in prayer.
In the past, family prayer was something "normal", with its rhythms and its
times: before meals, the 'Angelus', the rosary, the prayers in the morning and evening, generally, was the mother those working to ensure and drive this religious experience.
Today, the life of the family has changed significantly, everything has become more difficult, and, little by little, we abandoned the family and individual prayer.
The result today is that our generation feels more and more embarrassed to propose the
family prayer, which appears to us as something forced and artificial that there comes from the heart.
The first step for a change, I think the couple should do, learning to pray together a prayer
torque, simple, plain, without any further complications, which is the basis on which to build back the pleasure of praying family.
'prayer groups, for example, might be to ask God's forgiveness for sins
, thanks for everything received, for all the good that is in the couple and children.
is right that parents pray for their children and also in the name of "children" for the little ones who still do not know how to pray and
for adults who are in crisis and may no longer know how to do it.
would be advisable, where possible, to reserve a place at home or a "corner
prayer", for the purpose.
Prayer is an experience that the child must discover and learn from their parents,
is therefore necessary that the child see the father and mother pray, pray that if it looks unhurried, remain silent, close your eyes, kneel, He understood the importance of these gestures and senses the presence of God in the family as something beautiful and positive, learning the language of religion, but also signs that it remains etched in his memory, there is nothing that can replace the experience.
only way the child approaches to prayer in a spontaneous manner, and pray
how to pray, with the same attitude, the same tone, the same joy, then the time will come when he will be starting a prayer time, then it will engraved in the memory as something which naturally belongs to the family's daily life. Then
education in the faith also allows the child an authentic fusion of faith and life, and then a real growth of Christian life, as given by the parents of Christian initiation is intrinsically linked to facts and realities of everyday life.
Since families Christians are the "cells" of the primary social and ecclesial communities, parents, through faith in Christ, participate fully in the evangelizing mission of the Church, and of course this can only happen if there is a Christian community that follows them and helps them, encouraging them and supporting them in moments of difficulty in the path of holiness.
fact must not only prepare children to receive this important sacrament, but also and above all, must be able to capture the interest and hearts of children, to guide them towards the person of Jesus For this reason, to present their a path, in my opinion necessary, I decided to write this article that does not have the presumption of wanting to be nothing more than a reflection on us all.
First, the family is the first environment in which the child feels to be a person and feel welcomed, always in the family the child should be open to life, takes shape day by day and leave no traces as deep experience in his life, for good or evil.
Gerardo Pastor (Dean of the Faculty of psyche of the Pontifical University of Salamanca) says that "neither kindergartens or schools, or groups of peers, or parishes, or the media (press, radio and television), can penetrate so deeply in the depths of the child as the parents, which is fully dependent in the first six or nine years.
One factor that has always characterized the educational role of parents Christians in the home is training in prayer.
In the past, family prayer was something "normal", with its rhythms and its
times: before meals, the 'Angelus', the rosary, the prayers in the morning and evening, generally, was the mother those working to ensure and drive this religious experience.
Today, the life of the family has changed significantly, everything has become more difficult, and, little by little, we abandoned the family and individual prayer.
The result today is that our generation feels more and more embarrassed to propose the
family prayer, which appears to us as something forced and artificial that there comes from the heart.
The first step for a change, I think the couple should do, learning to pray together a prayer
torque, simple, plain, without any further complications, which is the basis on which to build back the pleasure of praying family.
'prayer groups, for example, might be to ask God's forgiveness for sins
, thanks for everything received, for all the good that is in the couple and children.
is right that parents pray for their children and also in the name of "children" for the little ones who still do not know how to pray and
for adults who are in crisis and may no longer know how to do it.
would be advisable, where possible, to reserve a place at home or a "corner
prayer", for the purpose.
Prayer is an experience that the child must discover and learn from their parents,
is therefore necessary that the child see the father and mother pray, pray that if it looks unhurried, remain silent, close your eyes, kneel, He understood the importance of these gestures and senses the presence of God in the family as something beautiful and positive, learning the language of religion, but also signs that it remains etched in his memory, there is nothing that can replace the experience.
only way the child approaches to prayer in a spontaneous manner, and pray
how to pray, with the same attitude, the same tone, the same joy, then the time will come when he will be starting a prayer time, then it will engraved in the memory as something which naturally belongs to the family's daily life. Then
education in the faith also allows the child an authentic fusion of faith and life, and then a real growth of Christian life, as given by the parents of Christian initiation is intrinsically linked to facts and realities of everyday life.
Since families Christians are the "cells" of the primary social and ecclesial communities, parents, through faith in Christ, participate fully in the evangelizing mission of the Church, and of course this can only happen if there is a Christian community that follows them and helps them, encouraging them and supporting them in moments of difficulty in the path of holiness.
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