tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post2437238254223423301..comments2024-02-09T02:48:13.776-06:00Comments on Daily Meditations with Fr. Alfonse: Mt 10:24-33 Acknowledging God Before OthersFr. Alfonsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02557206560119402976noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post-3004008453893572822012-07-15T10:20:34.500-05:002012-07-15T10:20:34.500-05:00Excellent post!! When I became a parent, I underst...Excellent post!! When I became a parent, I understood intuitively that I could not parent my child the way that I was parented. My parents did a great job w/what they knew; but times have changed drastically since then. To me, this is what parenting / sacrificing is all about in this day – praying, crying out to God, seeking new ways to catechize my children. I have found that it is in building a relationship of mutual love w/them that makes all the difference in the world! How can I possibly know what they are dealing w/in school, in life w/all the technology, internet capabilities, and Hollywood mentality to help them move farther away from Christ and more to the secular world if I don’t allow them to talk openly and honestly? If I am to guide them, I have got to be able to give them an outlet to speak what’s going on inside of them: let me see where their conscience is so that I can help form it! If I don’t know where their conscience is, I will be losing all this time preaching to them the commandments, right and wrong, do and don’t do, but it will mean nothing to them: all b/c I am speaking to an issue that they are not dealing with! Once my kids really trust me, know deep in their hearts that I am on “their” side and that we can get through anything together, their defenses are let down and they do open up and talk to me about what they are struggling with: sin, what temptations they are dealing with, jealousy of what others have materially, the pain of sacrificing for others, what acts of love they did that day, etc. Then, together we talk, discuss. But, it’s my time and patience that costs me. There is always a price to pay.<br />I have to trust in God more than I fear losing my child to secularism. <br />Father: yes, parents are the primary teachers, but I look around and see that it is the parents who are getting trapped in the secularism that prevents them to hand down the real values to their children…..myself included!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-439331035718369167.post-63035894453955248292012-07-14T10:33:09.160-05:002012-07-14T10:33:09.160-05:00Be BOLD - Believe Out Loud DailyBe BOLD - Believe Out Loud DailyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com