[Magdalen] Suffer The Little Children?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

old habits die hard and/or are modified and do so....

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Jay Weigel" <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2016 4:27 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Suffer The Little Children?

> IMO, absolutely NOT. Unless this is a Roman Catholic parish, this is an
> exclusionary tactic and this priest is all wet. IMNSHO, Confirmation at 10
> is also way too young, but that's a whole other thread.
>
> On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I am aware of a parish that has a regular practice of inviting
>> the toddlers to come forward to surround the altar during the Canon/
>> Eucharistic Prayer.  At the conclusion of this Prayer, the  presider
>> shakes their hands and they trundle back to their families in  the pews.
>>
>> These children have all been baptized, but are too young for 
>> Confirmation
>> and regular communion which occurs there at age 10.  As a  result,
>> these toddlers do not take communion which is the obvious outcome
>> of the Eucharistic Prayer which they have witnessed.
>>
>> IOW the children have witnessed a Liturgy from
>> which they are then excluded.
>>
>> I'm all for involving children in the Liturgy, but is this the right way
>> to
>> do so?.
>>
>>
>>
>> David Strang
>>
>>
>>