Matthew asked why we had to go to church every Sunday.
"Why couldn't we go every other Sunday?" he wanted to know.
I asked him to think about it in a different way.
"What if Grandma and G-daddy lived close by, would you want them to visit every week or every other week?" I asked.
He replied, "Every week! No, I would want them to visit every day!"
Exactly. I told him God would love it if we visited Him every day or at least as often as we could.
And he said, "Why do we need to visit Him? He's all around us, everywhere."
That is so true. We talked about how church is like God's home and its the one place we can actually see Him. In the Eucharist.
(Danielle Rose wrote an incredible song called "See You in the Eucharist." In her explanation about the song, she talks about how humble Jesus is to come to us in a piece of bread, knowing that we would be terrified otherwise.)
We talked about how the angels would always tell people not to be afraid as part of their greeting and how if people were that afraid of angels, they would be so much more afraid of seeing God. But no one would be scared of a piece of bread.
We talked a bit more about why people would be afraid of God (they would be ashamed at unloving things they had done) and how children wouldn't be as afraid of God as adults.
Matthew and I both felt really satisfied about the conversation and had a good chuckle over the thought of people being afraid of bread. (I really hope it was a good explanation, but I wanted to document it anyway because I know I'll forget it otherwise!)
"Why couldn't we go every other Sunday?" he wanted to know.
I asked him to think about it in a different way.
"What if Grandma and G-daddy lived close by, would you want them to visit every week or every other week?" I asked.
He replied, "Every week! No, I would want them to visit every day!"
Exactly. I told him God would love it if we visited Him every day or at least as often as we could.
And he said, "Why do we need to visit Him? He's all around us, everywhere."
That is so true. We talked about how church is like God's home and its the one place we can actually see Him. In the Eucharist.
(Danielle Rose wrote an incredible song called "See You in the Eucharist." In her explanation about the song, she talks about how humble Jesus is to come to us in a piece of bread, knowing that we would be terrified otherwise.)
We talked about how the angels would always tell people not to be afraid as part of their greeting and how if people were that afraid of angels, they would be so much more afraid of seeing God. But no one would be scared of a piece of bread.
We talked a bit more about why people would be afraid of God (they would be ashamed at unloving things they had done) and how children wouldn't be as afraid of God as adults.
Matthew and I both felt really satisfied about the conversation and had a good chuckle over the thought of people being afraid of bread. (I really hope it was a good explanation, but I wanted to document it anyway because I know I'll forget it otherwise!)
