Parents, there is only one way to empower our children for what this life, especially life in 2017, will throw their way....GOD!!!! It is absolutely pertinent to first be their prayer warriors....daily interceding for them, their lives, their salvation, their health, their future, their vocation in life...everything....bring everything to God in prayer! Allocate a day of the week to cover them in a big way in prayer, fasting and alms giving and teach them these principles to apply themselves in an age appropriate way. Pair off with other parents one day a week and support each other. Children have the natural propensity to know God and be drawn to Him...make every opportunity available to them from very young to nurture this. Scriptures say: "Raise up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it!" We will answer in a big way as to how we nurtured our children's faith.
As Catholics, we have Sacraments that give Supernatural Empowerment and Protection to our children (and us)...Baptism, First Reconciliation (confession), First Holy Communion and Confirmation are the first 4 of 7 Sacraments. Baptism is done once as is Confirmation. Confession and Communion have a First Celebration and then are available over and over again throughout a person's life. They should at least go to Mass every Sunday and receive Jesus, in Holy Communion to be empowered and strengthened and healed in a Way nothing else can achieve. Nothing we can do in this world equals that. Also, confession should be encouraged at least once a month so we can continue to receive the beautiful Graces this Sacrament gives...so that we can continue to work on our weaknesses with God aiming to be more and more like Jesus...so that we can purify our hearts to receive Jesus...to prepare the "red carpet" for our encounter with Him in Holy Communion....to obey Jesus command to confess our sins....
These Sacraments are pivotal. Without them you disable your child from the Best life has to offer. Practice them yourselves and bring your children to the same practice. If there are family members and friends who are not practicing...whose children are not baptized....who do not celebrate the Sacraments....pray hard for them...offer Masses....fast....and speak the Truth when God's Opportunity comes ....There is a war going on ....a war to steal souls....a war to rob people ....a war against our marriages, our families, our children....and the weapons to use against these attacks are a deep relationship with the Living God and all the tools He has given us over the yrs to overcome. Scripture Reading...Study and Memorization....Mass and Holy Communion...Confession....Baptism....Confirmation....Fasting....Alms giving...Prayer....Rosary...
Scapula....the list goes on and on....
Baptize your children....return to church.....prepare them for all the Sacraments....Return to Confession and receiving Jesus at Mass every Sunday.....i sadly find out more and more as i help people that there are so many children being spiritually neglected and therefore they are not afforded the protection and blessings they so deserve.
Let's wake up parents....these little souls have no time for us to delay and "find ourselves". The time is now!!!
til next time...look up all you can on the Sacraments of the Catholic Church....on teaching children about God....helping develop a close relationship with Jesus for our children. (and ourselves)...here are two links....happy reading
http://www.catholic.org/prayers/sacrament.php
http://www.canonlaw.info/a_preparingchildren.htm
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