Saint of the Week (sort of)
July 8
As a youth minister late May to late July is the busiest time of the year. It is a good busy filled with all of the best things that youth ministry has to offer: fellowship, worship, service, more service, mentoring and faith formation. As I busy myself with the prep, administration and recovery from the various camps and trips I hope that the participants have had an experience that has brought them closer to Christ. The job is filled with a million details and you really have to guard yourself from becoming bogged down and stressed out. In this department, I have an ace in the hole. It is called humor. It can be found anywhere. It can manifest in your startled cat or your son trying to pick up something that he dropped in the back of Jeep and only seeing a pair of tennis shoes sticking up because he managed to get stuck. One of my favorite sources of humor is the endless supply of kid-isms that are provided by my daughter.
As I was working out the details for vacation bible school I heard my daughter singing. How sweet, I thought. So I began to listen. She was singing, "Jesus Christ is Risen Today". What a great kid! I thought. Then came the verses. Her rendition went something like this: who did what upon the cross . . . .alleluia. Uh,honey, I said.< SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> The verse is who did once upon the cross, it is referring to Jesus. Oh, she said. I guess that makes sense. She did not however, change her rendition of the song. Once, when she was in kindergarten she asked me why we said Hell Mary. I have to admit she stumped for a moment until I realized that she was referring to Hail Mary. Don't worry, we got her straightened out.
So although this is the saint of the week, I am asking you for your catholic kid-isms. I'll compile a list and send it out to you. Remember, they have to be catholic.
"All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well". St. Julian of Norwich
Jamie Dillon
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