A Child's Reaction...

Tonight I took my daughter to mass for the first time.  She had been to other [Protestant] church services before and expressed an interest in joining me.  When I introduced her to the Stations of the Cross, her eyes got as big as silver dollars.  She never before understood the true meaning of the Cross and that Jesus was actually nailed to it.  Her reaction to Passion and to the Corpus was of sadness, but tears turned to joy as we reached the last Station and spoke of His resurrection and ascension to Heaven. 

We also received a "rice bowl" to help the Catholic Relief Services distribute food and necessities to those in need.  All though it took a moment to convince my little girl that we are not to put rice into the box (because rice IS a food), I was inspired by HER idea to contribute to the mission.  She stated "I can help poor people like you do, right?"  Yes, little one.  You can change the world.  You have already changed mine.

Experiencing a 5 year old's epiphany and humility tonight changed my life.  I can only pray to have the same feelings of awe, sadness and joy surrounding the Passion and in every miracle of every day. 

Changing Outcomes.