Last week at Sunday School, as our son’s class prepared for First Reconciliation, the instructors invited the students into a simple and illustrative activity.
There was a big heart drawn on the board, and the students were invited to fill it with habits and attachments that are not of God.
The point was to show that the sacrament clears our hearts of these things, so that in our hearts might grow the fruits of the Spirit.
When the instructor started erasing the words and narrating the metaphor, one rather exuberant young colleague jumped up and yelled, in full seriousness: “Don’t erase mine!!”
This is, of course, hilarious and the perfect reaction to illustrate why we need to be invited to the sacrament. We want this freedom from sin… buuuut maybe not yet.
Let’s pray for the grace to act with the Spirit now and not later.
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