Monday, January 14, 2013
Sinfully Funny
(Disclaimer: I was given full approval by a certain 2nd grade repentant to share his list of confessed sins during his First Reconciliation this weekend. He figures that since he received full absolution from the priest, there is no shame. Jack is also the only child always looking to "make the blog." For the record, the inclusion of "bad thoughts" came about when Jack was fishing for a list of venial sins and an explanation of "impure thoughts." I told him it meant that he wished he had another kid's toy...or something along those lines....):
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Wow, Thats Jack.
ReplyDelete'Tis. He's a funny one.
DeleteOh dear! It is a sin to not share a donut? Uh oh!
ReplyDeleteHaven't shared a donut EVER. Just thing about the rings of hell I'm heading towards....
DeleteI love that he wants to make your blog...that alone should make up for all of his "sins" ;) And, if cleaning up slow is is a sin, I'm very probably super screwed.
ReplyDeleteAt least you clean! That ought at least get you to purgatory.
DeleteTell Jack being obnoxious is a guy thing and I never share my donuts either.
ReplyDeleteMBF
Why am I not surprised?
DeleteBut isn't that a little cliche? You know. About the donuts.
heh heh heh
Sorry. It's been a loooong day.
Not sharing donuts, I never share the packet, seeing as we are confessing :-/
ReplyDeleteI won't even share my Frosted Flakes. Not even the family-sized box. And I swear. A lot.
DeleteMaybe I ought to book an appt. w/ that priest?
Haha! Oh bless him! If all those things are a sin, then there's no hope for me.
ReplyDeleteThat boy is a future blogger in the making. :)
Time to have him befriend Spawn?
DeleteGive him a couple of years. I think they'd hit it off well....
Jack...you are awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't you forget it.
I never share my donuts, either.
Should we form a group???
I read this one to Jack earlier, and he was very excited about forming a group ("is that like a club??"). He'll bring the donuts.
DeleteObnoxious is a sin? Who knew? I also didn't know what A first reconciliation was and had to consult my ex-catholic husband. Jack, keep up the good work kiddo!
ReplyDeleteConfession is like the BEST thing about being Catholic. You're totally forgiven for eating all the donuts & telling your husband you have "no idea" where the Cheetos went. Will pass along your well-wishes!
DeleteOkay--that whole "being obnoxious" thing lends new insight to why my husband's knuckles have scars.
ReplyDeleteI think he & Big Joe would get along marvelously.
DeleteI remember in second grade when I lied to a teacher. Another boy who usually got in trouble had to go to the corner instead of me. It went like this:
ReplyDelete"Carol, did you put the purple crayon on the blackboard?"
"No."
"Donald, did you put the purple crayon on the blackboard?"
"No," he said.
The teacher pronounced the verdict: "Donald go stand in the corner."
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
DeleteThat's hilarious.
Poor boys. They always get blamed for everything, don't they?
Yep they do get blamed. I grew up with two younger brothers who were always wrong and often beat up on each other. It is hysterical and there is more mea culpa!
DeleteThe self-righteous chump that I was I thought I never did much wrong at all and had to keep up my reputation of being a "nice" girl for parents and teachers.
Then there was the matter of prayer for this Protestant who didn't go to confession. I thought I had done many wrong things, but couldn't remember what they are so I would pray repeatedly "Lord, forgive me for my sins, Amen." I would often fall asleep to that prayer, rather than count sheep. What a hypocrite in "nice" clothing I was as a child.
what fabulous self insight!!!
ReplyDeleteHe's a much more self-aware person than I'll ever be!
DeleteI'm not Catholic but Sheldon and my husband are. I'm still confused when I go to mass about the order.
ReplyDeleteSo am I. They changed everything a few years ago and I have no idea what's going on. Of course they did keep the "Catholic aerobics" in place (sit, stand, kneel, sit, kneel, stand, kneel, stand....).
DeleteThat was nice of him to share his list with you; does he write them out before the goes to confession? If so, I do like that he ponders what they could be beforehand.
ReplyDeletebetty
He was scared he'd forget his sins, so I told him to write them down (thinking maybe he'd have 2 or 3). Little did I know he'd be doing a discertation!
DeleteFirst, I think we should adopt confessions. I'd love for my kids to sit and think about what they've done.
ReplyDeleteSecond, if being obnoxious and moving slow when you clean are sins, I am in serious trouble.
I love sending the kids off to confession, yet whenever I go, I draw a blank. Or I just can't confess to things I know I'm going to do again (namely swear like a sailor). But from a parenting perspective, the stuff is GOLD.
DeleteOh my gosh! I totally remember my first confessional. I was soooooooo nervous. I remember one for sure that said "I tried to drown my cousin in the pool, then told her not to tell my aunt" Future Serial Killer! The priest probably looked at me in my pigtails like, 'uhhh, you? You tried to drown someone?' What?? She threw my Barbie over the fence!
ReplyDeleteTell Jack it's o.k. I move slow when I clean too. Oh, and I also watch TV instead of cleaning, oh and then there are the bad thoughts, and not sharing my pop tarts (which is like a donut) ;)
CUTE POST!! Jack will be writing his own blog soon.
Are you sure you just weren't trying to "baptize" her. That would've been my cover story.
DeleteYou and Jack would get along famously.
Being obnoxious is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteNot mine.
DeleteAnd can you guess who is the one heard yelling at her kids daily: "STOP ACTING OBNOXIOUS!"
I love that he moves slow when he cleans up. I can just hear you in the background telling him to move faster. This is the same conversation we have in our house.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I tell him to go faster, it works in reverse...he slows down to snail's pace.
DeleteAre the boys too young for Red Bull?
"I move always when I clean up." haha...love that! And what was the one that he crossed out? He called someone, _________ ???
ReplyDeleteI think it was "I called someone stupid," but he was just too ashamed to admit it. Even to the priest. That's a big no-no in our house.
DeleteLOL...
DeleteHmm... I'm afraid I commit most of those sins daily and I NEVER share my donuts! I'm in trouble!
ReplyDeleteYou & me both!
DeletePretty sure I am going to hell since I don't share my donuts, I am obnoxious to my mom and I move slow when I clean up too. When my husband was little and had to go to confession he could never remember what he had done wrong (hard to believe since I am sure the list was vast and long and maybe endless)so he would make stuff up. I have a feeling the priest was totally onto him.
ReplyDeleteThat was me, too!! I never remembered my sins (and in all actuality, I was a big rule-follower as a kid and really didn't do much wrong). I liked and said things like "I hit my sister" and "I took my brother's toy." Whew. I am not alone. Thanks, Jim.
DeleteWhat a horrible child you raised! Your mom card has been revoked. Not sharing a doughnut? For shame!
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