Good Friday

Last night while Ava and I talked about Holy Thursday and the last supper she asked me why today would be called Good Friday if they killed Jesus, how could that be good? I told her it was a good question and that I believed it was because without his death he would not have risen on Easter Sunday and then how could he have opened the gates of heaven for us. She seemed to understand and proceeded to tell Kohen all about the passion and stations of the cross. It warmed my heart to hear my almost six year old tell the story of Jesus's sacrifice. Hearing her tell him that she would skip the part about the spear because she didn't like it and it made her sad reassured me that we are doing something right and that she is definitely going to the right school. So often I talk to friends and wonder if I am doing a good job keeping my promise to raise my children to love God. When I was pregnant with Ava and was told she might have trisomy 18 or downs I promised the Lord he just allowed her to live I would raise her to praise and love him. I would do my best to remember he was just loaning her to me. I will be honest and say we don't make it to mass every Sunday and sadly we don't say Grace before every meal but we do speak of him often and I am trying to teach her that she is not alone ever and to turn to God and prayer when she needs comfort. I also remind her to give thanks to Him when good things happen. But then there are moments when she like all little children gets excited about the Easter Bunny and tell her brother that he always come to our house with lots of treats that I wonder does she really get the meaning? When she tells me that she almost fell asleep during stations at school because they were so long that I wonder I am keeping my promise? Listening to her take things out of her Benjamin Box and tell her little brother about Jesus's journey to Calvary that I know I am, we are. When Kohen looks at crosses and says look its Jesus on the "quas" with no clothes cause the bad guys took them I know we are. How do you teach your children to love the Lord?