http://blog.todaysparish.com/2010/01/haiti%e2%80%94does-liturgy-matter/ Ideas and Inspiration for Pastors, Parish Ministers, and Leaders Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:04:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.todaysparish.com/2010/01/haiti%e2%80%94does-liturgy-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-128 James Field Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:06:13 +0000 http://blog.todaysparish.com/?p=514#comment-128 At liturgy, children learn the sharing that should flow from the Lord's table. Here, I challenged the kids to give to a small orphanage in Haiti. It is important for children to put a face on their giving; to know who and how they help. I offered to match what they gave up to $250 and my pastoral associate chipped in too. Within an hour of Mass, ten parishioners had joined the matching gifts. If a child gave a dollar, we can send twelve. A dollar feeds and clothes an orphan for a day at Maison Fortune. One teen gave half his allowance, another her babysitting money from the night before, a little girl asked if she could open her piggy bank. The little ones literally danced up the aisle to give - they brought about an explosion of giving among the adults. It was a great moment in liturgy, and helped many to feel less helpless before the enormity of this suffering. Liturgy always matters. This week shows that the Lord forms at our table a community of love and service, of generosity, of every race, language, and way of life. At liturgy, children learn the sharing that should flow from the Lord’s table. Here, I challenged the kids to give to a small orphanage in Haiti. It is important for children to put a face on their giving; to know who and how they help. I offered to match what they gave up to $250 and my pastoral associate chipped in too. Within an hour of Mass, ten parishioners had joined the matching gifts. If a child gave a dollar, we can send twelve. A dollar feeds and clothes an orphan for a day at Maison Fortune. One teen gave half his allowance, another her babysitting money from the night before, a little girl asked if she could open her piggy bank. The little ones literally danced up the aisle to give – they brought about an explosion of giving among the adults. It was a great moment in liturgy, and helped many to feel less helpless before the enormity of this suffering. Liturgy always matters. This week shows that the Lord forms at our table a community of love and service, of generosity, of every race, language, and way of life.

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