Memories of First Communion, Confession, Catholic Schools, and the Nuns, Part 1
As a cradle Catholic, by the age of 6 I was well schooled in learning
how to please God. Every morning I would pray, “I offer you all of my
prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day.” I trusted that God
would be with me, and He would bless me and protect me. I attended
Catholic School, and Sister Mary Claudia was my teacher. I know it was
she who blessed me with Fear of the Lord. I looked at Sister as she
taught. She had to be more than 14 feet tall!
Sister drilled us well in the Baltimore Catechism, and we had to review the day’s lesson with our parents at home.
“What is the purpose of your life?” she would intone.
In our sing song voices we would reply, “Our purpose in life is to know God, to serve God in this world and in the next.”
We would say this with sincere hearts and souls, even as poked the kid in front of us, not that I ever poked or pushed anyone!
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Sister drilled us well in the Baltimore Catechism, and we had to review the day’s lesson with our parents at home.
“What is the purpose of your life?” she would intone.
In our sing song voices we would reply, “Our purpose in life is to know God, to serve God in this world and in the next.”
We would say this with sincere hearts and souls, even as poked the kid in front of us, not that I ever poked or pushed anyone!
Read More at:: His Unending Love
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