From
The Religious Potential of the Child pages 52-53:
“There is a deep bond
uniting God to the child, the Creator to His creature…a bond with which no
person should dare to interfere.
“The help the adult can give
the child is only preliminary and peripheral, and one that halts – that must
halt – on the threshold of the ‘place’ where God speaks with His creature.
“The incandescent moment of
the meeting with God occurs in secret between the Lord and His creature, and
into this secret the adult may not and should not enter.”
I
read the above again recently and it touched me deeply, so I thought I’d share.
The world rewards the quick answer, the fast solution. We are trained to respond at the earliest age, garnering praise for coming up with the correct response with alacrity. The atrium allows the adult, as well as the child, to ponder the great mysteries of God without the pressure of an expected response. This is a beautiful gift, one that often takes my breath away :-)
~ Beate
The world rewards the quick answer, the fast solution. We are trained to respond at the earliest age, garnering praise for coming up with the correct response with alacrity. The atrium allows the adult, as well as the child, to ponder the great mysteries of God without the pressure of an expected response. This is a beautiful gift, one that often takes my breath away :-)
~ Beate
