Gloria Patri

Oct. 18, 2007
As we are getting back to normal here at home, we are trying to resume some of our regular routine. Part of that routine is to say one decade of the Rosary every night as a family before bed. We talk about which mysteries we are to meditate on for the day and for which intentions we will pray.
Well, trying to reinstate this little routine for my kids has been like trying to drag a couple of cats into the bathtub -- especially for Joey, who is notoriously stubborn. But we have persisted. And tonight Joey, who is 6, offered to lead. So, off he went and was doing fine. When we came to the last Glory Be, Joey decided to deliver it in Latin -- which is one of the kids' subjects at homeschool. We just finished learning the Gloria Patri this week. He waded through it, and Olivia and I joined in. He looked pretty proud of himself, and I was proud of him. After the sometimes arduous days of school, it was encouraging to see that parental persistence -- or insistence -- can pay off.