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On Sunday at 11:00 mass, as I knelt in the pew with DS to say my entrance prayers, the gentleman in front of us (probably 50ish bachlor) turned and said "I pray that is a quiet baby."DS is normally very quiet and good in mass and was that day as well.The thing is our church is huge and 11:00 is known to be the 'little ones' mass. Its when the baptisms occur and is full of young childern and babies. Our priest has a sign on the 'crying' room that it is there to change/settle baby but NOT to stay in for mass. It says that Jesus let the little childern come to him so let them. (or something to that effect.) Our preist Loves babies and childern. Also the church was quite empty on sunday as it seems to be during the summer.Would you have been offended? Would you have said something? Or would you have moved?
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Yes. I would have said that there are plenty of open seats and if he wants he can move. Then prayed that my baby cried the whole time and gave a smug look to the guy...LOL No really I probably would have laughed and said "well if it makes you feel any better so do I!!! But really there is nothing more christ like than the sound of children in God's house of worship huh?" Hehe.
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I probably would have given him a big smile and said we all do! Have a wonderful day. Then like Nat said, secretly hoped for the bomb to drop! LOL. That is how little ones pray in my book. The coo, they scream, they laugh in church. And for that reason we do not have a cry room in our church. Our priests believe that they belong with us IN CHURCH. God loves to hear the little ones talk.
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Thanks ladies for some great responces!I was caught off gaurd and just said "I pray he is quiet too." Then after it bugged me. I wished I had said something about little childern being part of God's family. If it ever happens again, I will have some better responces.mrsred - great responce.and Nat, I should have let Oma give him the Tic Tac box to play with! He can sure shake up a racket with that thing! LOL
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Nat - My Dad's side is German. We called my grandparents Oma and Opa. Now my brother's boys and my boy call them Oma and Opa. Oma LOVES it 'cause she is the ONLY Oma while there are grandma's galore! (Open adoption with entire birthfamily! Brother's ex, mom to his 10 year old, is remarried.) I love it too!Just a side note for you Nat - my brother just had a Baby last week and named him Cooper!
I would have had to respond--Sorry, God will not be answering your prayer today. Mass is a stressful hour for us! Since K has become mobile, she is never content with sitting, and will fuss (loudly) when we try to contain her. Standing is okay some, but sitting at any time is difficult. Any toy or book is just something to throw down. Trying to climb over the back of the pew is another fun thing (for her). I wish we knew of something that would keep her sitting quietly even for a few minutes. I am gald your priest has expressed his love for children. I am not sure how we fit in--I have never heard our priest mention anything about children or babies one way or the other. Well, I say just ignore the man--he seems to be a rare one if this is the first comment you have had at church. Although, the comment would eat at me too!
I can't believe that man said that to you!!
I probably would have said, "us too" but still would have been annoyed.
We have been taking refuge in the cry room lately--not because Meg cries, but because she needs to MOVE and has no interest in just "sitting there", and she tries to play games in the pews.....about once, maybe twice a month we make it through a whole Mass in "general population"!!
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Our 2 year old just can't sit through Mass right now either. One of us just stays with her in the baby room, and the other wheels my Mother to the front of the church where they accommodate wheel chairs. But when the one of us with DD goes to Communion, she delightedly says "Hi, Bama!". Father said it is really cute. All of our priests in our parish are very child-centric. Gotta love it.
The unhappy gentleman probably needs to be prayed for. He is clearly unhappy. He doesn't know the joy of loving a child as Jesus loved them. Having now said the proper thing, I may have called him a jerk. :eek: