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                Recently I ran across a cute “Explanation of God” written by a child, which I thought you might enjoy!  He writes:  “One of God’s main jobs is making people.  He makes them to replace the ones that die, so there will be enough people to take care of things on earth.  He doesn’t make grownups, just babies.  I think because they are smaller and easier to make.  That way He doesn’t have to take up his valuable time teaching them how to talk and walk.  He can just leave that up to mothers and fathers.

 

                God’s second most important job is listening to prayers.  An awful lot of this goes on, since some people, like preachers and things , pray at times besides bedtime.  God doesn’t have time to listen to the radio or TV because of this.  Because He hears everything, there must be a terrible lot of noise in His ears, unless He has thought of a way to turn it off.  God sees everything and hears everything and is everywhere which keeps Him pretty busy.  So you shouldn’t go wasting His time by going over your Mom or Dad’s head asking for something they said you couldn’t have.

 

                Atheists are people who don’t believe in God.  I don’t think there are any in Chula Vista.  At least they aren’t any who come to our church.

 

                Jesus is God’s Son.  He used to do all the hard work like walking on water and performing miracles and trying to teach the people who didn’t want to learn about God.  They finally got tired of Him preaching to them so they crucified Him.  But He was good and kind, like his Father, and He told His Father that they didn’t know what they were doing and to forgive them and God said, ‘OK.’

His Dad (God) appreciated everything He had done and all his hard work on earth so He told Him He didn’t have to go out on the road anymore. He could stay in Heaven.  So He did.  And now He helps his Dad out by listening to our prayers and seeing things which are important for God to take care of and which one He can take care of Himself without having to bother God.  Like a secretary, only more important.  You can pray anytime you want and they are sure to help you because they got it worked out so one of them is on duty all the time.

 

                 You should always go to church on Sunday because it makes God happy, and if there is anybody you want to make happy, it’s God.  Don’t skip church or do something you think is will be more fun like going to the beach.  This is wrong.  And besides, the sun doesn’t come out on the beach until noon anyway.  If you don’t believe in God, besides being an atheist, you will be very lonely, because your parents can’t go everywhere with you, like to camp, but God can.

 

                  It’s good to know He’s around you when you’re scared, in the dark or when you can’t swim and you get thrown into real deep water by big kids.  But…you shouldn’t just always think of what God can do for you.  I figure God put me here and He can take me back anytime He pleases.  And….that’s why I believe in God.”  (written by 8 year old, Danny Dutton of Chula Vista, CA for this third grade assignment to explain God.)

 

                 As we come to the end of our Church’s Liturgical Year and celebrate the Feast of Christ the King, I hope this perspective of a child’s faith and these simple words will inspire your own summary of this great God we have in our rich Tradition of our Christian Catholic Faith. 

 

                                                                                                                   God bless! 

                                                                                                                   Fr. LeRoy

 

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