{"id":5007,"date":"2016-12-12T08:42:44","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T13:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/?p=5007"},"modified":"2016-12-12T08:42:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T13:42:44","slug":"catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Parenting Win: Properly Targeted Teenager Whining"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>That moment when your kid gripes, \u201cWhy are we even bothering having choral Benediction if we\u2019re not singing the Rossini <em>O Salutaris<\/em>? \u00a0I mean, do you want people to catch onto the idea of the Real Presence or not??\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title='Eucharistic Adoration: Rossini \"O Salutaris\"' width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gBCvz88r__I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I forebore from mounting a defense of Gregorian chant. \u00a0Let her wallow in youthful self-righteousness for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I told her she needs to get together a choral flashmob and rove about town descending on Adoration hours and unleashing the Rossini on the unwitting.<\/p>\n<p>I think she thought I was kidding.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f2\/V%C3%A8rrinne_%C3%A9glyise_d%C3%A9_Saint_Pi%C3%A8rre_J%C3%A8rri_2.jpg\/540px-V%C3%A8rrinne_%C3%A9glyise_d%C3%A9_Saint_Pi%C3%A8rre_J%C3%A8rri_2.jpg\" alt=\"File:V\u00e8rrinne \u00e9glyise d\u00e9 Saint Pi\u00e8rre J\u00e8rri 2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Lamb of God \u2013 Stained Glass, photo by Man vyi (Own work) [<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>], <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3AV%C3%A8rrinne_%C3%A9glyise_d%C3%A9_Saint_Pi%C3%A8rre_J%C3%A8rri_2.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That moment when your kid gripes, \u201cWhy are we even bothering having choral Benediction if we\u2019re not singing the Rossini O Salutaris? \u00a0I mean, do you want people to catch onto the idea of the Real Presence or not??\u201d I forebore from mounting a defense of Gregorian chant. \u00a0Let her wallow in youthful self-righteousness for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sacred-art-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Catholic Parenting Win: Properly Targeted Teenager Whining<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"That moment when your kid gripes, &quot;Why are we even bothering having choral Benediction if we&#039;re not singing the Rossini O Salutaris? \u00a0I mean, do you want\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Catholic Parenting Win: Properly Targeted Teenager Whining\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"That moment when your kid gripes, &quot;Why are we even bothering having choral Benediction if we&#039;re not singing the Rossini O Salutaris? \u00a0I mean, do you want\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sticking the Corners\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JenFitz.Writes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-12-12T13:42:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f2\/V%C3%A8rrinne_%C3%A9glyise_d%C3%A9_Saint_Pi%C3%A8rre_J%C3%A8rri_2.jpg\/540px-V%C3%A8rrinne_%C3%A9glyise_d%C3%A9_Saint_Pi%C3%A8rre_J%C3%A8rri_2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jennifer Fitz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Jennifer_Fitz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jennifer Fitz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic Parenting Win: Properly Targeted Teenager Whining\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-12-12T13:42:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-12-12T13:42:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/a1a80a6198996fd8f065088c38a255c3\"},\"description\":\"That moment when your kid gripes, \\\"Why are we even bothering having choral Benediction if we're not singing the Rossini O Salutaris? \u00a0I mean, do you want\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Catholic Parenting Win: Properly Targeted Teenager Whining\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/\",\"name\":\"Sticking the Corners\",\"description\":\"Live it like you mean it.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/a1a80a6198996fd8f065088c38a255c3\",\"name\":\"Jennifer Fitz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3aa95bdcebf0f9f0962d1a672129e152?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3aa95bdcebf0f9f0962d1a672129e152?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jennifer Fitz\"},\"description\":\"Jennifer Fitz is the mother of four fantabulous children, and author of Classroom Management for Catechists. She writes online for Patheos and for the Catholic Conspiracy. When she isn't blogging, teaching, or complaining about something, she likes to play outside.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JenFitz.Writes\/\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jennifer_Fitz\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/author\/jenniferfitz\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Catholic Parenting Win: Properly Targeted Teenager Whining","description":"That moment when your kid gripes, \"Why are we even bothering having choral Benediction if we're not singing the Rossini O Salutaris? \u00a0I mean, do you want","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Catholic Parenting Win: Properly Targeted Teenager Whining","og_description":"That moment when your kid gripes, \"Why are we even bothering having choral Benediction if we're not singing the Rossini O Salutaris? \u00a0I mean, do you want","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/","og_site_name":"Sticking the Corners","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JenFitz.Writes\/","article_published_time":"2016-12-12T13:42:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f2\/V%C3%A8rrinne_%C3%A9glyise_d%C3%A9_Saint_Pi%C3%A8rre_J%C3%A8rri_2.jpg\/540px-V%C3%A8rrinne_%C3%A9glyise_d%C3%A9_Saint_Pi%C3%A8rre_J%C3%A8rri_2.jpg"}],"author":"Jennifer Fitz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Jennifer_Fitz","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jennifer Fitz","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/","name":"Catholic Parenting Win: Properly Targeted Teenager Whining","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-12-12T13:42:44+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-12T13:42:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/a1a80a6198996fd8f065088c38a255c3"},"description":"That moment when your kid gripes, \"Why are we even bothering having choral Benediction if we're not singing the Rossini O Salutaris? \u00a0I mean, do you want","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/2016\/12\/catholic-parenting-win-properly-targeted-teenager-whining\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Catholic Parenting Win: Properly Targeted Teenager Whining"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/","name":"Sticking the Corners","description":"Live it like you mean it.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/a1a80a6198996fd8f065088c38a255c3","name":"Jennifer Fitz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3aa95bdcebf0f9f0962d1a672129e152?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3aa95bdcebf0f9f0962d1a672129e152?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jennifer Fitz"},"description":"Jennifer Fitz is the mother of four fantabulous children, and author of Classroom Management for Catechists. She writes online for Patheos and for the Catholic Conspiracy. When she isn't blogging, teaching, or complaining about something, she likes to play outside.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JenFitz.Writes\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jennifer_Fitz"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/author\/jenniferfitz\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jenniferfitz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}