I’d love to tell you that my children, when they were young, always loved going to church…. But no.
They were pretty virtuous youngsters, and I was immensely proud of them; but sometimes they were in the middle of a game with friends or they were watching TV, and they just didn’t want to get in the car and drive to Mass. We did it anyway; they were not permitted to miss; but I hated that it sometimes seemed that I was “punishing” them by requiring that they attend the Sunday liturgy, when the neighbor children could stay home and enjoy the sunshine.
I never had THIS happen though! This little seven-year-old boy stole his dad’s car and drove toward home, just to avoid going to church.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=We7QMf6ap6E