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<\/a><\/div>\n#3 made his first Confession today.\u00a0 He knew his prayers, had thought about his sins, was primed and ready to go, then he asked me, \u201cI know what we do, but why do we do it?\u00a0 Nobody said the why.\u201d<\/p>\n
I frowned a bit at this gap in his knowledge, and remembered the words of Sr Katherine, my 2nd grade teacher.\u00a0 \u201cThink of your soul as a big white bedsheet hanging out on the line, just glowing in the sunlight.\u00a0 Sins are like clods of dirt all over that white sheet.\u00a0 You can try and wash it with soap, but the mark of that dirt hangs around.\u00a0 If you dunk it in bleach, though, it comes out gleaming white and looking brand new.\u00a0 That\u2019s Confession, it\u2019s bleach for your soul, it gets the spots out and makes you new again.\u201d<\/p>\n
As I repeated her words to my son, he started to nod in understanding, Confession is Soul Bleach.\u00a0 He entered the confessional, and then floated out a few minutes later\u00a0 grinning his own gap-toothed smile.\u00a0 \u201cSmell me, Mom?\u00a0 I\u2019m fresh and clean.\u201d\u00a0 I laughed and shook my head and then waited as he did his Penance.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
We went to lunch after that, the Computer Guy, the boy, and me.\u00a0 I was a bit surprised when he started to talk back during lunch.\u00a0 I looked at him and raised an eyebrow.\u00a0 He dropped his head and mumbled something.
\u201cWhat was that?\u201d\u00a0 I asked.
\u201cStain stick,\u201d he answered.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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