Comments on: Monday, 9/4/17 – The Seven Year Old’s Mommy Died… What Do You Say? https://www.acatholic.org/monday-9417-the-seven-year-olds-mommy-died-what-do-you-say/ DAILY MASS READINGS AND REFLECTIONS @ ACATHOLIC.ORG Tue, 05 Sep 2017 10:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: O https://www.acatholic.org/monday-9417-the-seven-year-olds-mommy-died-what-do-you-say/#comment-8459 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 10:50:59 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=61400#comment-8459 Hello Dan.

Thanks for the reflection. Those were some pretty heavy topics you addressed.

God bless

]]> By: Sandi https://www.acatholic.org/monday-9417-the-seven-year-olds-mommy-died-what-do-you-say/#comment-8451 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 13:52:55 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=61400#comment-8451 Too many people wouldn’t take the time to think “Get it wrong and he might never have faith. He might never have hope. He might never be able to handle another death in his life.
Get it right and you may set him on a path where he is open to exploring the depths of God’s love and His eternal promise.” They say the first thing that comes to their minds not realizing that what they say can have a lifelong effect on a young child experiencing death for the first time. I was 14 when my older brother drowned. It was my older cousin and his wife, people of strong faith, that shared the promise and hope of everlasting life with me. I witnessed their faith when several years later their teenage son died suddenly from an aneurysm in his heart. They had a much easier time accepting the loss of their son than my father, an agnostic, had with the loss of my brother. Not to say they grieved any less, just that they knew their son still lives.
Thank you for a great reflection. God bless.

]]> By: Mike LeBeau https://www.acatholic.org/monday-9417-the-seven-year-olds-mommy-died-what-do-you-say/#comment-8450 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 13:30:49 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=61400#comment-8450 Wow! Just what I needed… Thank you Dan for giving your time and talents to this website… you’re words bring comfort to me and I’m quite certain thousands who like me have appreciatively read without commenting. You and all the contributors here are such blessings.

]]> By: Mary Jane https://www.acatholic.org/monday-9417-the-seven-year-olds-mommy-died-what-do-you-say/#comment-8449 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:48:53 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=61400#comment-8449 Thank you, Dan. Your words touched my heart today. HOPE a beautiful four letter word. God bless you.

]]> By: JP https://www.acatholic.org/monday-9417-the-seven-year-olds-mommy-died-what-do-you-say/#comment-8448 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:29:26 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=61400#comment-8448 Thank you very much for your reflection. Thanks for reminding me put my trust in God, to not lose Hope whenever I have one of those “Why God?” moments.

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.acatholic.org/monday-9417-the-seven-year-olds-mommy-died-what-do-you-say/#comment-8445 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 07:22:33 +0000 http://www.acatholic.org/?p=61400#comment-8445 One approach might be to ask the 7 year old what his mother might have said to him and then what she might of wanted for him to do for her. You said several reasons for death possible, and that it doesn’t matter, yet it might matter. Much depends on the child and much depends on the circumstances. Not enough information. I’m a parent and I’m not sure what age we should begin to do it but I think every child needs to be aware that death is a part of life. One of the reasons that God the Father had the resurrection for the third day is because He wanted for Jesus to experience the separation of the soul from the body. I know that doesn’t help a 7 year old but perhaps it may help a consoling adult and for him to know his mother is in good company. Certainly a delicate matter as you said. God bless.

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