Get To Mass

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One day a 6 year old girl was sitting in a
classroom. The teacher was going to explain
evolution to the children. The teacher asked
a little boy: Tommy do you see the tree
outside?

TOMMY: Yes.

TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass
outside?

TOMMY: Yes.

TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see
if you can see the sky.

TOMMY: Okay. (He returned a few minutes
later) Yes, I saw the sky.

TEACHER: Did you see God up there?

TOMMY: No.

TEACHER: That’s my point. We can’t see
God because he isn’t there. Possibly he just
doesn’t exist.

A little girl spoke up and wanted to ask the
boy some questions.

The teacher agreed and the little girl asked
the boy: Tommy, do you see the tree
outside?

TOMMY: Yes.

LITTLE GIRL: Tommy do you see the grass
outside?

TOMMY: Yessssss!

LITTLE GIRL: Did you see the sky?

TOMMY: Yessssss!

LITTLE GIRL: Tommy, do you see the
teacher?

TOMMY: Yes

LITTLE GIRL: Do you see her brain?

TOMMY: No

LITTLE GIRL: Then according to what we
were taught today in school, she possibly
may not even have one!

‘FOR WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT’
2 CORINTHIANS 5:7

1. Have you spent at least 10 minutes in prayer each day this past week?

2. Have you read the Scriptures or the Catechism daily? (not same as #1)

3. Have you read, watched, listened to or engaged in any lustful actions, thoughts or attitudes this week?

4. Have you been a faithful steward of money in saving, spending & tithing?

5. How much quality time did you spend with your spouse? Each of your children?

6. Have you been a model of Christian excellence at your workplace?

7. Which corporal or spiritual work of mercy have you done this week? (Be specific)

8. Did you wholeheartedly & joyfully participate in Mass this past Sunday?

9. Have you allowed any person or incident to rob you of your joy?

10. Have you taken care of your body through exercise, eating properly and sufficient rest this week?

11. Have you gone to reconciliation recently (at least monthly) and done a daily examination of conscience?

12. Have you lied (outright or left out facts) on any of your answers?

© 2008-2009 St. Joseph Center International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Permission is hereby granted to any Catholic men’s group to utilize these questions without written permission but with proper approbation.

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1930’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s!!
Here’s to US!!!!
No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME !!!!
OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked
and/or drank while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can
and didn’t get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs
covered with bright colored lead-base paints..

We had no  childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets
and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats,
no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires
and sometimes no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day
was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
 
We shared one  soft drink with four friends, from one bottle
and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon.
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And, we weren’t overweight..  WHY?
Because we were always outside playing…that’s why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
as long as we were back when the streetlights came on..

No one was able to reach us all day.  And, we were OKAY.
 
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes.
After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem
 
We did not have Play stations, Nintendo’s and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
no video movies or DVD’s, no surround-sound or CD’s,
no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
and there were no lawsuits from  these accidents.

We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping pong paddles,
or just a bare hand and no one would call child services to report abuse.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and
the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks
and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen,
we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door
or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment.
Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers,
problem solvers and inventors ever.

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
and we learned how to deal with it all.

If YOU are one of them, CONGRATULATION

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids,

before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our
lives for our own good.

While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave
and lucky their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’t it ?