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Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Monday, February 16, 2009 9:14 PM
Yesterday at Mass, one of the boys started to sit back during the consecration.
“You need to kneel,” I whispered to my son.
“It’s just that I’m so, so tired,” he whimpered.
“Jesus was so, so tired when he carried that cross for you,” I said.
To be honest, I didn’t finish the whole sentence because I was caught off guard by how naturally the words flowed from my mouth. Did I really just think that, I marvelled. Where do I get this stuff?
Forming their conscience, or Catholic Mother’s Guilt—call it what you will. Either way, I think it’s a gift God gives us at the baptism of our first born child.
Enjoy, my fellow Catholic moms—and keep up the good work!
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Hehehehe…these words have come out of my mouth many times, especially to my now 9-1/2 yr old. But even the older boys, when they had “boo-boos” on their knees & would say it hurt to kneel…I would look up at the Crucifix & say to them, Do you think THAT tickled? Oh, the mother’s guilt…sometimes it can be a beautiful thing! LOL God bless you all, Ladies!
I do this, too ... usually around food. “There are starving two-year-olds in the world who would LOVE the pear that you just threw on the floor!” It is not working thus far. 
I do think there’s a fine line to walk with Mom Guilt, though. Too many guilt-based messages can backfire and make kids turn into teenagers who are eager to leave the Catholic faith (as I know from my own personal experience). As with everything in life, it’s about balance.
Mpthing wropng with Catholic guilt. I think it has helped to keep me on the straight and narrow at least normally. Duty and Catholic guilt go hand in hand and are part of what you are expected to do as your contribution to your part of the world.
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