Maggie Green on the Hope that Christ Will Bring Our Children Back to the Faith

"We could feel tremors before the break, the shift in how she spoke, in how she treated others. We could see his heart hardening to God, to the Church, to us. Some would say that's adolescence, but it always felt like more.

"Praying, engaging, hugging, creating special time - we did all of that and it kept our relationships alive, like blowing on the embers. We weren't saints about it, we were parents. We'd be too hard, too soft, too talky, too quiet, too prayerful, and yet not witnessing enough. It felt like trying to maintain a sandcastle against the high tide of the world. It felt like the world would win and children would leave. As parents, it felt like the waves crashing over."

In a recent commentary, writer Maggie Green reflected on the soul searching that goes on when someone we love leaves the faith and on the importance of remembering that it is Jesus who will win them for Himself.

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Catholic Exchange: Maggie Green: I Still Have Hope That Christ Will Bring My Kids Back to the Faith (30 DEC 19)