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Pax1972
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My wife is pregnant with our third child and, while don’t yet know the gender, we’ve chosen names for a boy and a girl; Gabriel and Monica, respectively…
We’ve also decided to hold off on telling our son and daughter, Nathaniel (6) and Grace Elizabeth (4), the names we’ve chosen for their new brother/sister to keep things exciting for them (and to minimize the questions young minds generate ad inifinitum
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As an aside, my wife and I both have had the sense to this point, at least, that this baby is a girl.
Each night before bed we have prayer time with the kids. Last night we prayed one decade of the Rosary. When we do this, everyone announces at least one intention before we begin.
When we asked Gracie who/what she wanted to pray for last night, she said she wanted to pray for Gabriel. Needless to say, my wife and I both glanced at each other in astonishment.
We asked her who Gabriel is and she said she didn’t know. I asked her why she wanted to pray for someone she didn’t know and she said, “I heard it in my head.”
Up until the past week, when we’ve prayed the Rosary with the kids, we’ve omitted the mysteries to help keep them focused and learn the prayers themselves.
They’ve both pretty much mastered those, so we’ve begun to introduce the mysteries.
As it happened, yesterday’s mysteries were the Joyful Mysteries. My wife and I both paused and looked at each other again in even more astonishment when I announced the Annunciation and explained how Gabriel appeared to Mary, etc…
I can come up with all sorts of explanations. Curious as to what some of your thoughts are on this…
Peace
We’ve also decided to hold off on telling our son and daughter, Nathaniel (6) and Grace Elizabeth (4), the names we’ve chosen for their new brother/sister to keep things exciting for them (and to minimize the questions young minds generate ad inifinitum
)As an aside, my wife and I both have had the sense to this point, at least, that this baby is a girl.
Each night before bed we have prayer time with the kids. Last night we prayed one decade of the Rosary. When we do this, everyone announces at least one intention before we begin.
When we asked Gracie who/what she wanted to pray for last night, she said she wanted to pray for Gabriel. Needless to say, my wife and I both glanced at each other in astonishment.
We asked her who Gabriel is and she said she didn’t know. I asked her why she wanted to pray for someone she didn’t know and she said, “I heard it in my head.”
Up until the past week, when we’ve prayed the Rosary with the kids, we’ve omitted the mysteries to help keep them focused and learn the prayers themselves.
They’ve both pretty much mastered those, so we’ve begun to introduce the mysteries.
As it happened, yesterday’s mysteries were the Joyful Mysteries. My wife and I both paused and looked at each other again in even more astonishment when I announced the Annunciation and explained how Gabriel appeared to Mary, etc…
I can come up with all sorts of explanations. Curious as to what some of your thoughts are on this…
Peace