The other day, my six year old and I were loading firewood on his grandpa's porch. It was a beautiful day with all the autumn treats present for a sensory feast: sunny day, clear blue sky, variations of yellow, orange, and red leaves falling from the trees and loosely blanketing the outdoor floor. Smoke was rising from the chimney top like incense rising up to our Maker. I uttered a prayer to ascend, like incense, to the great Physician on behalf of my father.
Streams of thought collided: my son, our faith, HIS faith. I asked him, "What does it mean to be Catholic?", "If someone asked you, why are you Catholic? What is important for us as Catholics? What would you say?" He said, in his elementary and grammatically incomplete way of expressing things, "...to be deeper in knowledge of Christ...?"
I smiled. Yes, to be authentically Catholic is to have Christ, deeper knowledge of and love for Him, central. And what's more important than that?
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