How Boys Pray

Finnian:  “Mommy, how do boys pray?”
Me:  “In the name of the Father, and…”
Finnian (interrupting):  “I mean, how do boys pray?”
Me:  “They pray, ‘In the…'”
Finnian (interrupting again):  “I asked, how do boys pray?”
Me:  “I don’t know what you are trying to ask.”
Brendan:  “I think that he wants to know how Fr. Saguto and the altar boys pray.”
Me:  “Oh, boys pray, ‘In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.'”
Finnian:  “Yes, that’s how boys pray!  Can you teach me to pray like that?”
I proceeded to have Finnian repeat the Sign of the Cross in Latin.  He did so nicely.

Christine

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