Attending Mass during the week, there is much less music and the mass is shorter and there are fewer people to distract the child. Also, attending Mass with a Cathedral style, in the shape of a Cross, is very helpful....my son prefers to sit at the left or right side so he doesn’t see all of the people and they don’t see him rocking back and forth as he sits toward the rear.
Attending Mass at a Chapel, being small, again, during the week, is another option....the priest may indeed turn the lights down as long as the other worshipers understand its purpose.
I’ve had folks tell me my typical growing kids should not be brought to Mass due to their right to praising of God in perfect harmony and peace. There is no peace in this world. I just tell them “see you tomorrow!” They need to bear the Cross of God creating children and their parents doing their best to bring them to properly adoring Christ. We are sinners and failures, learning (and so are these fuddyduds) and there is no better place than Mass, where the angels are everywhere about the Eucharist, where God and His angels meet man, together, giving Him glory!
St. Padre Pio, Pray for us.
Attending Mass at a Chapel, being small, again, during the week, is another option....the priest may indeed turn the lights down as long as the other worshipers understand its purpose.
< I’ve had folks tell me my typical growing kids should not be brought to Mass due to their right to praising of God in perfect harmony and peace. There is no peace in this world. I just tell them “see you tomorrow!” They need to bear the Cross of God creating children and their parents doing their best to bring them to properly adoring Christ. We are sinners and failures, learning (and so are these fuddyduds) and there is no better place than Mass, where the angels are everywhere about the Eucharist, where God and His angels meet man, together, giving Him glory!
Thank you, "fixed" - I think that your post is about as perfect a solution and reply as I could have hoped for!