Wow! Thank you, changeling. Your comment speaks to so many things I’ve wondered about. This is part of a larger pattern for her that makes me wonder if she was heavily involved in praying the Rosary in a previous incarnation. The examples you gave are very interesting.
When we first read the children’s biography of Mary, she became intensely focused, and asked for it to be read several more times in a row. Then she asked me if we had skipped anything. We hadn’t, but she kept flipping through the book looking for parts we may have missed. She did this several more times before dropping the idea uneasily, as if she was still puzzled by something missing.
Shortly after (prompted by my daughter asking for more prayers to Mary) I looked into the Rosary for the first time, and realized that the children’s book biography (Mary, the Mother of Jesus by Tomie dePaola—it’s a beautiful book) follows the structure/themes of the rosary exactly—but leaves many parts of it out!
So she was right. Definitely a “whoa” moment.
I’ve asked about my daughter on MM before as she has said or done other startling things that suggest she was involved in some sort of deep spiritual work in her previous incarnations. I’ve gotten some great advice on here.
She asks to read the bible out loud daily and will sit through an hour or more of it read in one sitting. (We homeschool, hence have the time.) My own journey in Christianity has mostly been through Eastern Orthodoxy. I was a catechumen at one point, but left before baptism because ultimately I couldn’t reconcile it with what I know is true about reincarnation with everything else. That said, I still pray to the Christian God, Mary, Christ, the saints, and so on, despite also doing planetary charity. I’m considering taking up the Catholic rosary along with my daughter as she seems so devoted. I definitely feel at a spiritual crossroads.
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Date: 2023-03-20 06:46 pm (UTC)When we first read the children’s biography of Mary, she became intensely focused, and asked for it to be read several more times in a row. Then she asked me if we had skipped anything. We hadn’t, but she kept flipping through the book looking for parts we may have missed. She did this several more times before dropping the idea uneasily, as if she was still puzzled by something missing.
Shortly after (prompted by my daughter asking for more prayers to Mary) I looked into the Rosary for the first time, and realized that the children’s book biography (Mary, the Mother of Jesus by Tomie dePaola—it’s a beautiful book) follows the structure/themes of the rosary exactly—but leaves many parts of it out!
So she was right. Definitely a “whoa” moment.
I’ve asked about my daughter on MM before as she has said or done other startling things that suggest she was involved in some sort of deep spiritual work in her previous incarnations. I’ve gotten some great advice on here.
She asks to read the bible out loud daily and will sit through an hour or more of it read in one sitting. (We homeschool, hence have the time.) My own journey in Christianity has mostly been through Eastern Orthodoxy. I was a catechumen at one point, but left before baptism because ultimately I couldn’t reconcile it with what I know is true about reincarnation with everything else. That said, I still pray to the Christian God, Mary, Christ, the saints, and so on, despite also doing planetary charity. I’m considering taking up the Catholic rosary along with my daughter as she seems so devoted. I definitely feel at a spiritual crossroads.
Thank you again!