Storyrider Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 Storyrider, My father actually never attended mass except for Christmas and Easter. So, that's twice a year. I wouldn't, and never did, expect him to attend more than that... it's not his religion. On those two days, it was about spending the holiday as a family. If you hate mass, I would say that it is OK for you to skip it except for the holidays. Just a question, do you feel like you are on the sidelines with your kids' religion? Perhaps if the whole family went to temple on the Jewish holidays. Afterall, you attend all the Catholic ones... it's only fair. I sometimes feel sidelined because my H. is not a relativist, so he doesn't believe that both religions are just different paths to God that are equally good. (I've got another thread going right now about how it is hard to discuss things with my H. sometimes because of this belief system.) So, for example, he won't tell my kids that "Mom and Dad have different beliefs but each is OK." He will tell them we share a lot in common, and that Jesus was Jewish. But if they ask him something like, "Which one of you is right?" He will say, "Christians are right about Jesus. Jews are mistaken." He sees Judaism as a positive thing, but he most definitely views Christianity as building on, and fulfilling Judaism, while modern Judaism is "missing something." He is fine with attending Jewish celebrations and tries to participate as much as possible, but he won't miss work for Yom Kippur or allow the kids to miss school for it.
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