Collection at Mass

Sometimes we dread the collection time during Mass. 

One the one hand, we want the children to learn about and acquire the habit of giving donations.  On the other hand, we worry what the children will do each time.

Last Sunday, as the collector approached, Mommy hurriedly grabbed some coins from her purse and passed it on to Dominic to drop into the collection bag.

The way normal people give their donation is by slightly lowering their closed hand into the bag and letting go of the donation.

But normal seems to be not for us.

Dominic approached the man with the bag, then lifted his hand five inches from the top of the bag, then started letting go of the coins one by one, pausing in between each coin: plink.  plink.  plink.  plink.  plink.

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