I miss the young priest who turned his homily time at the CCD Mass into a q&a period with the kids and gave out prizes (usually candy, saint medals, or cash) when he quizzed them about church stuff.
Today’s priest preached at length out of Aquinas’ “Summa Theologica.”
I spent much of Mass shushing my CCD kids and had to read them the riot act afterward for worse-than-usual behavior. In the front row.
I love my kids, and I do love Mass. But sometimes I see why church attendance is waning.