My friends, Jini and Jed, sent these to me. Thank you, for this leavening gift of humbling humor during a [sometimes] too serious Lenten practice.
Three-year-old Reese: “Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is his name. Amen.”
A little boy was overheard praying: “Lord, if you can’t make me a better boy, don’t worry about it. I’m having a real good time like I am.”
After the christening of his baby brother in church, Jason sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car. His father asked him three times what was wrong. Finally, the boy replied, “That preacher said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home, and I wanted to stay with you guys.”
One four-year-old prayed, “And forgive us our trash baskets as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets.”
A Sunday school teacher asked her children as they were on the way to a church service, “And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?” One bright little girl replied: “Because people are sleeping.”
A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin (5) and Ryan (3). The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw an opportunity for a moral lesson. “If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, ‘Let my brother have the first pancake, I can wait.’” Kevin turned to his younger brother and said: “Ryan, you be Jesus!”
A father was at the beach with his children when his four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand. “Daddy, what happened to him?” the son asked.
“He died and went to heaven,” the Dad replied.
The boy thought a moment and then said, “Did God throw him back down?”
A woman invited some people for dinner. At the table she turned to her six-year-old daughter and said, “Would you like to say the blessing?”
“I wouldn’t know what to say,” the girl replied.
“Just say what you hear Mommy pray,” the woman said to her daughter.
The girl bowed her head and said, “Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?”
“Let the children alone, don’t prevent them from coming to me. God’s kingdom is made up of people like these.” Matthew 19:14
Amen!
by 
Here’s another one for you. Hail Mary full of grapes, the lord is a tree. Just yesterday my friend told me this story. Parents took their very young son to the graveyard to visit the grandmother’s grave site. The little boy asked, “Why are we here?” The mother replied, “We are here to visit grandmother.” The boy looked around to all the tombstones and said, “So this is heaven.”
Carmen,
Hail Mary full of grapes, the lord is a tree–is a wonderful 10 word story. Wow! And asking: “This is heaven?” The little boy is brazen, free to ask, and had it correct–good question. Thank you for adding these “gems,” reading and commenting.
Roger
Love it Roger. Many hears ago when I was maybe 4 or 5 I saw my first nun’s all dressed in black habits and big hat. I kept asking “What are those? What are those? I thought they looked like penguins. The two nun’s looked at me and smiled. My Mother couldn’t shut me up.
Bud,
Thank you for reading and commenting. Question–you were “4 or 5,” are you certain they weren’t penguins? God, the Great Mystery can appear in wild and crazy ways. Thanks for reading and commenting, always a pleasure for me that you do so.
Roger
How refreshing. Thanks for sharing
Alan,
Guileless and yes, refreshing! Thanks for reading and commenting.
Roger
How delightful and real are the words of the children. Thank you for sharing them to bring laughter and lightness to the Lenten journey. God is here with us in all of this living and loving. Amen
Colette,
Yes they are! Thank you for this response.
Roger