Gift

[ZuZu]

I have a niece (age 10) who is being baptized in a evangelical church at the end of this month. I was wondering if any of you guys had an idea for a gift for her that might also be representative of my own faith. I thought about a rosary, but I thought that might be too obvious....any ideas?

 

[Michie]

The only thing I can think of is possibly a crucifix although those outside the Catholic Church are not a big fan of those. Maybe a nicely framed prayer credited to St. Francis?

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy; O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

​

 

[ZuZu]

thanks Michie....I know I'm being snarky, but I get so tired of being the lone Catholic in a sea of evangelicals....

 

[Michie]

thanks Michie....I know I'm being snarky, but I get so tired of being the lone Catholic in a sea of evangelicals....

Tell me about it!

It can get mighty lonely.

I just thought of something else.

If you could find a nice statue at a Catholic gift shop. The kind that are not painted badly or looks cheesy... a statue of Jesus getting baptized by St. John the Baptist would be a good one also.

I tend to redo most of these statues but you might be able to find one thats a neutral ivory or (hopefully) one thats well done.

 

[ZuZu]

I'll have to look online cause there are no Catholic gift shops near my southern bible belt town

 

[WarriorAngel]

I like both of Michie's ideas. Very creative.
Maybe do the prayer in caligraphy if you are creative that way and frame it - and give along with the statute... cos statutes are Catholic.

BUT it is wonderful reminder.

Well, where i live there is only 10% Catholic, and i live near my in laws - all Protestant. My family lives 2 hours away.

Guess i am surrounded too in sort of a way.

 

[Michie]

Karin, I'm looking on eBay right now to get ideas. I lean more towards the heirloom/older items. I generally hate the new stuff. Don't get me started on resin! Ugh!

 

[WarriorAngel]

ROFL...i like resin. It doesn't break as easy and with kids - that's a plus.

 

[ZuZu]

I found one made of resin......I like older stuff too Michie (you know me and antiques!) anyway, what do you guys think of a music box that play Ave Maria?

 

[Michie]

I just hate it. But to each their own. I never can keep my hands off of anything anyway. I'm always restoring or redoing something.

 

[Michie]

When I was talking about ivory I was kind of thinking along the lines of something like this-

 

[WarriorAngel]

I like the Ave Maria...

What always got on my nerves was the older iridescent shiny stuff that makes me want to puke.
And of course peeps have given that sort of stuff to me - and i say noooothing. lol

A gift is a gift. And besides really, resin is better for kids. It won't break to pieces that can cut them, and it is sturdier.

I like it for that reason. A piece comes off and you can reattach it with glue and your kid doesn't get cut up.

 

[Michie]

I like the Ave Maria...

What always got on my nerves was the older iridescent shiny stuff that makes me want to puke.
And of course peeps have given that sort of stuff to me - and i say noooothing. lol

A gift is a gift. And besides really, resin is better for kids. It won't break to pieces that can cut them, and it is sturdier.

I like it for that reason. A piece comes off and you can reattach it with glue and your kid doesn't get cut up.

I've redone so many resin pieces for people to make it look more like stone than resin. I tend to the stained ivory with crazing in it. (Crackles)

 

[Michie]

Jesus & the children would be a good figure also given her age.

 

[ZuZu]

where did you find that ivory one? all I've found is resin.....

 

[Michie]

Hang on... this one is alabastrite....

OUR DIVINE SHEPHERD JESUS SON OF GOD STATUE FIGURINE


Go here- http://cgi.ebay.com/OUR-DIVINE-SHEPHERD-JESUS-SON-OF-GOD-STATUE-FIGURINE_W0QQitemZ300334465936QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item45ed544390&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[CruciFixed]

I like both of Michie's ideas. Very creative.
Maybe do the prayer in caligraphy if you are creative that way and frame it - and give along with the statute... cos statutes are Catholic.

BUT it is wonderful reminder.

Well, where i live there is only 10% Catholic, and i live near my in laws - all Protestant. My family lives 2 hours away.

Guess i am surrounded too in sort of a way.

Me too. Three Protestant churches within a block. The nearest Catholic Church is only 6 blocks away though.
There's over 15 protestant churches on the way to the Catholic Church
Everyone on my hubby's side is Protestant.

So I'm all alone too. I can't wait until my son's baptism in a Catholic Church but.......
I have to wait until my own conversion is over with and
I have to find Godparents
No one I know wants to fill that role because they have to promise to raise him Catholic and what not.:o

 

[English Augustine]

Buy a Bible with the Apocrypha inside but separate.

Why?

1. It disproves the old myth that Catholics don't care about Scripture.
2. She'll grow up with the whole Bible at her fingertips!
3. It will remind the Protestant parents that even the first Protestants, whilst not using the Apocrypha (or Deuterocanon) as Scripture, didn't dare completely remove those books eg. in the KJV.

 

[English Augustine]

Oh, and don't get a statue, the parents will see it as a Catholic invasion of their home! Trust me, not a good idea...

 

[Michie]

Protestants have figurines too. The ones we are suggesting are not overtly Catholic such as the sacred heart of Jesus, etc.