Children Show us the Kingdom

 

Let the little children come to me. Don't keep them away. God's kingdom belongs to people like them. What I'm about to tell you is true. Anyone who will not receive god's kingdom like a little child will never enter it.

 Matthew 10:14-15

 We should not forget that the child can help us, too, by showing us the way to the Kingdom of Heaven. A great respect for the individuality of the child should be a part of our deepest Christian thought; and putting this thought into practice should tend to the personal refinement of every religious teacher.

Maria Montessori, The Mass Explained to Children