Blue Knights is Active and Fun

Blue Knights is active, fun and Catholic!

One of the important aspects of Blue Knights is making the faith fun for young boys.  I recall my own childhood where everything religious was marked by two things I did not like: dressing up and sitting still (mostly being quiet) – three things.  

To this day I still have a psycho-sematic reaction (yawning) to communal recitation of the rosary.  As a child I found it excruciatingly slow and even today, I am unable to contemplate the various mysteries as I pray.   

While on active duty, I would pray the rosary as I ran – it gave my soul/brain something to do while the rest of the body worked.  Now in my dotage, I pray on the elliptical machine – easier on the knees.  I combine physical and spiritual exercises much like how the Benedictines combine work and prayer.  

Young boys who only ever experience the faith in a setting where they have to sit still and be quiet are likely to associate religion with other things they don’t like.  So Blue Knights is purposely designed to be active and fun. While the boys are asked to sit still and listen to a talk, it is a short one.  Keep them moving and engaged – or they will find something else to do.  A large group of young boys is hard enough to control – so don’t lose them.  

Help them to see an aspect of faith in action that is particularly geared to energetic kids.  If what I read in the news about rates of ADD and hyperactivity are accurate; this aspect of the program is even more important today.  

Don’t let them develop a distaste for religion – or bad habits (like yawning during the rosary). 

Need more ideas for successfully praying a family rosary? https://blog.holyheroes.com/21-ways-to-pray-a-family-rosary/

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