Article September 20, 1952 Issue

"BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL"

[Of Special Interest to Children]

WILLIAM LITTLE

One day shortly after Diana and her family had moved to a new home her parents were surprised to have her say that she did not want to go to school. Her mother was too busy preparing breakfast at the time to talk to her; so she asked Diana's father to see what was troubling the little girl.

He found that Diana was unhappy because some of the boys in her class at school had been teasing her and making her cry. Also, she was having difficulty in understanding her teacher, who had a very different accent from the one to which she had been accustomed. Consequently, her new school just seemed to be a very unhappy place.

Of course Diana's father knew that she would not be helped by being allowed to stay home from school. And he realized that Diana, too, knew that she must go to school. Both of them knew that one could not overcome a problem by hiding from it or by avoiding it. Therefore her father said, "Diana, why don't we apply one of Jesus' Beatitudes to this problem?"

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