will conclude that God does not want children to taste and touch of his own grace even though they can freely feed on the same food from which their parents eat at home. While the motive might be to protect the “holy sacrament,” the effect might be to portray God as accessible only to those who are qualified by an enlightened mind. Jesus expounded a theology of supreme importance when he took the children in his arms and blessed them, despite the protestations of his disciples, and thereby proclaimed,