to not have a clue what this priest meant???

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Went to meet the priest yesterday for my DS’ signing for secondary school
I go to church weekly but my DH isn’t religious so it’s either me or myself and DS

Hes been baptised and made his communion so the priest has known us 12 years and DH obviously attended those events and sometimes Christmas but nothing inbetween.

Anyway - priest happily signs and wishes DS luck in his new school and as we are leaving hands my DS a candle and says “ you can tell your dad he can glue back the pieces of the broken statues now “
DS didn’t know what to do so smiled as did the priest and I said something like “ I hope you don’t get caught in the rain getting home “

I was and still am so confused

the priest wasn't the one to mention the rain so I don't think he can have been referring to the Infant of Prague.

PP might be right and he just mistook your son and DH for a different son and husband.

It'll just be one of those mysteries.

In Ireland for some Catholics it is tradition the night before a wedding to put the Child of Prague statue out to bring good weather (who very often has had his head broken off at some stage). The fact he mentioned the weather also makes me think it was something along that line he was referring to.

Very Father Ted. Perfectly normal for a priest. You’re not necessarily meant to understand.

Apologies I read it incorrectly, it was you who mentioned the weather. As another poster said, possibly mistook you for someone else

I think it’s most likely mistaken identity. Maybe someone who is doing a helpful job for him.

Somewhere on a priests forum is a poor priest saying "I said something stupid today, What should I do?"

The more I read, the less I understand why you’re sending your child to a catholic school?

I would try not to put a negative interpretation on it, since you have no way of knowing what he meant or if it's a case of mistaken identity or confusion. Unless you ask him directly what he meant, you'll likely never know. If he's not typically rude or unkind, there's no reason to suspect him of meaning anything strange by this comment, however cryptic it may be.

I think the priest means that clearly you are following your faith which requires you to show up to church every week, same with your son, after all he was baptised into the faith. Your husband however is clearly not a believer. But instead of the priest just knowing your husband is not a believer, he decides to comment on it and then he takes this one step further and thinks that your husband may be actively sabotaging religious statues within the home.

I am assuming you are Catholic but possibly not, I was raised Catholic so we did have little statues of Mary, Jesus and a crucifix on the wall. I think the priest is trying for a joke and falling flat.

This was my first thought too.

I agree with HolyMilk too.

When you leave a faith you destroy everything related to it. The priest is saying get him to glue (un destroy) the religious paraphernalia back together so he can return to the faith.

It’s a roundabout way of saying he hopes your husband finds his faith.

Why do you go to church if you don't believe. How confusing for your son

This is an aside OP but confession is something we as Catholics need to go to. If you go to Mass anyway then you might as well. We have to go at least once a year but weekly is best. If you haven't gone within the last year then you can't take communion.

I would assume it was his attempt at a joke OP. Was your husband particularly rebellious at the pre-marriage sessions with the Priest? Of course he's not likely to think your DH is really smashing statues.

Did your DH participate in the Reformation?

I would interpret it as "I know your DH isn't on board with the religion thing, and to be honest I have doubts about you too - you can drop the pretence now that your child has the forms signed for secondary. No need to keep buying the holy statues to convince people you're a good Catholic, and replacing them every time your DH smashes them".

People often say things or make jokes I don't understand. I do it myself and then afterwards think, why on earth did I say that?

You got your firm signed which was the purpose if your visit, so I wouldn't give it anymore thought.