tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453399806895970103.post605632348777513667..comments2024-01-26T13:50:52.527-08:00Comments on Truth, Beauty, and Goodness in the Works...: First Communion DayCathmom2sixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02708397672619213519noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453399806895970103.post-44364096273584187852012-04-18T19:57:15.076-07:002012-04-18T19:57:15.076-07:00What a beautiful post! My daughter's first co...What a beautiful post! My daughter's first communion is May 5th and we are very excited. <br /><br />I tagged you! http://aroughdiamond.blogspot.com/2012/04/tag-youre-it.htmlJamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08703801223967321729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453399806895970103.post-67244093904044785222012-04-18T06:41:33.750-07:002012-04-18T06:41:33.750-07:00Thank you so much. What a beautiful story about th...Thank you so much. What a beautiful story about the girl Gina. I knew Therese was older than the typical age now, just not sure what age so thanks for info! :)Cathmom2sixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02708397672619213519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453399806895970103.post-10614381294120587022012-04-17T18:10:07.812-07:002012-04-17T18:10:07.812-07:00May your daughter grow closer to the Lord Jesus ea...May your daughter grow closer to the Lord Jesus each day. In the late 1960s when, as a young priest from Ireland, I was studying near New York. I got to know a large Italian-American family. One of the younger ones, I'll call her Gina, made her First Holy Communion in the spring of 1969. I had dinner at her home that evening along with another Columban priest. Gina had received more than $100 that day from relatives and friends, a huge amont of moeny for her. Her mother happened to say that we two priests were missionaries and that missionaries needed money. Immediately, 'Gina' offered all of her money to us. This was an act of pure love. We made an excuse that we didn't need the money right then. But I've never forgotten the incident.<br /><br />In Ireland First Holy Communion seems to have become largely a rite of passage. Poorer families often insist on spending money they don't have. It's interesting that any time bishops, school principals and such ask for simplicity at First Holy Communion and Confirmation many parents respond with outrage. The 'sensus fidelium'?<br /><br />St Therese was still six when she made her first confession in 1879 but didn't make her First Holy Communion till May 1884, when she was 11, and was confirmed the following month. [http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_19101997_stherese_en.html ]Fr Seán Coylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02287947090085700335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453399806895970103.post-42507037880639093442012-04-16T06:37:21.767-07:002012-04-16T06:37:21.767-07:00How good is the Lord,taste and see!How good is the Lord,taste and see!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com