First Holy Communion

Congratulations - your child is about to receive the most precious gift ever…the Eucharist! Welcome to an exciting year of celebrating your child’s First Holy Communion.

What a blessing that you are leading your child/ren to make this sweet and meaningful sacrament. The beauty of celebrating this sacrament of First Holy Communion is that we are then able to receive it repeatedly throughout our lives as we commune at mass.

What does the word ‘commune’ mean in the Bible?
To commune means to focus on God and have an interchange of ideas - often with profound intensity; to build an intimate rapport as we share our hearts and minds with God in prayer.

By making their First Holy Communion, we’re teaching our children to further build their relationship with God because receiving the Eucharist is a foundational way to keep our relationship with God alive.

When I was first trained as a Eucharistic Minister the moment of receiving and giving the Eucharist was explained in this way: “It is the Body of Christ giving the Body of Christ to the Body of Christ.” Visualize that. That is what our mass is about – coming together as one in Christ; as one mystical body. Wow, right?! Our lives become united with Christ’s through the celebration of the Eucharist.

Our Catholic faith believes that what Jesus says is; therefore, his consecration of the bread and wine became His body and blood which continues 2000+ years later to nourish us so we can live in peace to love and shine God’s light in the world. Overall, when we come together at mass, we commune with our Lord, celebrate the sacrifice Jesus made on our behalf and seek to live in community with God.

Praise you for bringing your children into the joy and peace of God’s community by guiding them to receive their First Holy Communion. Afterall it is - a peace our world cannot give - and yet is so very very needed. Amen.

First Holy Communion is commonly made in second grade.