It’s that time of the year when we celebrate many First Holy Communions! This photo was taken on the day of mine, May 24, 1970 (a mere 52 years ago!). I received the Eucharist for the first time at St. Joseph Monastery Church, Irvington, Baltimore, Maryland, but for some reason didn’t do so with a “class” -- perhaps because at the time I was a public school student and therefore went Sunday school, or what was then called “C.C.D.” I remember approaching and kneeling at the altar rail with my parents who were at my right and my left, and that we all received Communion together, and before anyone else from the congregation. I also remember immediately after the Mass a “little old lady,” who I didn’t know, congratulated me as she slipped a one dollar bill into my hand (which was worth a lot of candy back then!); there was something about that woman’s joy, and her gratuitous generosity, that now seems so very “eucharistic” to me. Of course, I didn’t make the connection back then!
Praise God for the great gift of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Jesus, Our Lord!
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