Just yesterday out second graders received their First Holy Communion.
I am always in awe of the purity and joy with which they receive the Lord in the Holy Eucharist. It humbles me and makes me think, "If only I would receive Jesus with the same purity, humility and devotion with which these little ones receive Him."This would be a good examination for all of us. Are we well disposed to receive the Lord whenever we come forward for Holy Communion? Do I realize that just one mortal sin separates me from God and so soils my soul that I would commit another mortal sin of sacrilege if I would receive the Eucharist in such a state? Do I fully believe that "under the consecrated species of bread and wine Christ himself, living and glorious, is present in a true, real, and substantial manner: his Body and his Blood, with his soul and his divinity" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1413)?
What a great gift the Eucharist is for all of us!
In Christ,
Msgr. Baker
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