Communion

Today, my sister made her First Holy Communion! It was so beautiful, and she did great!

Throughout his Homily today, Father was talking about first Communions. He suggested that the children ask their parents or grandparents about their First Holy Communion. He mentioned one lady in particular, who was one of the first children to receive first Holy Communion at our Church. Of course, she has passed away now, but he said that she remembered her First Communion almost 100 years later.

First communions are beautiful things. We get all dressed up, prepare ourselves in body and soul, be on our best behavior
and watch as Jesus comes into these young children for the very first time.

But what about 2nd Holy Communion? 57th? 9835th Communions? Do we get all dressed up for that? Do we prepare ourselves in both body and soul? Are we one our best behavior?

Each and every time you receive the Eucharist, you are receiving the Same Body, Same Blood, Same Soul and Divinity into your heart as you did on your First Communion day. Jesus still comes to you even if you have lost count of how many times you received Him into your soul. I think I remember keeping track for a little while, but I think probably after the 10th I forgot LOL
I wish I had remembered to keep counting. It would be so cool to know when my 1000th Holy communion is! Oh well, I was only 7.....

Anyways, what I'm trying to get at is, Don't take Communion for granted. Ever! You don't have to dress in a wedding dress or a full fledged three price suit and tie every time you Receive Holy Communion, but at least try to look your best, and wear nice clothes. You probably wouldn't wear jean with holes in the , if you were going to meet a king, right? Well God is the King and Lord of all. Keep that in mind. If you honestly don't have anything else to wear, He will accept you anyways. But if you do, wear nice clothes out of respect for the King and Lord of all.

How about your soul? How's that looking? How long has it been since you went to Confession? If a king was coming to your house, you would do a major clean up, right? Why not do that for your soul also? Because the King and Lord of all is coming to visit your heart.

How about your actions in Mass? Are you paying attention? Following along and responding when you can? He's, our mind wander frequently. But that's no excuse. If you notice your mind starting to drift off, bring it back. If a king was on his way to your house, would you listen to his words? Would you pay close attention to everything he said, and heed it? Well, the King and Lord of all is speaking at Mass. He often teaches us through the readings and Gospel. Pay close attention.

Not to scare you, but you never know when your last opportunity for Holy Communion will be. There are people in this world that don't get to receive Jesus in Sacramental Communion. There is a slow rising against Christianity. What will happen if we are the next ones to not have the opportunity for Sacramental Communion, either because of this rising, or because, well, we never know when our last day is.

So whatever you do, don't ever ever ever ever EVER take Holy Communion for granted. Make every Communion as if it is you first Communion, and quite possibly your Last Communion here on Earth.