Posted by Christopher Mc on Sunday, May 23, 2010
Under: Family
My son Patrick made his First Holy Communion this weekend.
Despite the fact that the normative method of receiving Holy Communion in the Catholic Church is on the tongue, he was the only boy in his school to do so.
This wasn't because the children or their parents made this decision, as is their right where the local bishop has granted permission.
It was because the school, the teacher, the chaplain dictated that this was to be the case. None of the children was taught how to received communion on the tongue. None of the children was taught there was any choice in the matter.
And Patrick? When he mentioned to his teacher, during one of the many practices, that he would be receiving communion on the tongue - well he was told he would have to wait until the end and go up to receive communion last.
This from a teacher that has taught them nothing about the Eucharist, who has never mentioned the Eucharistic fast to them and tried to ban his wearing a brown scapular.
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Catholic, Carmelite, Husband, Father, Reader of all sorts of books, Writer of occasional letters, Viewer of lots of TV and movies, Lover of tea, Hater of coffee. Anything I write is my own opionion and is not intended to represent the views of any organisation with which I have a connection. You can email me at "blog at live.ie" (replace the "at" with @). Don't be shy. To comment, click on the title of post. You have to include a name and email but fake ones work fine. Make sure there's an @ in the email.
