This weekend was our third and final weekend for First Communion. This was a day of faith-filled joy for our First Communicants and their families and for our parish family. During the homily, I led our First Communicants to the Baptismal Font where we reflected on how our life with God began with Baptism. In the grace of Baptism, we are God's beloved. Each and every time we come to Church, we bless ourselves with the Baptismal water celebrating the ongoing grace of our Baptism.
From the baptismal font, we processed to the altar of God. Indeed, the whole spiritual life is characterized by going to the altar of God to give thanks and to be fed and nourished at the table of the Lord. It is our prayer that the families of our First Communicants will Sunday after Sunday after Sunday go to the altar of God to give thanks and to be fed and nourished with the Body and Blood of Christ.
The Gospel is the high priestly prayer of Jesus to his heavenly Father in the context of his impending death. In the prayer of Jesus, he prayed to His Father and gave thanks that He had finished the work that God had given Him to do, and that He had made the Lord's name known. May our prayer each night be the prayer of Jesus: may we finish the work God has given us to do today, and may we make the Lord's name known by the way we live our lives.
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