Today in our parish, we celebrated First Communion Sunday as well as the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity. As we reflect on the mystery of the Trinity, we ought to reflect on the many mysteries of life. For us Catholics, our faith is a mystery. If we lose a sense of mystery, we lose touch with our soul. Life is not a problem to be solved but very much a mystery to be lived.
The mystery of the beauty of family is celebrated in multiple ways.
In the mystery of the Trinity, we encounter a relational God revealed in a family of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The solemnity of the Trinity is not a feast for scholars but a celebration for lovers. In prayer, we desire to be in union, to be in friendship with our relational God.
As we celebrate First Communion Sunday, the importance of family in the life of the First Communicants is beautifully illustrated. The family for our First Communicants is the school of love and the school of faith. Our First Communicants are formed and fashioned in faith by their families.
As our First Communicants give thanks for the families that have brought them to the altar of God, they then come to understand the family of God that is revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Then our First Communicants encounter their parish family that is anchored in the ways we are nourished and fed at the Eucharistic banquet. Our parish family is a Eucharistic family who give thanks for each of our First Communicants as they receive the Body and Blood of Jesus for the first time.
The Eucharist is God's pledge that He will be with us until the end of the age.
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