This Week
Fifth Sunday of Easter
3/5/2026
First Holy Communions
By the time you read this editorial, two of our First Holy Communion Masses will have taken place. There is a third, and final, one next Saturday afternoon. These celebrations are always happy occasions as the children receive Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist for the first time. Please keep these children, and their families, in your prayers at this special time. We also have some First Holy Communions for older children at Sunday Masses this weekend.
Parishioners may have noticed children preparing for their First Holy Communion or Confirmation bringing cards to Mass so that their attendance could be noted. I decided to insist on this because I had been made aware that, in previous years, some were not attending Mass on Sundays and still presenting themselves for the Sacraments. I hope that this policy of proving attendance at Mass during the period of preparation will bear good fruit and that the established practice of Mass attendance will continue. I encourage the children to ask their parents a simple question each, and every, Saturday morning:
‘Which Mass are we attending this Sunday?’
Meanwhile, those of us who received our First Holy Communion some years back will be heartened to see the youngsters continuing to be regular in their attendance at Mass each Sunday. In this way, the parish will grow and we will all be living out our faith in the One who calls us to be ‘living stones’, people who ‘proclaim the excellencies of him who calls us out of darkness into his marvellous light.’
My thanks to the catechists who have given so much of their time and also to the families who have supported the children towards this momentous time.
With all good wishes,
Father Daniel
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