Charity registration No. SC002876   Sunday June 6th. 2010 Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Main Menu Notices Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 little girl in a white veil approaches in procession for her first Holy Communion. There have been big events in her life - birthdays, Santa Claus, the splendour of an Easter morning - but this Holy Communion is the climax of her young life. She inches her way expectantly towards the altar. Her eyes are focussed roundly on the host. She receives it with reverence. God is with her now, in a temple innocent and pure, like the womb of the Virgin Mary, when the Word became flesh. An old woman waits on her deathbed for her last Holy Communion. There have been big events in her life - her wedding, her first child, the first time they called her 'Nannie'. Now, with her last Holy Communion, comes the climax of old age. The priest moves nearer. She opens her eyes as she did in childhood, raises her white head painfully from the pillow and welcomes her Saviour with all the fervour her wasted body will allow. God is with her now, as she will be with him, for all eternity. The first Holy Communion is always a fervent one.   So is the last. We bring to the first the freshness of youth; we bring to the last the awful clarity that age brings to life!  >>> Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ “The Communions in between”  by Bishop Joseph Cassidy