First Communion Class 2021:

Published on September 14, 2021

Georgie Rose Begley, Konnie Begley,Ojars Bluzma, Liv Caffrey, Gracie Cassin, Ellen Davis, Emma Dollard, Aaron Doyle, Noah Doyle, Rachel Dunne, Lara Fargie, Adam Fitzgerald, Aadison Gibbons, Faye Gleeson Byrne, Alana Grace, Seán Hoyne, Freddy Kavanagh, Julia Kedra, Seán Kennedy, Cian Lanigan, Daniel Loughman, Mia Magnez, Sophia McDonagh Rharade, Mary Ann Meegan, Jack Moran, Dylan Murphy, Kobi Nolan, Hollie O’Neill, Martha O’Shea, Noah Pearson, Aaron Phelan, Carter Rigby, Alison Ryan, Charlotte Ryan, Polly Jean Shanahan, Sadie Smyth, Sophie Somers, James Tierney, Borys Tylicki, Oisín Walsh, Bernard Ward, Lara Webster, Saoirse Wemyss.

Congratulations to the girls and boys who will receive First Communion over the next few weeks, some Saturday 11th, and the others on Saturday 25th. Wonderful, as numbers are permitted to increase at Masses that these children will have full access to the table of the Lord.

Reflection

Following one’s vocation is a response from within to the needs outside us. A vocation meets the human needs of the world but with a motivation from within. We care for our children and grandchildren not just because they are sick or insecure, but because we love them. this love will move us out to help them in various situations. We find a call to be ‘people for others’ because our heart teaches us that with Jesus we are all brothers and sisters, and that God wants to save the world, and needs our help to do so. This is the Sunday we all pray that our particular vocation in life may become clear and may become stronger. God calls each of us to love God and love our neighbour. This is the first Christian calling at our Baptism; we then find the best way for each of us with our own particular set of gifts, talents and even weaknesses to live out that call to love. We think especially today of religious life and priesthood. There are needs for priests, sisters and brothers in most parts of the world. as a community in families and parishes we thank those who have given their lives in these vocations and pray they may increase.