Seventy children receive the Eucharist at SIC

Will you bring your children to attend Mass every Sunday? Can you attend Mass quietly and attentively? The first question from St Ignatius Church (SIC) Parish Priest Fr Andrew Wong CDD was addressed to the parents of 70 children from SIC’s Standard 3 First Holy Communion Class of 2017 towards the end of Sunset Mass on October 21. The second question was meant for the 34 boys and 36 girls who had received Jesus, the Bread of Life, for the first time from Fr Wong and Assistant Parish Priest Fr Lawrence Ng CDD.

Fr Wong also reminded the parents of their critical role as the first and primary catechists of the Christian faith — not Sunday school teachers.

The first communicants were reminded that they had been incorporated into the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church through Baptism, the first sacrament, while infants. On this day, the children received their third sacrament, the Body and Blood of Christ in the Eucharist. In addition to the gifts of bread and wine, the children also offered up their First Holy Communion certificates – a symbol of remembrance of the first time they became one in the Body of Christ – as well as the Camp Crafts Prayer Cards.

The children then sang Jesus, Lamb of God and Thank You Lord in dedication to the congregation, followed by the Parents’ Pledge led by Bernard and Caroline Tan. With their certificates in hand, each child happily posed for photographs with Fr Wong, Fr Lawrence and Fr Francis after Mass.

Article reproduced from Herald Malaysia online