Family and Communion

[tifischer]

Hi! I am a single mom of three young children and I have only been Catholic for about 4 years with no previous religious upbringing. My daughter is preparing for her first eucharist and in her book we were asked to compare family life to Church life. Does anyone have a good example of how family life at the table is an example of the Church coming for the Holy Communion?

 

[nodito]

At Mass we gather together as a church family to participate in a common worship experience. We have a collective memory of Christ’s passion and death and we celebrate that moment in time together as the Eucharist. Family life is similar, wouldn’t you say? In the domestic church (i.e., our homes), we also gather together for meals. We share common memories and experiences. We strive to love one another as Christ loved the Church. Everyone in a family has different gifts but we are stronger as a family when everyone shares them to benefit common life, just as the Body of Christ is stronger and more beautiful when we each use our respective gifts to better the Church. Just my own thoughts; I imagine there are countless ways to extend the analogy.

God bless you for helping your daughter prepare for her first Holy Communion!

 

[Vico]

Hi! I am a single mom of three young children and I have only been Catholic for about 4 years with no previous religious upbringing. My daughter is preparing for her first eucharist and in her book we were asked to compare family life to Church life. Does anyone have a good example of how family life at the table is an example of the Church coming for the Holy Communion?

The Church is a community with Christ as the head, living a holy life and supporting one another and charity, and providing a good example to those outside of the community. The faithful are nourished with the gifts of the Holy Eucharist and other sacraments.

Similarly the family is a community of children with a head, living a holy life and supporting one another in charity, and providing a good example to those outside of the family. They are nourished with love and materially with food, and spiritually through good influence on each other through the Holy Spirit.