Paedocommunion

[Dauphin]

Please notice 1 Corinthians 10

1For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3They all ate the same spiritual food 4and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

Consider now these questions:

1. Doesn’t this sound liike a prefigurement of Christian Baptism and Eucharist to you?
2. Is there a definition of “all” that would exclude the little ones?

“…our forefathers …”

 

[Critter]

My Catholic grade school had a Byzantine Catholic parish that also ‘fed’ into this parish. My Byzantine classmates in kindergarten recieved Communion at school Masses while us Latins stayed in the pews.

As a non-Catholic (but one who is interested in learning more), I find it difficult to understand why different rites, rules, and rubrics apply differently to different Catholics. Don’t eastern and western Catholics all hold an equally valid membership in the church?
It’s troubling to me that one segment of the Church is denied a sacrament (in this case, the Sacrament!) while another segment is allowed to partake. (same goes for married/celebate priests)

Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but it came to mind. If there’s a better place on this forum to discuss this, please let me know.
Thanks.

 

[Tracy07]

Hi there im from the uk and i find it very interesting to read how differently things are done in other parts of the world.
Here well in my parish anyway a child is baptised, then at the age of 7/8 the children start classes to prepare them for their first reconciliation and holy communion which go on for around 8 weeks, in this time the children learn why receiving communion is important and also helps them prepare for and understand the sacrament.
Then about a week before they are due to recieve communion the children make their first reconciliation and the week (or less in some cases) after this usually in the may the children make their first holy communion.
The same thing happens at approximately aged 14 when the time comes for their confirmation there is classes and courses for the children to attend if the children do not take part in these classes and attend church they do not receive the sacraments until they do.
The parents must also attend these classes and church with the children so they go through the experience as a family, i found the classes so interesting and beautiful when i attended with my eldest child when he had to attend for first holy communion and i am looking forward to attending them again when my youngest child attends in around a years time.
x

 

[kaygee]

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Do any of us really understand? If we did, we would be God ourselves.

A little 3-year old girl (I don’t remember now if she was Orthodox or Melkite) was asked what she was receiving when she was taken up for Communion. She replied, "Jesus bread!"

DD was taught as soon as she was able to speak that the Communion she received was “Christouli” – Little Christ, Little Jesus. Ok, so she pronouced it “Tooli” until about 3, but she grasped the importance of who she was receiving.