I was baptized Catholic as a baby, but my parents switched to a United Methodist church when I was a kid, so I never received First Communion or Confirmation. My husband is a cradle Catholic, but he was not practicing when we got married. We decided in December 2009 to come back to the Church. We had our marriage convalidated in February 2010, and then I found out I was pregnant with our third son in April 2010. I started RCIA this past fall, and our baby was born in December 2010. He had his baptism the last Saturday in March, and now I will be receiving my First Communion and Confirmation tomorrow night. Our diocese requires two years of preparation classes for children, so my older boys, who were baptized Methodist, will be brought into the Church next Easter.
In the course of the past year and a half, our family will have received the sacraments of Matrimony, Baptism, Reconciliation, Holy Communion, and Confirmation. I’m pretty sure none of us will receive Holy Orders any time soon, and I pray that none of us need the sacrament of the sick!
I’m looking forward to tomorrow night, but next Easter will be even better when our whole family will finally be united in the Church.