Community Corner
SSCM Celebrates First Holy Communion
Saints Cyril and Methodius Students and Religious Ed have a joyous day, being welcomed to the Lord's table.
“The one way to Peace is the Power of the Cross. His Banner over us is Love!”
This was the final verse of the touching song, which this year’s First Holy Communicants sang to their adoring families, friends and the rest of the congregation, rounding out a beautiful ceremony all-around. Father Vincent Schifano presided over the Mass, during which each communicant humbly stepped up to receive his or her First Holy Communion.
Deer Park‘s Saints Cyril and Methodius School Students and Religious Ed participants have been preparing for this day for several months, learning prayers, songs, stories and most importantly, the meaning behind this most holy Sacrament. Pretty dresses and snappy suits aside, each child looked fixed and focused, ready to be welcomed for the first time to the Lord’s table.
Most fittingly, Monsignor Robert Clerkin also ended the Mass by discussing the meaning of a child’s First Holy Communion and welcoming all of the communicants to continue celebrating each week with Saints Cyril and Methodius by coming to Sunday Mass dressed in their First Holy Communion attire, as a poignant and beautiful reminder to our SSCM community of the beginnings of our faith and of the blessings bestowed on each of them that day.
