Dear Primary 4 Boys and Girls of St Joseph’s PS,
I hope you will get a chance to read this little letter today.
I would like you to know that I prayed especially for you at Mass this morning because I know you must be disappointment that you could not make your First Holy Communion today.
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As I write this letter I am looking at my watch and I see it’s about the time you ought to have been in St Joseph’s Church, Killough along with your teachers Mrs Macfarlane and Miss Black, your families and friends.
Since the schools and the churches closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, people have asked me if I know the new date for First Communion. Unfortunately I don’t, but I know there is one person who does - Jesus!
Yes, because Jesus is God, then He knows when you will be making your First Communion. Jesus knows the exact date, the day and the hour when you will come to Him for the very first time to receive His love in Holy Communion.
There is nobody who wants you to make your First Communion more than Jesus! More than anything else He wants to share His love with you and to deepen the friendship you already have with Him.
So, as you wait patiently for that day to arrive, keep praying at home each day, and ask Jesus to give you many opportunities to love your family so that everyone will know that you are His friends. If you do this, then when your First Communion day comes along your hearts will be bursting with joy after receiving Jesus for the very first time!
Until we meet again, may God bless you and your families and keep you all safe in His love,
Fr Peter
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