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CATECHISM for FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

 

POPE JOHN PAUL II

SPEAKS TO PARENTS OF FIRST COMMUNICANTS

 

Dear parents,

 

Your love for Christ has made this day possible. For you are your children’s first teachers in the ways of faith. By what you say and do, you show them the truths of your faith and the values of the Gospel. This is indeed not only a sacred duty, but a grace, a great privilege.

Many other members of the Church share in this task, but the main responsibility for your children’s religious formation rests upon your shoulders. So try to make your homes genuinely.

 Help your children to grow and mature as Jesus did at Nazareth, “in wisdom, in statue and in favour with God and men” (Luke 2:52). Allow no one to take advantage of their lack of experience and knowledge.

As you share with them in their personal pilgrimage to God, may you always be united in prayer and worship and in humble love of God and His People.

John Paul II

 

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