"Today I have
received Jesus, and now I possess Him entirely
in my
miserable soul...." - St Gemma
Galgani
An excerpt from a letter of St
Gemma, happily describing her First Communion Day
to her Spiritual Director, Fr
Gernamus Ruoppolo, C.P:
"I prepared myself, with much
work on the part of those good nuns,
for my general Confession. I made
it in three sessions to Msgr. Volpi.
I finished it on Saturday, the vigil
of that happy day.
Finally, Sunday morning came.
I arose early and ran to Jesus for the first time.
At last my desires were realized. I
understood for the first time
the promise of Jesus: 'He who
eats of Me shall live of My life.'
Dear Father, I do not know how to
tell what passed between Jesus and me
at that moment. Jesus made Himself
felt very strongly by more poor soul.
I understood at that moment that the
delights of heaven
are not like those of the earth. I
felt myself overcome by the
desire to render that union with my
God continual. I felt weary of the
world more and more, and more
disposed to recollection. It was that same
morning that Jesus gave me the great desire to be a religious."
St Gemma
Galgani
1878-1903
Patron Saint of
Children and First Communion
St Gemma received her
First Holy Communion (age 9) on June 17, 1887,
which was the
Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that year.
Do you remember/can you figure
out
your
First Holy Communion date?
Do
HEARTILY celebrate it!
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