Sacramental Spring 2022

This Spring (2022 as I write), our family celebrated the reception of three sacraments! Our youngest received First Confession and First Holy Communion. Confession was about two months ago and Communion was in May. We all dressed up for the occasion. 

Us

With Granny and Grandpa

I didn't take any pictures in church but someone did snag a shot of our son at prayer.

Praying by a window

Happily, the church had a photographer come in and I snagged some pictures from his collection.

Receiving from Father Christian

Close up

Back at home we celebrated with extended family by working on a favorite hobby...making cookies!

Cousin, Aunt, and Uncle

First Communion-themed cookies

A banner he made at First Communion retreat

The other big sacrament was my oldest receiving Confirmation. He was asked to be a reader at the Mass, which involved practice beforehand and an excellent job on the day.

The wide shot

Practicing

Practice on the day

Again, I didn't take photos during the Mass but had access to the church photographer's collection.

The actual reading

The liturgical gang

Our church is in the Washington Archdiocese and one of the auxiliary bishops, Mario Dorsonville, came. He did a question-and-answer with the confirmandi, saying that if the young men and women did not know the answers, he would ask their sponsors. The sponsor perked up at this! My son fielded the few questions that came his way quite well.

Checking that they are ready

Being confirmed

It was a blessed event. We had another get together at our house but didn't make cookies or anything like that. It was a Wednesday night so we ordered in Chinese and had some cupcakes that we made earlier in the day. A good time was had by all.