First Holy Communion--St. Bridget's of Cheshire

Having gone to Catholic school for about 13 years of my life, some masses "come and go" and they say. Many messages unfortunately go "in one ear and out the other." However, on May 3rd, I attended one of the best masses of my life. That mass was St. Bridget's School of Cheshire First Holy Communion Mass, at St. Bridget's Church.

Attending Holy Trinity School of Wallingford, I had always heard of St. Bridget's, as our athletic teams often competed against one another. But, up until that point, I had never been inside the school's church before.

What struck me the most about this communion mass was that the priest gave an excellent homily. He told all of the children that they should think of the moon every time they think of God, because the moon looks like the host (what is "eaten" at communion distribution time, during mass); both are circles.

The priest also set-up 13 chairs on the altar and had some students sit in them. He explained to them that the chairs were arranged in a loose circle, but one chair was away from the circle, and immediately, without being told, the one student whose chair was set away from the circle, moved his chair toward the circle. The priest then went on with his circle and moon theme and told the children to always think of their First Holy Communion day every time they saw the moon.

It was also very touching because he seemed to know all of the children and "called them each by name."