Holy Communion is available to Catholics in the state of Grace at every Mass.
Eucharistic Ministers visit and bring Holy Communion to the homebound on a regular basis. Please contact the Parish Office to have someone bring Holy Communion to one who may be homebound due to illness, disability or old age.
Baptized Parish children are eligible to celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist (Communion) for the first time if they are in the second grade or higher of Catholic religious education; are properly disposed; have been adequately prepared; and have celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Children at Holy Family are generally prepared for reception of Holy Eucharist (First Communion) in the second grade. First Communion takes place in the spring (see Religious Education). It is expected that the child will understand the following:
Communion may be received either in the hand or on the tongue, answering, "Amen" in response to the Eucharistic Minister saying, "Receive the Body of Christ; receive the Blood of Christ." And after receiving Jesus into one's own body and being drawn more closely into His, make a proper thanksgiving for Jesus coming to you with a period of silence and/or with a hymn, prayer, psalm or song of praise.
Eucharistic Ministers visit and bring Holy Communion to the homebound on a regular basis. Please contact the Parish Office to have someone bring Holy Communion to one who may be homebound due to illness, disability or old age.
Baptized Parish children are eligible to celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist (Communion) for the first time if they are in the second grade or higher of Catholic religious education; are properly disposed; have been adequately prepared; and have celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Children at Holy Family are generally prepared for reception of Holy Eucharist (First Communion) in the second grade. First Communion takes place in the spring (see Religious Education). It is expected that the child will understand the following:
- God is our loving Father and wants us to love and obey Him.
- Jesus is God's Son and teaches us to love and obey the Father.
- Jesus changed bread and wine into Himself, and we receive Him in Communion.
- The Bread of the Eucharist is no longer ordinary bread, but is changed into Jesus Himself.
Communion may be received either in the hand or on the tongue, answering, "Amen" in response to the Eucharistic Minister saying, "Receive the Body of Christ; receive the Blood of Christ." And after receiving Jesus into one's own body and being drawn more closely into His, make a proper thanksgiving for Jesus coming to you with a period of silence and/or with a hymn, prayer, psalm or song of praise.
...the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me." In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
The greatest Sacrament: Holy Eucharist (Communion), is not merely an instrument for the giving of Grace; here is the actual Giver of Grace Himself, Jesus our Lord, truly with us as bread and wine is consecrated into His Body and Blood.
(1 Corinthians 11:23-25)
Holy Eucharist at Holy Family Parish
Video: courtesy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; Monsignor John Zenz, Archdiocese of Detroit: speaker.
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Receive the
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