Monday, August 16, 2004
Our Father who art in Heaven ...
Went to my first Holy Communion celebration on the weekend. Nope it's not me, but my brother in-law. It was his 8th birthday and to celebrate the day, he is official joined to the Holy covenant.
Since I am a Buddhist, I have never been to such a celebration and it was quite an eye opener. All the little kiddies who were going to take their first sacrament were dressed with their "Sundays best", some boys were wearing a tux and all girls were wearing some kind of satin dress and a veil !!
It looked like they were going to get married !!
All the families were there with their cameras and videos.
The Mass were pretty much the same as any other Catholic Mass I have been too, with the exception that all the reading were done by the kids.
What I find curious is that, once the child takes their first sacrament, it would mean that they are a full blown Christians, even though at their age they would not even know what religion means to their life, let alone their after life.
Do they even know that billions of lives have bleed in the name of religion and it is not all about love thy neighbour....
Since I am a Buddhist, I have never been to such a celebration and it was quite an eye opener. All the little kiddies who were going to take their first sacrament were dressed with their "Sundays best", some boys were wearing a tux and all girls were wearing some kind of satin dress and a veil !!
It looked like they were going to get married !!
All the families were there with their cameras and videos.
The Mass were pretty much the same as any other Catholic Mass I have been too, with the exception that all the reading were done by the kids.
What I find curious is that, once the child takes their first sacrament, it would mean that they are a full blown Christians, even though at their age they would not even know what religion means to their life, let alone their after life.
Do they even know that billions of lives have bleed in the name of religion and it is not all about love thy neighbour....
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