{"id":150,"date":"2022-04-21T17:13:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymetamora.diocesanweb.org\/church\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2022-11-07T21:53:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:53:01","slug":"first-communion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/sacraments\/first-communion\/","title":{"rendered":"First Communion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>&#8220;The Eucharist is the bread that gives strength\u2026 It is at once the most eloquent proof of His love and the most powerful means of fostering His love in us.&#8221;<\/strong><br><\/p><cite><em>Saint Damien of Molokai<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8674179-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8674179-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8674179-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8674179-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8674179-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8674179-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/stmarysmetamora.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/pexels-rodnae-productions-8674179-1500x1000.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><em>\u201cHe who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.\u201d (John 6:56)&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAs the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me\u201d (Catechism of the Catholic Church #1391).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.\u201d (John 6:53)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Holy Communion, we receive Jesus Christ, who gives Himself to us in His body, blood, soul, and divinity. 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