> The Greeks et.al. of course serve the Blessed Sacrament from a 'mixed' Chalice (bread and wine together) with a golden spoon. Little ones are easily able to receive this way. Perhaps we could do something akin. GDVW+ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Ward [mailto:mward@...] > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 8:57 AM > To: faithandlife@... > Subject: RE: [FaithandLife] interesting link > > > > First, at what age do you begin? > > As soon as they can eat the bread. > > What do we do with Confirmation? > > It certainly loses none of its significance or importance. It ceases > to be a doorway to the Table. This might effect the "psychology of the > event" for us. Rituals provide foci around which the motions of our > lives dance. This only changes the steps a little but none of the > substance of confirmation's importance is compromised in any way I can > discern. > > Wayne+ > > > > Daniel+ > > Regarding paedocommunion. I think a good argument for it can be made on > the basis of Patristic writings, and the theology of the Covenant. Two > pastoral questions, though, which I'm sure you've run into if your > church practices paedocommunion: > > In some of the Orthodox churches, parents are given small spoons on > the > birth of a child with which the priest ladles the consecrated wine into > the mouth of an infant; and in the Roman Church, first Communion is > around age seven (which seems to be a bit arbitrary to me, the East > being more consistent in their treatment of the sacrament). > > Second, which we've always viewed as a prerequisite to Communion? > Again, at least in much of the East we seen consistency as a child is > baptised and confirmed in the same service (the priest administering > confirmation), then given Communion. > > Just wondering. > > MLW+ > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to > <faithandlife-unsubscribe@...> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to > <faithandlife-unsubscribe@...> ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using FREE Catholic Online Webmail. http://webmail.catholic.org/