When Your Soul Wraps Around What Your Mind Cannot
The very first church I remember belonging to was so new we smelled the paint on the walls. It had yet to build classrooms, so we had little to no resources for formal faith formation. “It’s the job of the parents,” the pastor said. The same pastor to usher in my first communion, ‘penance’, confirmation, and even marriage. At this parish, we celebrated First Communion before Reconciliation, and the parents decided when their child was ready. The pastor gave my mother a book o