FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER.....AND FIRST HOLY COMMUNION DAY..........

On this closing day of Vocations Awareness Week, we comemorate the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, First Holy Communion is being also being celebrated here at Sacred Heart Parish in East Sacramento. The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker was established by Pope Pius XII, after World War II, to spiritually offset the indignities of atheistic Communism, by re-inforcing the spiritual nature and dignity of the human person and the inherent value of human labor. The prayers and efforts of our Catholic-Christian Faith has made great strides over the past several decades in contesting the reign of Communism over the Russian and Eastern European peoples. And once more the freedom to believe and practice faith and religion, openly has been re-established. Forty second graders received the Sacrament of the Eucharist at the First Holy Communion Mass Msgr. Walton and I, concelebrated this morning. Among them was Daniel Buckner, the son of my Sac State Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity brother, Rob Buckner. It has been a big sacramental season for the Buckners. Daniel's older brother, Julian, celebrated his Confirmation less than three weeks ago, here at Sacred Heart. In coming weeks, First Communions and Confirmations will be occurring in parishes everywhere. My longtime friends Roger and Karin Geach have two grandsons receiving their First Eucharist this weekend and next. They are San Diego this weekend at grandson Hunter's First Communion and next weekend their grandson Reagan's First Communion takes place in Good Shepherd Parish in Laguna / Elk Grove. I will blog more about the Sacraments in coming days, as of tomorrow the 5th Sunday of Easter, which this year is a significant date in the history of my sacramental life..........Peace + Prayers Through The Intercession Of St. Joseph The Worker And The Risen Eucharistic Christ, Fr. Troy