4. Confession

The purpose of going to Confession is to receive God’s forgiveness and to keep our souls clean in his sight.  And our rule is like the washing of our hands when they get dirty and also before meals.  So if we are confirmed we should make our Confession if we fall into serious sin and before the great Feasts of the Church and in particular at Easter.

5. Holy Communion

We should receive Holy Communion at least three times a year, of which Easter must be one.  Notice the words at least.  That means that three times a year is the minimum, the very least.  And in actual fact we make our Communion much more often, usually every Sunday, and as we grow in our Faith we shall find ourselves making our Communion in the week as well, if we are able.  When we receive the Blessed Sacrament of Our Lord’s Body and Blood, we become part of him and he part of us.  So we find that as Jesus becomes more and more important to us and means more and more to us, so we go to the altar to receive him more frequently.

6. Supporting the Church

We should support the Church by giving our time, talents and money, and by doing what we can to draw other people into the Church.  We shall be thinking about our time, talents and money next week.