Jesus Christ is truly present in the Holy Eucharist. The Church professes this fact clearly in her teaching, but our hearts often need more than facts. For this truth to penetrate the depth of our hearts--and the hearts of our children--we need stories, vivid events that happened to people just like us. Stories like that do exist, and we captured them in the beautiful book, Stories of Holy Communions.
Stories of Holy Communions is a beautiful hardbound, full-color book. It is the perfect gift for any child preparing for First Holy Communion, or any Catholic preparing for their NEXT Holy Communion. 100 pages long, the book includes the stories of 20 saints. It also has a place in the back for a new communicant to record a picture and the story of their own First Holy Communion.
Stories of Holy Communions shares powerful stories of children and the Eucharist. Divided into three sections, this book explores the stories of first, next, and last Holy Communions of individuals already declared saints, or on the path to sainthood.
Did you know that Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the Fatima visionaries, received their First Holy Communion from an angel? They did! Their story is just one of the incredible First Holy Communion stories included in the first section of this book. Along with the Martos, you will also hear the stories of
- St. Gerard Majella
- Ven. Antonietta Meo
- St. Therese of Lisieux
- St. John Vianney
- St. Kateri Tekakwitha
- Little Nellie of Holy God
- St. Gemma Galgani.
All saints lived with devotion to the Eucharist, and for many, this devotion started in childhood. In the second section of the book, which focuses on saintly lives of holy communion, you will find the stories of
- Bl. Carlo Acutis
- Servant of God Darwin Ramos
- St. Mother Teresa
- St. Bernadette Soubirous
- Segatashya Emmanuel
- Pope St. John Paul II
- St. Maria Goretti.
The final section of the book tells the stories of Last Holy Communions. In this section, you will hear the stories of children so in love with Jesus fully present in the Eucharist that they died of joy after receiving Him or willingly offered their lives as martyrs. This part of part of the book includes the stories of
- St. Tarcisius
- Little Li
- Bl. Adilio Daronch
- St. Jose Luis Sanchez del Rio
- Bl. Imelda Lambertini
Stories of Holy Communions is the perfect gift for those preparing for their First Holy Communion!
