{"id":8170,"date":"2005-05-04T06:11:27","date_gmt":"2005-05-04T13:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/05\/04\/indelible.html"},"modified":"2005-05-04T06:11:27","modified_gmt":"2005-05-04T13:11:27","slug":"indelible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/05\/04\/indelible.html","title":{"rendered":"Indelible"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the Biggies when one grows up Catholic is one’s First Communion<\/a>. Various Christian denominations have different traditions for handling Communion (and even what it means), but for Catholics, one’s First Communion (usually around age 7-8, I believe) is a major milestone in one’s spiritual life.<\/p>\n

Thirty-five years ago today … at St Joseph’s in Pomona, California …<\/p>\n

The funny thing is, I wouldn’t even remember the date, except that I got a St Christopher medallion as a gift, and on the back was engraved, “5\/4\/69.” Those numbers are engraved in my brain, too (hey, when you read whatever’s around you, and you take baths, and that’s the only thing to read …), like a mantra.<\/p>\n

I still enjoy and appreciate Communion, even if, in the Episcopal Church, it’s considered a miracle of Consubstantiation rather than Transubstantiation<\/a> (the finer points of which are part of my Shrug And Don’t Sweat The Details brand of religion). And this day remains, in its very idiosyncratic way, an important date for me.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/u>: Me am smart. Me can do math. Me can tell that 2005 – 1969 = 35! <\/p>\n

Uh … no. That anniversary was last year. This year it’s 36 years ago.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Scott reminds of something that did <\/em>happen 35 years ago today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the Biggies when one grows up Catholic is one’s First Communion. 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