First Holy Communion (reflections)

[CapnAwesome]

I went through first communion and its one of the most uncomfortable experiences of my life. All first communions are preceded by a first confession, where you have to confess all your sins privately to an elderly virgin in a small creepy room.

An 8 year old doesn't have sins, so I literally made stuff up, as did my brother and lots of other kids. Also you have to memorize a lot of prayers and dress up in uncomfortable clothes publically.  None of the kids really wanted to be there. It's humiliating and terrible really.

I have to say, probably one of my least favorite childhood experiences with the church, and you are told if you take communion with sin in your heart, it's a mortal sin, or that god might literally smite you.

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Lol, I also made stuff up! That's funny.

Count me as a member of the made-up sins in confession club lol. I went to Catholic school grades K-12 and when they took us to confession, I made up sins to tell the priest because I was a pretty decent kid too other than typical kid-squabbles with my 4 brothers.

-Teresa

Haha, yeah, my younger brother also made up sins. That's what happens when you try to tell a fucking 8 year old that they are a sinner! The guilt tripping comes early as a Catholic. But I can one up almost everyone, cause my mother was a convert who was raised Jewish, so I was a Catholic with a Jewish mother! You can't even imagine what that level of feeling guilty is like!