The First Time

 Do you know the date of your First Holy Communion?  I know mine.  May 20.  I think I was in the second grade.  After that I could begin to train to be an Altar Boy.  The First Holy Communion is a memorable date but not necessarily a life-changing one.  One Communion is a bit like your first recovery meeting.  You might remember the date but it won’t change you. Your wedding date does not make you a husband or wife.  It takes lots of repeats to make a change for the better.  Fortunately, I received lots of repeat Holy Communions after the first one, so the effects tended to get deep into me.  Someone in recovery and in repeat meetings knows how the process of recovery works with repeats.  Just like addiction gets worse with repeats.  Although I still am in touch with mediocrity, I think I am in better spiritual shape now with repeat days of prayer.  Over and over is a good way to go.