This beautifully illustrated book, with its companion, My Picture Book of First Confession, was originally written by a Dutch religious, Brother Maria Cassianus Versteeg, as one among a series of books for children printed by their Orphanage Printing House.
The original Dutch needed a good deal of adaptation during the translation process, so in reconstructing the text, we borrowed heavily from the work of Mother Mary Loyola, who would have been a rough contemporary.
The result is a concise yet engaging preparation for First Holy Communion that begins with the two things a child most needs to understand: who comes to us in Holy Communion, and why He comes. Through beautiful pictures and simple explanations, children follow Jesus from His throne in Heaven to Bethlehem, Calvary and the Last Supper, discovering that the same Jesus who loved us enough to become man and die for us remains hidden in the Sacred Host so that He may come into our own hearts.
Along the way, they learn how to prepare themselves to receive Him with faith, reverence and love—and, perhaps most importantly, what to do with those precious moments afterward, when Jesus has come to be their Guest.
Note: the verses in this book can be found set to music in our Child's Book of Hymns.
Read more about these books in our blog post here!
8.5" x 11" hardcover 36 pages
NOTE: Once a child understands the meaning of Holy Communion, First Communion Days and True Stories for First Communicants offers a wonderful next step: true stories of children whose love for Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament shows what those lessons can look like when lived.
Customer Reviews
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it's great!
The book is sweet, and the quality is great.
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My Picture Book of First Communion
Good book to introduce the traditional way of preparing and receiving Holy Communion for children.
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Beautiful, illustrated book
Beautiful, illustrated book
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Beatuiful Edition of Traditional Catholic Book for Children
Great book!
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These are beautiful books and
These are beautiful books and I purchased them for my grandchildren
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Beautiful family heirloom quality book
We have 5 biological children and have decided to adopt children from foster care . It’s very important to us to instill our Traditional Catholic faith in them and this and other books that we have purchased have been so beneficial to us.
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Lovely Pictures
The poems are good as well!
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My Picture Book of First Confession
I gave this book as a First Holy Communion gift - but the whole family loved it - all the older siblings read it as well, and said that they enjoyed it as well! The pictures are beautiful and teach the truths of the Catholic Faith as well as the text itself.
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Simply beautiful! I will be
Simply beautiful! I will be using this with my son for his FHC this spring.
