Sean was 10 years old and having been in a religious education program for 4 years, had been prepared to receive his First Holy Communion. However there were family circumstances that made scheduling the event difficult. With Sean, it had to be a big celebration, as he wanted to share this important milestone with everyone he knew. We were faced with many questions: should it take place at the Sunday liturgy he regularly attended at Little Flower Parish? Inclusion was practically unheard of then, but we wondered, should Sean join the parish first communion day in May with the second graders, or should there be a separate Mass for him? Perhaps we should have a home Mass with one of his priest cousins presiding.

Each Sunday at Communion time, Sean would tug at my arm and say; "I get God today?" I would answer, "not today, and he would ask "When?" and I would reply "Soon". So Sean would stay in the pew, with his head bowed while his brothers and I went up the aisle to receive Eucharist.