parents had participated in the preparation of the celebration: the choice of songs for the Mass, household and flowering of the chapel, woven palms to the front door opening directly onto the village of St Jean and canoeists on the river Maroni . At 9:30 have therefore met the children, families and guests, and the small military community Catholic St John St Lawrence, reduced that day to a family of policemen, the chief physician of the 9th RIMA and a family of IAHS . The chapel was packed and a dozen people are standing at the bottom, with many strollers! Communicants are dressed in white, young girls hair braided and adorned with white flowers: all took place on the front pews, facing the wooden altar of Guyana.
Mass is singing and a sermon interrupted by well-tempered and fashionable Provencal, faithful to its author. Padre reminds us that in giving his body and blood and dying on the Cross (one sacrifice), Jesus gave his life for us and invites us to follow. Now we are fortunate, as soldiers, to live this gift of self in our professional lives. Gold to imitate Jesus and we also give our lives for our brothers we need Jesus! To live as friends of Christ and do His will, we need to receive Him in the Eucharist at Sunday Mass! "Let us hope that this first Communion is not the last! And what is good for children is even more for us adults! And of course, for such a fitting welcome guest, we are required to prepare our hearts with great care. That is why we must remember that the Church requires one to confess at least once a year! After the Eucharistic sacrifice, the priest invites them to receive the Lamb of God, and the communicants advance toward the altar - long awaited moment! - while the congregation sings: "Thou art the Lord broke bread, delivered to our lives! Thee Lord our unit, the resurrected Jesus! Then, at the request of a mom, we listen to the Ave Maria of Gounod to give these children the maternal heart of the Virgin Mary.
Finally, after Mass, Padre calls all the children present and blessed them and sent us happily and solemnly: "Go in the Peace of Christ! "This is an opportunity for families to take a few pictures, but within also before the chapel, in the shade of some palm trees that protect the warm tropical sun. All the participants seem to have appreciated the conduct of the celebration, and after some discussion, we separate for the holiday meal at each other ... and in