Communion Time

My son makes his communion in a few days. This Country has changed so much Since I made mine that I sometimes think, either I’m getting old or “I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
Gone are the days when Dads would spend savings renting a car and piling the family in for a session of mass were kids stood silent and parents believed the priest to be a powerful messenger from God, and afterwards the arduous journey around to a long list of Christmas card Relatives would begin.
A day of Fond hellos and sad Goodbyes, Biscuits, cake and Lemonade. and at the end Children counting the rewards of their efforts of being Good patient children.
We now have a disempowered church seen as a shadowy organisation of corruption and abuse, Priests now ask for respect rather than demand it. and rightly so in my opinion.
Family’s now book Pubs and Venues For meals, the cars are left at home and tired old relatives come shuffling out of homes to half heartedly take a place at the table with with others they would rather not see, Hellos are barely mustered and every one thinks about what they ought to be doing elsewhere. dinners and desserts* are quickly eaten and Separate roads are taken until the next grandiose event in the constant game of one-upmanship.
Now when children get home they most likely google what upgrade they are going to buy for their virtual existence to help them escape the tortures an all too real reality. before being Dragged of to make a Confirmation.
But for the most part these changes are Political in nature but alas not in practise. We still have The Rich saying that the poorer majority are suckling too hard from the social teet and the majority of the poorer Class saying the rich are corrupt and squander to much Public resources. Im sure this will be the way and its an Argument that we will face for many years to come, And honestly an argument I am hesitant to try answer as its bound to lead to fisty-cuffs.

Communion(k-mynyn)
n.
1. The act or an instance of sharing, as of thoughts or feelings.
2. Religious or spiritual fellowship.
3. A body of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites; a denomination.
4. Communion Ecclesiastical
a. The sacrament of the Eucharist received by a congregation.
b. The consecrated elements of the Eucharist.
c. The part of the Mass or a liturgy in which the Eucharist is received.

Confirmation(knfr-mshn)
n.
1.a. The act of confirming.
b. Something that confirms; verification.

2.a. A Christian rite admitting a baptized person to full membership in a church.
b. A ceremony in Judaism that marks the completion of a young person's religious training.
(www.thefreedictionary.com)



The European Union is now almost Twenty One years old. With the signing of The Maastricht Treaty establishing it into its currant entity.
This would mean in my eyes as a Community we should have, the large majority of us anyway made our Confirmation to it, let alone accepting its Communion,
But for the life of me I can remember doing either, I Voted Euro skeptic all the way from my Eighteenth Birthday till now. As have most people I know for some strange reason, This is not to say Im for shutting Ireland off from the rest of the world. Far from it. What I am against is the fact that what seems set up is just more subterfuge another smoke and mirror gag to confuse us. Maybe Im slow when it comes to politics but here are three simple questions about the EU I have no idea about. Perhaps my Ignorance is leading me to this feeling of oppression I’m getting lately !

1. Who is the Head of the EU ? and Why

2. How are your Country’s issues Prioritised in the decision making process.
Do you have a Voice ?

3. Are we on the way of becoming a United States of Europe and if so how does that idea sit with your Patriotic Constitutional views, Do we have any left after The Treaty of Lisbon ?