[MarMema]

Once we become members of Christ’s family, he does not let us go hungry, but feeds us with his own body and blood through the Eucharist.

Unless you are a child? How do you reconcile this with children not being allowed to commune? I have never understood this.

[NYer]

Beautiful picture! Thanks for posting it.

This 'pamphlet' was written, IMHO, for the benefit of the lapsed catholic and/or those whose children have wandered away. Many cradle catholics, despite good or bad catechesis, are simply ignorant about their faith.

As for distributing the Eucharist to children, 2nd grade is when they receive their First Communion. This would be the 'age of reason' when they can best appreciate and understand the Real Presence. At what age do children begin communing in the Russian Orthodox church? Who decides this?