[Magdalen] Suffer The Little Children?

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Why does Communion wait?  If children are baptized, they should be able to receive. 

Jim Handsfield 
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> On May 8, 2016, at 5:11 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> I am aware of a parish that has a regular practice of inviting
> the toddlers to come forward to surround the altar during the Canon/
> Eucharistic Prayer.  At the conclusion of this Prayer, the  presider
> shakes their hands and they trundle back to their families in  the pews.
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> These children have all been baptized, but are too young for  Confirmation
> and regular communion which occurs there at age 10.  As a  result,
> these toddlers do not take communion which is the obvious outcome
> of the Eucharistic Prayer which they have witnessed.
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> IOW the children have witnessed a Liturgy from
> which they are then excluded.  
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> I'm all for involving children in the Liturgy, but is this the right way  to
> do so?.
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> David Strang
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