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\u2026 The Boy made his first reconciliation yesterday evening. His little faced was beaming when he received absolution. In fact, all the children there practically skipped back to their pew to do penance. It reminded me of my first reconciliation\u2026 the jitters and nerves and the absolute feeling of joy at hearing the words \u201cI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nreconciliation...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"... The Boy made his first reconciliation yesterday evening. His little faced was beaming when he received absolution. 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