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Blessed Imelda receives Communion
Image by Lawrence OP
Tomorrow is the feast of Corpus Christi, and this time of year is usual for first Holy Communions. Blessed Imelda Lambertini (1322 – 12 May 1333) is the patroness of First Holy Communicants.
Blessed Imelda was born into an aristocratic family in Bologna in 1322. She was unusually pious as a child and was placed in Dominican convent of nuns to be educated at her own request when she was nine years old, and she received the Dominican habit soon after her entry.
Blessed Imelda had a particular devotion to the Blessed Eucharist. Her greatest wish was to receive Holy Communion, but this was not possible as she was too young according to Church law at the time (the minimum age was about 12 until the decree of Pope St Pius X “Quam singulari” in 1910).
On Ascension Day 1333, when she was eleven years old she remained in the convent chapel after Mass with the other sisters. After Mass and Holy Communion the sisters began to leave, but one of them noticed what appeared to be a host hovering over Imelda’s head who was found to be in a state of ecstacy. The priest hurried forward to receive the host on a paten. Experiencing such a miracle, he felt obliged to give Imelda her first Holy Communion.
It was to be her last because she died during her thanksgiving after Communion. Blessed Imelda was beatified in 1826.
This story is lovingly embroidered in silk on a cope border by the Dominican sisters at Stone in Staffordshire.
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Shinsaibashi-suji: Hikari
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I just love arcades in Japan: purikura, UFO Catcher, games, and gashapon. This one happens to be called Hikari and has mostly purikura. Sega is on the left of the photo. You can see that everything is closed as it was early in the morning. Still, notice the three host club dudes walking down the street. These guys are leftovers from a hard night work. Namba is the just about the best place in the world to see this culture up close–if you really want to that is.
Shinsaibashi-suji. Shinsaibashi, Osaka.
