ten o'clock
`` Yes , my dear young man , that was an every-day experience . I remember a mission that was given in the town of N -- , where I was curate in ' 54 , the year the first great missions were given by Fathers Bernard and Petcherine . One evening , dead tired after a continuous day 's work , I was crossing the church toward the sacristy , when a huge shaggy countryman stopped me . It was just half-past ten o'clock . ` I 'm for Communion , your reverence , ' said he . I was a little irritable and therefore a little sarcastic at the time . ` It is usually the habit of Catholics to receive Holy Communion fasting , ' said I , never dreaming but that the man was after his supper .