[JesusIsLord]

... why would a person want to receive Her most precious and sacred Sacrament illicitly, without being received into the Church?

The "Church" as you state it, is not the Roman Catholic Church. The "Church" is the body of all those who've placed their faith in the redemptive work of Christ.

[Mrs. Don-o]

You're right about the "Body of Christ" being in some sense all baptized believers in Our Lord, since any valid Baptism (no matter what the denomination, if the matter, form, and intent are the same) makes one a child of God and a member of His Mystical Body: and I'm presuming that's you and me, too.

My point was that to be "in Communion" with Christ is to be "in Communion" with the Church: and if you are receiving in the Catholic Church, at the very least your are saying you are in Communion with the Catholic Church.

But you have made it clear that you consider the Catholic Church to be detestable. Therefore why would you, or anyone of your persuasion, want to receive in the Catholic Church without being received INTO the Catholic Church?

There's a disconnect there.

And yet you started this particular section of the discussion by saying ( at #14) that you felt wronged and ostracized by not being welcomed into Catholic Communion.

Well, come o-o-oon in. You could join my RCIA (Adult Converts education) class. Seriously. It would be interesting.