Posted on 08/31/2009 11:51:54 AM PDT by Irisshlass
I read on facebook a woman who watched Senator Kennedy's funeral mass, stated that President Obama received Holy Communion. Is this true? Did anyone watch the Mass?
Untrue. Many protestant churches practice "open communion", meaning anyone can partake.
Clinton was an abberation. It was in Africa, for cripes sake. Anyone can get in line to get Holy Communion, The priest isn’t asking for proof.
Just cite church scripture, rules, etc that says it is okay for anyone to have Holy Communion.
Only if near death, re grave necessity, and one converts, first.
1401 When, in the Ordinary's judgment, a grave necessity arises, Catholic ministers may give the sacraments of Eucharist, Penance, and Anointing of the Sick to other Christians not in full communion with the Catholic Church, who ask for them of their own will, provided they give evidence of holding the Catholic faith regarding these sacraments and possess the required dispositions.238
These "priests" are wrong.
Please provide the details of what Churches this has taken place in.
Regardless, there is no rule, doctrine dogma that says that non-Catholics can receive Communion.
So you are WRONG. Non-Catholics cannot receive Communion.
AMEN
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Read my question again. I asked if anyone had watched the funeral and if this was true. I didn’t start the rumor, I asked a question. And apparently you don’t have an answer so quit wasting my time.
Thank-you Salvation.
Firstly, call me and my family rare then. Secondly, yours is a wild assertion not backed up by any objective fact. For a believing Catholic (read not-CINO) to receive communion in non-Catholic Church would be a mortal sin, objectively speaking.
No..Non-Catholics cannot recieve Holy Communion.
Cite church dogma where it says they can. I can cite church dogma that says they cannot. One has to have the Sacrament of one’ first communion. then be in a state of Grace.
The church does not sanction people taking Communion without these in place.
A Priest or Extraordinary Minister cannot determine if someone is Catholic or not by external appearance so a non-Catholic could receive the Body and Blood of Christ thru deception or ignorance but the effective grace conferred on said individual would be minimal due to the lack of ability to receive the grace.
You are right. By taking the Eucharist, the nonbeliever is bringing condemnation upon themselves. The Church’s teaching regarding transubstantiation is the main reason I could no longer receive communion. Only a hypocrite would partake in a tradition reserved for the Faithful and thereby make a mockery of what the Church holds so dear. (And, of course Abomination is no hypocrite, right??) In long ago times, when the Eucharist was distributed, Church Law required that only the Faithful be present. Others were required to vacate the assembly. My question is, what priest of the Roman Catholic Church would commit such a distinctly forbidden act? (Assuming this really happened.)
No. That was 10 years ago when Bubba was trolling in Africa.
I was raised Catholic and still believe that Communion is something different than just being part of the ceremony.
For many years, I have been 'out of communion' with the Church, and while I still occasionally attend, I do not take communion because I have not done what a Catholic needs to do.
There was one exception a number of years ago. I attended a Mass for a departed friend who had no family, and very few friends. There were only a half dozen of us there. The Priest gave a general absolution for any Catholics who were not in a state of grace to accept communion that morning. I don't know why he did it, but I am glad he did because it honored my departed friend. I took Communion then with no guilt and I believe no sin. But I understood that absolution did not extend beyond that moment.
I would not take Communion today, nor until I reconcile my life with the Church, not because the Church is wrong, but because I so respect their teachings and traditions.
It isn't difficult to be Catholic, but it's damn hard to be an honest one. I respect those that are and won't degrade them by pretending to be one.
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