[17th Miss Regt]

"I haven't gone for my, um, what do you call it, the bread thing yet...Communion. I'm nervous about it," she added.

As well she should be about something as serious as Communion. Here is a suggestion for her regarding partaking in Communion: DON'T. At least not until she can be a Catholic in heart as well as in name.

[NYer]

As well she should be about something as serious as Communion. Here is a suggestion for her regarding partaking in Communion: DON'T.

Especially given St. Paul's admonition:

"Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man examine himself, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup"
(1 Cor. 11:27–28).

This is an absolute requirement which can never be dispensed. To receive the Eucharist without sanctifying grace in your soul profanes the Eucharist in the most grievous manner.