What part of the New Testament makes people think Jesus gives a flip where/when/if they take communion?
As I understand who may it is up to the person to decide. Understanding what it means to do so.
1 Corinthians 11
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
27 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. 29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.
the part where the disciples are told to accept the gentiles and convert them maybe?
Were there gentiles at the last Supper? I think not
people have this flip view that Jesus was cool with anyone’s beliefs and never judged anyone... but he made it clear he came to warn folks his Father would be doing some judging
Respectfully, Gunslingr3,
bear this in mind, from John 6:
“[51] I am the living bread which came down from heaven. [52] If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world. [53] The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? [54] Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say unto you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. [55] He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day.
[54] “Eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood”... To receive the body and blood of Christ, is a divine precept, insinuated in this text; which the faithful fulfil, though they receive but in one kind; because in one kind they receive both body and blood, which cannot be separated from each other. Hence, life eternal is here promised to the worthy receiving, though but in one kind. Ver. 52. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh for the life of the world. Ver. 58. He that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. Ver. 59. He that eateth this bread, shall live for ever.
[56] For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed. [57] He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. [58] As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. [59] This is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead. He that eateth this bread, shall live for ever. [60] These things he said, teaching in the synagogue, in Capharnaum.”
When a Catholic receives Holy Eucharist, that is the Body, Blood, Soul, & Divinity of Jesus Christ. Not a symbol, but exactly that. I most certainly may be wrong on this, as I am not a canon lawyer, but I believe that the aforementioned exception to the “No” answer to this question would likely relate to circumstances involving a Catholic at an Orthodox Divine Liturgy, where the belief as to what the Holy Eucharist constitutes is very much as the Catholic view is. Note the expressions used here: http://oca.org/OCchapter.asp?SID=2&ID=53. For a Catholic, the Holy Eucharist is the very center of Mass. This has been our belief, since the Church’s beginning, two thousand years ago. Read the Didache, for some additional information.
I hope that this helps you gain some understanding of the Catholic view in this, sincerely.
Bless your heart!!!!
Amen. Where so ever two or more are gathered in His name ....