[Mrs. Don-o]

It's still a mortal sin to violate the Communion fast or to fail in one's obligation to observe the Lord's Day, under the usual conditions (i.e. full knowledge and full consent.) What the Lord's Day obligation shall consist of, and what the fast shall consist of, are laws of the Church, and can change. But neither the obligation nor the fast has been abolished.

Just thought you ought to know.

The fact that this is rarely preached, is guilt on the heads of the preachers for letting people continue in ignorance. Since knowledge is involved, the priests and bishops (who know, and who are solemnly obliged to teach) are more to blame than the pewsitters. But the RCIA program in my parish --- like the Catechism itself --- teaches both of these obligations, and seriously.

[laweeks]

It's still a mortal sin to violate the Communion fast

I agree with you in essence, but what really is the "Communion fast" since you can go right up with a breakfast burrito on your breath and particles on your tongue and get Communion? Where's the fast? And where do lay people and recipients get off handling the Host?

And when did Sunday become Saturday afternoon so the church goers could sleep in or get their t-time? I thought that the Sabbath in the Catholic Church and most of the Christian world was on Sunday.