[latina4dubya]

i come from a Catholic family; however, 20 years ago i became a Protestant... there have been times when i've been present at Catholic communions, (weddings, baptisms, confirmations, etc.,) where the priest invites only the Catholics to participate in the communion ceremony... but i've chosen to take communion anyway... i think the rule is ridiculous... heck, i know i have a relationship with Christ--and i know of several Catholics in my family who do not, yet they are invited to take communion...

[SoothingDave]

but i've chosen to take communion anyway

Is being ingracious to your hosts a matter of Protestant piety?

If someone politely requests you respect his ceremonies, why would you proudly spit on his request?

Obviously, no one is policing anything and you were not physically prevented from making a mockery of what we hold sacred. But to imagine someone to be so ignorant as you are is laughable.

SD

[Renatus]

. but i've chosen to take communion anyway... i think the rule is ridiculous...

If you chose to leave the Catholic Church you are not in communion with Her. When you receive communion you affirm that you are in union. That makes you a liar, a hypocrite and what you do is sacrilegious.

[JohnnyZ]

To receive Holy Communion when one does not believe it is the body of Christ is a terrible insult to Catholics.

If someone doesn't believe it is the body of Christ, why would they choose to go up, lie by saying "Amen" to the statement "The Body of Christ" (or similar), and take part in something they don't believe it?

It's bizarre.

[miss marmelstein]

I find it really offensive that ANY non-Catholic would accept Holy Communion during the celebration of the Mass. It is the most important of the sacraments - one must be in a state of grace to receive it, through the sacrament of Confession. Catholics believe that during the Mass, the host is transformed into the ACTUAL body and blood of Jesus Christ - it is not a symbolic act. As a totally lapsed Catholic, I would no more take Communion than I would walk into a synogogue and touch the holy Torah. Strange. There was a time when people of different religions accepted these restrictions.