[franky]

It is very disturbing when at Mass the young man in front of you is chewing gum through the Mass and goes to communion with the same gum in mouth

It is also disturbing when a man and woman in the first row are whispering in each others ear while the Offertory is being said and the go to communion.

It is disturbing when on Easter morning you cannot get a seat in Church or Christmas while the rest of the year there are plenty of seats. And the whole congregation goes to communion.

No one knows who has mortal sin on their souls but just the percentage of Saturday penance candidates compared to the percentage of communicants on Saturday eve and Sunday Masses just does not come close to any balance at all.

10 go to confession and 600 receive. Come on!

[sinkspur]

Franky, all a priest or bishop can do is tell people who are conscious of serious sin to go to confession.

Even the new document says that no one should be denied the Eucharist unless they are prohibited by Church law. twice-a-year Catholics have been with the Church for a hundred years.