The quote from the CCC does not say it is necessary or required. As I said, it is BEST.
Does RC teach that the Eucharist helps a person attain eternal salvation?
THAT's not the question originally asked. THAT is not fair. If you ask a question and I answer it it is not reasonable to complain because I did not answer some other question.
I meant what I said to, I think it was boatbums, but I'm not sure. "When you drive to DC do you use a car or the highway?" Do I need to develop that? I will if you like.
Does the Church require Catholics to receive holy communion at least once a year during the Easter season?
As I said, yes.
Is it a mortal sin to disobey this commandment of the Church?
The mere act is not enough to make it a mortal sin. In any event it is not a mortal sin for a non-Catholic, because a non-Catholic is properly bound by the discipline of his group, conventicle, coven, gaggle, hive, ashram, reading room, temple, dojo, or club house -- not by ours.
If someone has been told that object in his hand is a fragment of glass, there is not much blame if he casts it away. If however he has every reason to know it's a diamond, then there is probably some blame.
For it to be a mortal sin for a Catholic he would have to know it was a precept, he would have to choose without constraint to break it, he would have to have some sense of what he was doing. Neglect, ignorance, absent-mindedness, while sometimes serious in themselves, would keep that particular ommission from being mortal. You get "docked" for slugging the body in the chops only if you did it on purpose.
What ABOUT worship of the Eucharist? I hold and really believe that Jesus is truly there in every important sense. Consequently I make my profoundest bows to the exposed Sacrament, because I mean them to be made as a gesture of gratitude, love, and worship to Jesus Himself.
One reason I am grateful for His sacramental presence is that I believe He is with me always even unto the end of the age. But I cannot spend my entire life prostrated. I gotta pay the bills and argue on Free Republic!
So His sacramental presence give me an opportunity to do nothing but love Him and express my love. HERE, at last, is a place where I can press my head to the floor (with the unfortunate consequence of sticking my ample behind up in the air -- which must be a temptation to the toes of the boots of others in the room) to tell Him what He means to me. It is a kind of relief, finally to have some place where I can do what would be hugging tightly if it were my wife or my child.
BTW, my usual practice, when I go to "adore" is to make many prayers to Jesus and to pray my rosary. Then, because I think I serve Him best by cultivating my theological learning, I read in some book on theology or Philosophy. But sometimes, for a change, I will practice what we call "lectio divina". If you don't know what that is, I will happily explain. But few things beat the Word in the presence of the Word.
But, the original question was on the order of "necessary" or "required". Clearly I not only think it's good, I think it's FABULOUS! I cannot say enough about the whole experience and practice of the Mass. It is one big love song, and not only for my sweet Jesus, but, at least in my heart, for all the people worshipping with me. I want to kiss them all, by the time I'm done, especially the ones who are, um, less than entirely delighted with me.
Jesus! My loving, suffering, triumphant, and beautiful Lord! As close to me as one can get this side of paradise! Me a part of Him, He a part of me! What, before the great death which is only entry to the great Life, could be better?
But one of the things I love Him for is that HE is not bound by the Sacraments and he will have mercy on whom He will have mercy.
(Having answered this, I will go back to your earlier post.)
I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to sound unfair. I was just combining all the questions into one post instead of asking them one by one. I thought it would be more efficient and allow you to develop your answers.
As to your analogy about going to NY. I would fly there. To get to heaven, I fly on the wings of a dove - I am found in Christ, not having my own righteousness but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. Phil. 3:9