I’m not sure how smart I am but I was interested in the main topic that was posted. I sincerely wanted everyone’s opinion on Catholic communion for non-Catholics. I have visited church’s that I was in disagreement on with certain tenets but that didn’t keep from satisfying my curiosity. Have you been to a Protestant Church lately? Ever curious?
Communion in the Catholic Church is for those who are in a state of grace and have been educated in the sacrament of Holy Communion. We receive this sacrament first at about the age of 7. To be in the state of grace, we attend the sacrament of Confession prior to Communion.
Personally, I have been to Methodist services at the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove, NJ and many Bar Mitzvahs and bris in Manhattan.