My mom is not Catholic and went to mass every single week. She did not go up for communion BUT no one would have known if she did. Not sure how people are "singled" out at communion. I am waiting for an answer on that one. RC's are the "get in, get out" type and would not have time for anything extra in their weekly mass-lol!!
Of course, any person can misrepresent themselves by not complying with canon law, but the priest can also refuse the give communion if he knows the person is not eligible. See VATICAN: BISHOPS MUST REFUSE COMMUNION TO PRO-ABORTION POLITICIANS http://www.prolifeblogs.com/articles/archives/2009/02/vatican_bishops.php.
It seems like the Catholic Church has many rules around who can and should receive communion. Is is really different in your Church?
It's the 'table' concept that intriques me -- b/c it's very unfamilir but here goes
if you walked into a Catholic mass and you were saavy enough to know what tod o at communion you probably could walk up and take communion. They don't check your catholic id at the door and the priest would have no way of knowing if you were a baptised catholic or not -- you could be
I did have a friend who went up to receive the eucharist at a Catholic church, and when they handed her the bread, she didn't say "thanks be to God" or whatever the customary response was in that church, and the priest flat out asked her whether she was Catholic. She said no, and he basically told her to go sit down. She was from an open table tradition and had no clue that she was doing something wrong by trying to receive the eucharist at a Catholic church.
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Not sure how people are "singled" out at communion. I am waiting for an answer on that one. RC's are the "get in, get out" type and would not have time for anything extra in their weekly mass-lol!!
I'm not following...what makes it sound like a business?
PumpkinAngel
Not according to the Code of Canon Law
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P39.HTM
Of course, any person can misrepresent themselves by not complying with canon law, but the priest can also refuse the give communion if he knows the person is not eligible. See VATICAN: BISHOPS MUST REFUSE COMMUNION TO PRO-ABORTION POLITICIANS http://www.prolifeblogs.com/articles/archives/2009/02/vatican_bishops.php.
It seems like the Catholic Church has many rules around who can and should receive communion. Is is really different in your Church?
It's the 'table' concept that intriques me -- b/c it's very unfamilir but here goes
if you walked into a Catholic mass and you were saavy enough to know what tod o at communion you probably could walk up and take communion. They don't check your catholic id at the door and the priest would have no way of knowing if you were a baptised catholic or not -- you could be
He doesn't....she goes on to explain that he has chores and that they agree on when to do activites...just trying to save you a few posts.
PumpkinAngel
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