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To: AnAmericanMother; sandyeggo
I guess I can see 'a grave a pressing need' in some cases IF Confession as the Catholic faith teaches is embraced as well and utilized before receiving.

I'll look some more out of curiosity, but if I was a Catholic chaplain ministering to a dying soldier, the first sacraments I would think of would be Baptism and Extreme Unction. I agree. To die with unconfessed sin.... tragic... but for a non-Catholic to die without receiving the Eucharist which he probably really doesn't understand anyway (or he would have become a Catholic) isn't on the same level.

But let's face it... the wording is big enough to drive a Mack truck through if one wishes to do that. For one thing 'a Catholic minister' - well, is that an ordained priest only or does it include EEMs, commonly referred to by most priests/parishes/some dioceses as 'Eucharistic ministers' or 'ministers of the Eucharist'.

It's all in the language - which should be precise and abundantly clear to everyone.

11 posted on 08/18/2004 7:28:00 AM PDT by american colleen
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To: american colleen

Umm, you know that many Protestants perfectly well understand the significance of Christ's real presence in the Eucharist. It's upon other matters of faith which they disagree with the Catholic Church. But precisely because we disagree on some important matters we should seek administration of the Sacraments from someone ordained in our own faith, excepting only in instances of grave emergency. (imminent participation in mortal combat for a just cause is just such an emergency, in my opinion)


17 posted on 08/18/2004 7:46:50 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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