Posted on 04/23/2018 7:28:38 AM PDT by Salvation
Monsignor Pope Ping!
“But many today have reduced Holy Communion to a mere sign of hospitality”
I discussed this topic with the Priest several weeks ago. Jesus did not turn away the unclean, but welcomed them to redemption and union. He ate with the sinners as they needed Him.
True Communion involves the Holy Spirit moving in. If an unclean person asks for the Holy Spirit, they may get more than they bargain for as the process of the Holy Spirit removing the sin is mighty uncomfortable. When this happened to me my body shook like a dog who just climbed from the pond. There is good reason as to why the Quakers and Shakers earned their names. It’s reality. For someone unclean to receive Holy Communion, it is an uncomfortable cleansing process. But then again, we are now in the “Tide Pod” generation of cleansing within!!!
Jesus stated, “I have not come to judge, but to save.” Are we better than Jesus to judge people as worthy or unworthy?
Just as the worst sin is to blasphemy and reject the Holy Spirit, who are we to block someone as being undeserving of it. The words that keep ringing in my ears are, “As we judge others, we too are judged.”
Excellent thought provoking article. Thank you for sharing it.
“it is a family meal that presupposes grace and shared faith”
We as brothers may argue and spat, but we all have the same Father and the same Savior. We should welcome our brothers and presuppose grace as we are of one family, God’s.
All are welcome to attend Mass. Holy Communion, however, is closed. Sorry, but that’s reality.
Anybody remember that one?
the Bishop in the "Rainbow Sash" incident was right. The priest in the DC incident was right, and the Archbishop was wrong.
If these individuals want to go to Confession, repent their sins, and then come and receive Our Lord, fine. But if they want to treat the Holy Eucharist as a political token, a publicity hook or a fast-food snack: no.
Same for the Mafia, an abortion-promoting Senator, or any other proud, strutting public evildoer.
Begone, ye workers of iniquity.
Such divisions do not make for a family meal or a “sacrum convivium.” Hence, to share Holy Communion with Protestants, dissenters, and others who do not live in communion with the Church is incoherent. To paraphrase Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict), the Eucharist is not a table fellowship with publicans and other “sinners”; it is a family meal that presupposes grace and shared faith.
It is not communion with the Church, (and by this they mean Roman Catholic) that is the issue. The issue is if the person is a follower of Christ.
If the person professes faith in Christ, and only Christ, they are able to participate in communion.
Baptized at Holy Spirit in Columbus, Ohio. Confirmed in Pittsburgh twelve years later.
I’ll start getting worked-up about this when the Church stops serving the Eucharist to Democrat politicians who never met an abortion they wouldn’t vote for.
The article outlines how to worthily receive Holy Communion.
We should all understand what is involved.
In practice, each person determines whether they are worthy, except in unusual situations where the priest or Bishop may decide not give someone Communion.
That is why it is important accept Christ first as personal Lord and Savior.
pelosi, kerry, kennedy supporters of baby killing all receive communion. I don’t know the names of all the others.
The sad reality is that we have a Pope who is not as strict as the one before him inregards to holy communion.
Correction: in regards.
I look at it and see a clarion call to repentance.
Which communion are you talking about? In your denomination? Which is?
From the article:
“...to share Holy Communion with Protestants, dissenters, and others who do not live in communion with the Church is incoherent. To paraphrase Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict), the Eucharist is not a table fellowship with publicans and other “sinners”; it is a family meal that presupposes grace and shared faith.”
Please do make a thread a Catholic Caucus when in the body of the article it denigrates other belief systems.
Thee caucus designation has been removed.
Read articles carefully when posting.
I have rarely heard of it being enforced, though. I think Bp Bruskewitz and maybe Cordileone have told some people to stay away until they repent.
It really stinks to have good doctrine and zero discipline.
However, the disobedience of most, even at the top, would not justify our dereliction from the Church. I know I must live as a good Catholic for my soul's salvation. And I must pray for the healing of the Church.
The severed hand cannot heal the Body.
Sorry I missed that. I read the sentence about publicans and sinners, but missed the preceding sentence.
Thank you.
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