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Can I take communion/mass at a Catholic church?
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:00 PM Author: comical piazza travel guidebook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625195) |
Date: December 17th, 2021 12:01 PM Author: Supple Lay No. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625200) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:02 PM Author: floppy shrine if you have to ask (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625207) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 1:44 PM Author: Godawful razzmatazz blood rage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625991) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:02 PM Author: aromatic rebellious coffee pot spot No (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625214) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:03 PM Author: comical piazza travel guidebook what if I was raised Catholic but haven't been in years? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625220) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:05 PM Author: beady-eyed orchestra pit Were you baptized or confirmed? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625231) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:06 PM Author: comical piazza travel guidebook yes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625241) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:07 PM Author: beady-eyed orchestra pit Strictly speaking you shouldn't receive the sacrament if you haven't been confirmed, but it's not like someone is going to ask for your papers and check. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625247) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:08 PM Author: Cracking pea-brained crackhouse puppy What? No, first communion is like age 6 in the West, confirmation is 13-14. And infants receive communion in the East (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625250) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:10 PM Author: Electric Judgmental French Chef We’re talking about the Roman Catholic Church wtf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625260) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:46 PM Author: Cracking pea-brained crackhouse puppy Which has western (Latin) and eastern (Maronite etc) rites. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625534) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:11 PM Author: beady-eyed orchestra pit My church did first communion with confirmation, but then again I'm not some faggot Presbyterian or Lutheran. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625270) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:46 PM Author: Cracking pea-brained crackhouse puppy That was the norm pre Vatican II not common in the West at all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625537) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 6:26 PM Author: floppy shrine yeah in my catholic church we got first communion at 6, confirmation at 14. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627630) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:04 PM Author: Electric Judgmental French Chef I mean you can. No one’s going to physically stop you. You’re not “supposed” to unless you’re a confirmed Catholic though—and one who’s in the state of grace (you’ve recently repented to a priest of your sins—99% of Catholics don’t do this though). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625229) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:45 PM Author: Cracking pea-brained crackhouse puppy Where are you tards getting this idea that confirmation must be before first communion. That is not the case anywhere, it is after or at the same time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625527) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:53 PM Author: Ruby philosopher-king It’s not before first communion. If you’re an 8-13 year old poaster though you should probably leave and never come back here. You’re “confirmed” bc you want the gifts of the Holy Spirit but it’s the most TTT sacrament and they do all this silly stuff like RCIA and folding it into matrimony for people who skip it in their adolescence. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625609) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:48 PM Author: Burgundy Titillating Office cr. i bum rushed the frail as fuck priest at my wife's church a couple weeks ago and scarfed down a handful of wafers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625555) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:49 PM Author: Awkward Space (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625566) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:57 PM Author: Ruby philosopher-king Technically you’re good to go if you are only carrying venial sins. But jerking off is a mortal sin so I probably haven’t received communion in a state of grace more than once or twice in my life when it was a CCD-required scenario that involved confession right before church. And if it happened in middle school there’s a decent chance I went to jerk off in the church bathroom during the mass. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625641) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 2:55 PM Author: Electric Judgmental French Chef Describe the priests’ reactions upon confessing masturbation hundreds of times. At what point does the confession become pointless if you never intend on stopping masturbation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43626538) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 3:30 PM Author: Ruby philosopher-king Last time I went to confession 20+ years ago I can’t even remember what I was telling him and then priest was like “anything else?” And said some more pervy shit about sins of the flesh and I was like “oh yeah right I jerk off too.” And he was like “cool five Hail Marys and an act of Contrition. Off you go.” Confession is 180 for masturbators, in fact I’d say the primary purpose of confession is to bail out dudes jerking off so they can avoid mortalsinpwnage. The church goes hard on nonprocreative sex bc the romans were such perverted fags so it’s really honoring the first principles of the religion. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43626787) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 3:32 PM Author: Electric Judgmental French Chef within reason, i think masturbation can be a healthful habit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43626801) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:10 PM Author: Trip range ape Yeah sure, everyone should try it at least once. It’s cool to be able to eat and drink the body and blood of Jesus Christ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625264) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:47 PM Author: razzle-dazzle indian lodge faggot firefighter If you haven’t been in awhile you should go to confession first. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625544) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:47 PM Author: Burgundy Titillating Office I think the requirements are 1) you've been baptized catholic and 2) you've confessed somewhat recently. Right? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625550) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 3:18 PM Author: aromatic rebellious coffee pot spot no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43626687) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:47 PM Author: Mind-boggling salmon international law enforcement agency deer antler you will explode in a burst of flame and ash if you try, moshe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625551) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:57 PM Author: self-centered rigor milk ok, serious question.
if a protestant has a confirmed valid baptism (trinitarian) and has just practiced the sacrament of confession albeit with a clergyman who is not validly ordained (ie confessed to their shitprot pastor)… are they sufficiently graced such that they can receive communion? if no why not? interested in technically correct answers only pls |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 1:01 PM Author: exhilarant headpube No.
See below. Not valid confession = no confession.
Admitted to the Church? If NC of Poland/Orthodox there is some necessity required but it not strictly prohibited, provided that person would be admitted to Communion in his/her church. Protestants are right out.
If the "clergy" does not have apostolic succession then they are not clergy and do not perform any valid sacraments anyway.
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Date: December 17th, 2021 1:07 PM Author: self-centered rigor milk that’s interesting. I thought ex opere operato meant the technical standing of the clergy has no bearing on the validity of the sacrament. what am I missing? by this rationale most protestant trinitarian baptisms are invalid too? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625702) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 1:15 PM Author: razzle-dazzle indian lodge faggot firefighter (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625772) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 1:17 PM Author: exhilarant headpube https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib4-cann959-997_en.html#TITLE_IV.
THE MINISTER OF THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Can. 965 A priest alone is the minister of the sacrament of penance.
Can. 966 §1. The valid absolution of sins requires that the minister have, in addition to the power of orders, the faculty of exercising it for the faithful to whom he imparts absolution.
§2. A priest can be given this faculty either by the law itself or by a grant made by the competent authority according to the norm of can. 969. |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 1:19 PM Author: exhilarant headpube Must have holy orders to have a confession. Anglicans, Orthodox, (Eastern Orthodox?), NCP--(maybe more?) have that (generally). Baptists, etc do not. Inquiry can end there.
There are exceptions for grave circumstances and general confessions before death, etc. But for someone who has not confessed for 5 years-- I don't see how grave circumstances could persist for so long.
I'm simplifying here, of course. But there are reserved cases in which the Bishop must perform the confession or specifically authorize the priest to grant absolution. I believe apostasy is reserved. |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 1:32 PM Author: self-centered rigor milk thanks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625903) |
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Date: May 4th, 2025 7:41 AM Author: Multi-colored personal credit line gas station No, you have to profess your specific faith in the Catholic Church. In front of people. Special mass just for that.
Text is very similar to the top passage on this page: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_1998_professio-fidei_en.html |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 12:58 PM Author: exhilarant headpube Are you in communion with the Church of Rome, or in a church that recognizes the Real Presence (and has apostolic succession)?
Have you been baptized?
Have you validly been admitted to Communion?
Are you in a state of grace?
If you are a lapsed Catholic, arrange a private confession and explain the reason for the necessity (regular confession is not ideal for a lapsed Catholic since the time required will be unusually long). |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 1:12 PM Author: boyish mewling stage I stopped attending church and now look at me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625750) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 1:21 PM Author: exhilarant headpube Seek Christ and convert your life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625821) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 4:03 PM Author: Electric Judgmental French Chef lol at this Catholic redneck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43626999) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 4:32 PM Author: exhilarant headpube thats me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627128) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 1:11 PM Author: Green fantasy-prone digit ratio my mother and I took communion at the Admitted Students welcome Mass at my Catholic College. we just didn't know. i feel bad about it now. the priest was cool about it, as are the Jesuits about pretty much everything (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625747) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 1:13 PM Author: Bearded Den if you've received first communion (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43625766) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 3:15 PM Author: stirring garnet library dingle berry St. Paul said that everyone must be aware of themselves prior to eating the eucharist, and that the eucharist destroys those parts of people that are impure, and that this destruction is the reason for so many people getting sick and dying.
The Church seemed to take this to say that one must be in a state of grace prior to taking the eucharist, which requires confession for all sins the Church has denoted.
Personally, I've always wondered whether acknowledging one's sins is sufficient to not be harmed by the eucharist -- why does this require confession if St. Paul only said that people must be aware of their sins (not confess them).
I know that there is a commandment in Acts of Apostles, I believe, to apologize publicly for one's sins (and the act of confession takes care of this), but I don't see that as a requirement to take the eucharist. It seems contradictory to the Lord giving his body to us sinners freely -- one does not need to be in a state of grace to receive the Lord -- rather, he is a savior for us sinners. |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 3:32 PM Author: Cocky Cerebral Bawdyhouse Mental Disorder Interesting, but its moot.
If the Church says that you need to be in a state of grace, then you need to be in a state of grace. period. This it the benefit to having a hierarchical magisterium, neither of us is in a position to fully parse the issue.
Id go one step further and ask why you would not want to be as close to God as possible prior to drinking Christ's blood and eating his body? One should not only be in a state of grace, but fasting prior to reception just makes sense. |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 4:32 PM Author: stirring garnet library dingle berry Agreed but when it leads to almost impossible scenarios (having to abstain from any sexual contact whatsoever just seems so contrary to my being), then it becomes this game of weekly confession of sexual sin -- it is a tough game to play. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627124) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 4:33 PM Author: exhilarant headpube ... you could get married and have potentially productive sex with your wife? that seems like a good target to aim for. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627133) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 5:22 PM Author: stirring garnet library dingle berry I am married. My wife refuses sex and threatens me with divorce on a weekly basis... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627403) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 5:32 PM Author: self-centered rigor milk sorry to hear that brother.
not Catholic, but your circumstances seem like a good reason to seek out regular confession anyway (formally from an unmarried priest…? I’m not Catholic so I’ll not comment). you feel that your circumstances are unfair, and you’re probably right, but you’re using that to justify shutting down instead of getting pastoral guidance that could help you both clear your conscience and probably do some good with your marriage. I’m guessing your resentment is only growing.
not trying to be judgmental because I too am married and realize its never ever easy to reconcile where sex or money are involved. |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 5:33 PM Author: Cocky Cerebral Bawdyhouse Mental Disorder Its unfair in the same way that those with same sex attraction are also called to chastity. We all have our crosses to bear. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627443) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 5:36 PM Author: self-centered rigor milk sure, and agree that gays have it worse for the most part.
but there’s an element of betrayal when you’re married but forced to chastity that’s pretty unique and terrible. not saying it entitles him to do whatever he wants. I’m just acknowledging it’s a terrible situation to be in. |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 5:37 PM Author: Cocky Cerebral Bawdyhouse Mental Disorder absolutely. In a just society the senior members of his community would take his wife aside and beat some sense into her (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627469) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 6:24 PM Author: stirring garnet library dingle berry Thanks for your understanding. Just to be clear, I'm not "cheating," just jacking off with porn to relieve sexual tension. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627623) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 6:30 PM Author: floppy shrine you sound like a good dude (if imperfect like all of us), sorry you have this difficult situation to deal with. hope things get better for you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627637) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 6:36 PM Author: stirring garnet library dingle berry Thanks man. Things could be worse, and I probably deserve far worse than what has been given to me in this life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627660) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 6:37 PM Author: floppy shrine I admire your faith. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627664) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 6:25 PM Author: stirring garnet library dingle berry I've tried to do marriage therapy with priests, but they are too busy. We did secular therapy twice and it failed... the therapists seemed to indicate that she was the problem. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627626) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 6:13 PM Author: exhilarant headpube sorry my dude that is truly a tragic situation. i will pray for you. seek guidance from a devout priest. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627591) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 5:31 PM Author: house-broken smoky sex offender What if you're married but still masturbate? Is this considered a sin? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627437) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 5:32 PM Author: Cocky Cerebral Bawdyhouse Mental Disorder Yes it most certainly is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627441) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 5:35 PM Author: house-broken smoky sex offender I'll never take Communion ever again (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627452) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 5:36 PM Author: self-centered rigor milk just do confess, dipshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627463) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 5:38 PM Author: Cocky Cerebral Bawdyhouse Mental Disorder He needs to recognize that it is wrong and work towards turning away from it. He can't be a mafia boss confessing last weeks hit while planning the hit for next week. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627471) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 4:01 PM Author: self-centered rigor milk “We must not,” writes St. John Cassian, “avoid communion because we deem ourselves to be sinful. We must approach it more often for the healing of the soul and the purification of the spirit, but with such humility and faith that considering ourselves unworthy… we would desire even more the medicine for our wounds. Otherwise it is impossible to receive communion once a year, as certain people do… considering the sanctification of heavenly Mysteries as available only to saints. It is better to think that by giving us grace, the sacrament makes us pure and holy. Such people manifest more pride than humility… for when they receive, they think of themselves as worthy. It is much better if, in humility of heart, knowing that we are never worthy of the Holy Mysteries we would receive them every Sunday for the healing of our diseases, rather than, blinded by pride, think that after one year we become worthy of receiving them.” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43626992) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 6:32 PM Author: vibrant bipolar boiling water depends if you're vaccinated (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43627649) |
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Date: December 17th, 2021 8:12 PM Author: comical piazza travel guidebook so what I'm gathering from this thread is that Catholics don't even know what is going on. ljl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#43628069) |
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Date: May 4th, 2025 3:47 AM Author: Stimulating stag film That’s a feature, not a bug.
Can. 912 Any baptized person not prohibited by law can and must be admitted to holy communion. |
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Date: May 4th, 2025 11:13 AM Author: Puce Duck-like Abode Athletic Conference being Catholic, we don't have to be on the lookout for loopholes that will allow us to take communion
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Date: May 4th, 2025 7:36 AM Author: Multi-colored personal credit line gas station If you have to ask (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#48902470) |
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Date: May 4th, 2025 7:50 AM Author: Stimulating stag film Can. 915 Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion.
Can. 916 A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible. |
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Date: May 4th, 2025 9:18 AM Author: Topaz disrespectful gaming laptop can I get barmitvahed if not jew? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4986946&forum_id=2#48902550) |