How is the Holy Communion received?

Question

I mean is it necessary to say something when one receives it? The wine that they use, is it non-alcoholic? If one does not drink any alcohol normally, would this be an exeption that you could drink wine that's not non-alcoholic? Also how do you receive it, the bread first or the wine? I would really appreciate your help.

No, it is not a Catholic eucharist. It is an Anglican church in the UK. Serious stuff, yes, I do appreciate that.

Answer 1

I am assuming by your question that you are speaking of the Catholic Eucharist? You should NOT be recieving until you have had proper instruction. Ususally it is a year or two series of classes and uch.

The wine is real wine. And I think that if you call a church and register for classes you will find out the rest. It is not a game, this is serious stuff.

Thank you for the clarification on it being Anglican....as far as other denominations having 'communion services' as the poster below suggests---this is very true, however---you need to be aware that all denominations other than Catholic believe that this is a symbolic representation 'rememberance' of the Last Supper. Catholics believe that this is a cosmic event, that the communion we participate in is one and the same one that Jesus and the Apostles participated in.

It is important for you to know the theology behind the different denominations for you to correctly 'contemplate' what it exactly is that you are recieving.

Answer 2

Depends on which church you are talking about. If Catholic, they give the host first and then the wine, and it is the fermented stuff. Can you really see Jesus taking such into His body? He warned against the fermented wine as being bad, staying clear of it, not going near it. The wine He talked about to use as His service and that was good for you was the unfermented new wine, that you find in the cluster. That would be pure grape juice, not the fermented stuff they serve in some churches. Would you want to leave a piece of meat out for a couple of weeks and then go eat it with the maggots and all crawling in it? That is basically what you are doing with the fermented wine, same garbage. That is why God says DO NOT even go near it. Read it for yourself in Proverbs 20. Leviticus 10 : 9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:Judges 13 : 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Proverbs 20 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 23 : 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Proverbs 23 : 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Just a few of the texts that speak against drinking the fermented wine. There are many more. So what kind of wine should you drink? Here is the answer from God's Word.
Isaiah 65 : 8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
So what is it that is found in the cluster? Pure grape juice that is new and not left out to rot first. This is the wine Jesus drank and made at the wedding feast.

Answer 3

no it isn't necessary to say anything when you receive it, in fact it is usually done while music is being played..... You may want to talk to your pastor before the service they have wine that is not non alcoholic and cranberry juice, you can ask that you take the juice rather than the wine, it doesn't matter.
They hand you the bread which is in wafer form first and then another person hands you a little cup with the liquid in it. some people at some churches lift one finger to inform the person with the liquid that they want the juice not the wine.
Talk to the Pastor if you are still unsure and this does or doesn't help you.

Answer 4

At my church, the congregation comes to the Communion railing in the front of the by the altar. The wine is alcoholic, but the little cups are so small that you barely get half a mouthful. Besides, I don't think Communion wine ever hurt anyone. My mother took communion while she was pregnant with both me and my brother and we turned out just fine. The bread, or the host, is received first because that's the order that Jesus served the first Communion: "The Lord Jesus Christ, on the night he was betrayee, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body, which is for you;do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way, after supper he took the cup saying, 'This is my blood; do this whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.'" (I Corinthians 11:23-25)

Answer 5

yeah real serious stuff, they check your credentials at the door, you can walk in any church and stand in line with the rest of the people there, someone (doesn't even have to be a priest) hands you a host, then you stand in another line, and they give you a sip of what tastes like Mogan David wine. When I was a little kid it used to be different, only the priest was allowed to give you the host, and you were not allowed to touch it, you stuck out your tongue and the priest placed it on your tongue, the only wine people got it those days was the bride and groom during their wedding. Catholic Canon Law dictates that the host be made using wheat flour only and the wine must be made from ripe grapes only and 12% - 17% alcohol content, there is a whole drawn out set of laws pertaining to the manufacture of sacramental church items candles included

Answer 6

this can be different in each and every denomination of christianity, yet listed decrease than are the criteria for an orthodox human being. a million) Be fasting in the course of the fasts of the church 2) Confess your sins oftentimes 3) not have had some thing to eat or drink for the previous 12 hours. 4) understand Communion and what's quite happening. 5) comprehend that you at the instant are not worth to be receiving this variety of blessing.

Answer 7

Much of it depends on denominational lines.
Some believe
a) the elements turn from wine and bread to blood and body
b) the elements are just wine (or juice) and bread
c) the elements are both wine and bread and blood and body.
Some denominations believe it must be wine, some juice and even others (just Mormons that I know of) water
Some denominations believe unleavened wheat bread (communion crackers0 other unleavened bread (especially for those who can't eat wheat). Some say it can be unleavened or leavened.
Some dip bread in wine, some take them seperately, some take it individually, some together

Personally
I believe wine and unleavened bread. I believe it is beyond symbolic and the elements are both bread and wine, and body and blood. I believe that you should pray hard before you take it, and you should take it individually. But that's just me. That is my conviction.

Answer 8

Yes, etiquette would apply after receiving a gift. Whether said out loud or in prayer. "Thanks be to Christ," is one response.It's, it is usually a very nice sweet wine, I asked a priest one time, what brand it was because it was very good. But brand doesn't matter. You don't have to drink the wine. It is tradition as is the biblical studies that Jesus first broke the bread and offered it to the apostles and said... Do this in memory of me. Then wine was offered. It represents the blood of the New Covenant.

Answer 9

most churches give grape juice because there are people under 21 who take communion. You don't have to say anything when you recieve it but the person who gives it says something depending on what they are giving you. bread first, then the wine. if it's intintion, you take a small piece of the bread, then dip it into a cup of the "wine". Or you just take the bread and then a tiny cup of the wine.

I would also like to say to the people answering above, it's not just catholics who take communion, DUH. If I'm correct, all branches of the Christian church take communion. Methodists, Lutherans etc.

Answer 10

usually they say something, like "the body of christ broken for you", but I dont think its nescessary, the wine is regulsr alchoholic wine, but many churches offer grape juice instead, usually the bread comes first, as it did at the last supper, but I think some people do it the other way around, whether you're a christian or not, take the sacrament and try to understand the meaning