To receive Holy Communion worthily it is necessary to be free from mortal sin, to have a right intention and to obey the Church's laws on the fast required before Holy Communion out of reverence for the body and blood of Our Divine Lord. However, these are some cases in which Holy Communion may be received without fasting.
Venial sin does not make us unworthy of receiving Holy Communion; but it does prevent us from receiving the more abundant graces and blessings which we would otherwise receive from Holy Communion.
2007-07-11 14:36:56
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answered by SpiritRoaming 7
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The Holy Eucharist, unleavened bread, matzoh/mat so, host. The whole intention is to except the body of Christ, to be one with him. To be one with Jesus, because Jesus is one with the Father. The body of Christ is represented today as the church or body of believers. You must repent of sin thus leaving the sin behind.
Just like the first Passover in Egypt with the Israelite nation. Egypt represented the sin, Israel left Egypt behind. They offered the unblemished lamb(Jesus) for a sacrifice.
Put the blood on their house for protection from death,(Jesus shed his blood on the cross.
They ate unleavened bread with their meal. Bread without leaven or any corruption(sin), Jesus had no sin thus making him the incorruptible bread of life.
Repent for the remission(stoppage) of sin, and ask for forgiveness and then you may receive the bread with grape juice. They go together the body and the blood, no alcohol please, that would be have an additive, leavened/corruptible.
2007-07-11 14:51:24
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answer #2
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answered by from above 2
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Self examination.
The Apostle Paul wrote concerning the Lord’s Supper by divine revelation in 1 Corinthians 11:23-29. (This was because Paul was not, of course, in the upper room at its institution.) Paul includes a statement not found in the Gospels: “Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself” (11:27-29). We may ask what it means to partake of the bread and the cup “in an unworthy manner.” It may mean to disregard the true meaning of the bread and cup, and forgetting the tremendous price our Savior paid for our salvation. Or it may mean to allow the ceremony to become a dead and formal ritual, or to come to the Table with unconfessed sin. In keeping with Paul’s instruction, each should examine himself before eating of the bread and drinking of the cup so as to heed the warning.
2007-07-11 14:29:55
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answered by Freedom 7
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Communion is extra effective than a memorial "try this in remberance of Me." it truly is a image presentation of the gospel. i won't have the ability to understand why evangelicals do not use the final image one ought to apply to testify approximately what Christ has completed for us. So how usually ought to you witness? ought to you ever bypass up an possibility to witness? Communion additionally unites to human beings sharing mutually. So do away with the guy cups and litte wafers. share around the talbe, drink from "the cup" (that's the main biblical) and ruin from the elementary loaf.
2016-10-20 22:15:20
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answered by ? 4
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Confession
2007-07-11 14:32:53
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answered by noncrazed 4
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Be a Christian. Scripture gives no special man-made add-on requirements:
1Cr 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
1Cr 11:25 After the same manner also [he took] the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink [it], in remembrance of me.
1Cr 11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
1Cr 11:27 ¶ Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink [this] cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1Cr 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup.
1Cr 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
As a Christian you should always be examining yourself to make sure you're worthy.
2007-07-11 14:26:31
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answered by Machaira 5
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It depends on what Church your talking about. In the Catholic Church you must be in the state of sanctifying grace and a Catholic
2007-07-11 14:31:22
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answered by Midge 7
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