when you attend sunday mass. do you have to eat the bread and drink the wine every sunday?
2007-08-14 18:33:56 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Acts 20:7 not catholic.
please ask why?
2007-08-14 18:42:16 · answer #1 · answered by pappyg 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There are times when you shouldn't, actually. If you are not a baptized Catholic (or Orthodox); if you are conscious of having committed grave (mortal) sin and haven't yet been to confession since doing so; if you do not believe in the Transubstantiation (that is, when the bread and wine are consecrated they actually become the body and blood of Christ); if you haven't observed the Eucharistic fast, abstaining from food or drink (except to take necessary medication) for at least one hour before receiving; or, if you are under excommunication and "persist in manifest great sin".
Assuming none of the above apply, one can receive either the bread or the wine, or both; Christ is fully present -- body, blood, soul and divinity -- in both "species" of Holy Communion. Most do so at the Sunday mass of obligation. But you can receive communion every day, as long as the aforementioned requirements are met.
2007-08-15 01:53:16 · answer #2 · answered by Clare † 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's called Holy Communion and it's optional. But if you do partake you have to believe that the priest has changed the bread and wine into actual human flesh and blood by murmuring some magical words over them.
This is not an optional belief . If you refuse to believe this you can be excommunicated and in past centuries when the church had more power you could be tortured or killed as a heretic.
A lot of people find the idea of cannibalism repulsive
2007-08-15 02:08:06 · answer #3 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't want to, no one will force you. No one has to know, and for those who do, what are they gonna say? They probably won't say anything.
There is an old Catholic teaching that says if you haven't been to Confession, you can't take the Eucharist. That was a pre-Vatican II teaching. However, I became a Catholic many years later, and this is no longer taught. In fact, during the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the entire church says:
"Father, I am not worthy to receive You, but only say the word and I shall be healed."
You can receive the Eucharist without confession. Say an act of contrition beforehand, and you've covered your bases.
Another note: Eucharist is a communal blessing, and blessings are for those who
2007-08-15 03:02:20 · answer #4 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are in a state of grave sin, then you are not supposed to receive the Holy Eucharist. Having said that, though, many people do take Communion at every Mass. But if you feel that you shouldn't do so, for whatever reason, then there's no obligation.
2007-08-15 01:38:47 · answer #5 · answered by solarius 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! That is, unless one is aware of having committed a mortal sin and not received the Sacrament of Rconciliation first. In such a situation, the person would still go to mass, but not receive Communion.
2007-08-16 12:16:13 · answer #6 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God will be in your body and mind by eat bread and drink vine and I guess this ceremony was held only once when you are the first in not every sunday. I may be wrong.
2007-08-15 01:44:30 · answer #7 · answered by Kanes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One does not have to receive the Eucharist every Sunday.
Unless you are in a state of serious sin, it is best if you take Communion as often as you can.
Some of the effects of the Eucharist are:
- increases the communicant's union with the Lord
- forgives his venial sins
- preserves him from grave sins
- strengthens the bonds of charity between the communicant and Christ
- reinforces the unity of the Church as the Mystical Body of Christ.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 1416: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt1art3.htm#1416
With love in Christ.
2007-08-15 23:28:04 · answer #8 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If they were following Jesus' example they would do this once a year. Jesus did this on the Passover which was celebrated annually.(Leviticus 23:5 and John 4:24)
2007-08-15 03:24:27 · answer #9 · answered by CURIOUS IN STOCKTON 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, i do accept the Holy Eucharist. the mass is also a feast.isn't it in a feast you have to eat..but i will not take it if and only if i have commited a mortal sin...
2007-08-15 01:41:48 · answer #10 · answered by anette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one doesn't HAVE to, but we do celebrate the Mass with them at every Mass. I encourage you to learn about Catholicism & to visit a Church one day.
2007-08-16 18:36:12 · answer #11 · answered by Daniel F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋