Have you read his other posts? In his other topic he talked about how depressed he felt when he couldn’t find a certain scene in a video fast enough - according to him it was a huge waste of time.Physician, heal thyself. Why you feel a pathological need to jump all over someone who is just trying to be reverent, or someone who may have real issues with scrupulosity, I can’t fathom.
Are you talking about me? If so, that isn’t true. There is no point in trying to bash me or talk hogwash. Honoring the rules of fasting is the right thing to do. You are supposed to do things the way they are meant to be done, not as we “deem fit”.Have you read his other posts? In his other topic he talked about how depressed he felt when he couldn’t find a certain scene in a video fast enough - according to him it was a huge waste of time.
I would call him more humble than me. I too am scrupulous and it used to bother me until I started going to a church which had four confessional lines before and during every Mass. It seemed everyone who was receiving had gone to confession. It looks like some of us were of the old school where confession and communion go together.If he can’t survive through the day without feeling guilty over trivial things, than that’s considered pathology. Seeing a doctor would be a start.
Clearly you made too big of a deal out of it. I’d suggest you lighten up. Why be a catholic when it’s giving you such a hard time emotionally?Are you talking about me? If so, that isn’t true. There is no point in trying to bash me or talk hogwash. Honoring the rules of fasting is the right thing to do. You are supposed to do things the way they are meant to be done, not as we “deem fit”.
Though the possibility of scrupulosity is evident, being (even highly) concerned about receiving the Eucharist in the proper state of grace seems anything but “pathological” to me. When we realize that all sin disturbs our Lord and that receiving communion unworthily is or can be a grave sin, seeking clarification seems to me to be more than appropriate. I agree with others in this thread: at the very least, show some charity in your response.If he can’t survive through the day without feeling guilty over trivial things, than that’s considered pathology. Seeing a doctor would be a start.
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have been encouraging blessings in the Communion line since the 1970s as they say that Communion should not be the cause of hurt and division. In other words, in England and Wales it has been practised for forty years. and has survived not one but two Papal visits without being condemned. as it would have been if it were so wrong.ewtn.com/library/Liturgy/zlitur263.htm
It appears you are correct-- the Vatican perhaps has a negative view of such blessings during the Mass (except for children attending a parent to the front, perhaps a few other circumstances). I was unaware, as a priest actually encouraged me to do it.