Can I receive Communion tomorrow?

[Monica4316]

Hello,

Tomorrow (technically today, but for me the day starts in the morning ) is Good Friday and I’m going to the Liturgy at 3 pm in a Roman Catholic parish… it’s a traditional parish with the Latin Mass so the Liturgy lasts around 2 hours (or more) and Communion would be at around 5 (I’m guessing).

Regarding fasting, I was planning on eating one small meal without meat, etc… but today I came home from Holy Thursday after midnight, and I haven’t really eaten today, so I decided to have that meal now - at around 1 am - instead of the evening of Good Friday… so I did, but I realized that I’m supposed to fast from midnight for Communion… however I don’t know if that only refers to the morning, or all day. This Liturgy would not be in the morning.

My question is, as an Eastern Catholic, (Russian Catholic) am I even allowed to receive the Eucharist now? I was really planning on receiving Communion on Good Friday… especially because I haven’t received for a while, though I’ve gone to Mass.

Thank you!

 

[5Loaves]

My question is, as an Eastern Catholic, (Russian Catholic) am I even allowed to receive the Eucharist now? I was really planning on receiving Communion on Good Friday… especially because** I haven’t received for a while, though I’ve gone to Mass**.

Thank you!

Dear Monica-
Fasting in the Eastern tradition is best done under the guidance of a Spiritual Father. If you look back at the previous threads here and on another forum where you presented your concerns about fasting I think you can use the good feedback in those posts to redirect your concerns away from the juridical focus on how many hours you should fast, and back to the purpose of fasting in the East.

Off topic I know you are living your life in the Latin Church… but just FYI we have no eucharistic celebration on Great Friday in the East. In my Russian parish we will have 2PM Vespers and bringing out of the Holy Shroud and 7:00 pm Jerusalem Matins, procession. I forget if there is an Orthodox parish near you. If so these are extremely rich and powerful services and I encourage you to go if you can.

You bring up that you have not been receiving Eucharist in Mass when you attend. Is the reason you have not been receiving Eucharist when you assist at Mass related to your concerns about fasting? During Great Lent in the East we normally have additional eucharistic celebrations in the form of the Presanctified Liturgy on Wednesdays and Fridays, because we need the sustenance of the Holy Eucharist to assist us with the rigors of Great Lent.

May you be richly blest this Holy Friday.

 

[ConstantineTG]

Monica, as mentioned in the past, if you are going to live Latin spirituality, then you can follow the Latin traditions.

 

[smad0142]

To take Constantine’s comment a little further,

If you are truly nourished by Latin spirituality then you should switch Churches and then you wouldn’t even have this problem!! All the best, and may God bless your Easter!