Can Roman Catholics Accept Ukrainian Catholic Eucharist

[SerraSemper]

Surely. I only meant here that the obligation is not fulfilled in a non-Catholic church.

Yep. Under **normal **circumstances. Ditto for Communion - that’s why I brought up canon 844… I was just surprised you didn’t bring out this canon since the OP’s post was on Communion and I said not to receive Communion from the Orthodox (which is a general rule of thumb) and this is one of those pesky exceptions!!! Anyway, don’t want to get off topic. Just that I am aware of certain cases in which there is a possibility the obligation is actually fulfilled in an Orthodox church, but they’d be pretty rare. God bless!

 

[MissRose73]

If there was an Eastern Catholic church near me, I’d certainly like to go a few times to experience the Divine Liturgy. I know my faith life is certainly enriched by me attending Mass in both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms.

I know there is some kind of conference thing going on in another diocese. One day will have Mass at an Eastern Catholic Church, and the brochure lets people know that all Catholics who meet the requirements to receive in the Latin Rite and go to that Divine Liturgy, can receive Holy Communion in the Eastern Catholic Church. The other day will have Mass in the Extraordinary Form at a large church.

 

[Vico]

Yep. Under normal circumstances. Ditto for Communion - that’s why I brought up canon 844… I was just surprised you didn’t bring out this canon since the OP’s post was on Communion and I said not to receive Communion from the Orthodox (which is a general rule of thumb) and this is one of those pesky exceptions!!! Anyway, don’t want to get off topic. Just that I am aware of certain cases in which there is a possibility the obligation is actually fulfilled in an Orthodox church, but they’d be pretty rare. God bless!

I am not aware of any case where the Sunday or Holy Day or communion obligation is fulfilled in a non-Catholic Church. Ecumenical events are to be scheduled in addition to the normal Sunday or Holy Day liturgies. There is obligation to receive communion for a Catholic according to the laws of the Church sui iuris (CCEO 708, CIC 920). If it is physically or morally impossible to receive communion per these canons, then the obligation for Catholics, is not binding. Also, Catholics are not required to go to a non-Catholic Church.

DIRECTORY FOR THE APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES AND NORMS ON ECUMENISM has: 115. Since the celebration of the Eucharist on the Lord’s Day is the foundation and centre of the whole liturgical year,120 Catholics—but those of Eastern Churches according to their own Law 121—are obliged to attend Mass on that day and on days of precept.122 It is not advisable therefore to organize ecumenical services on Sundays, and it must be remembered that even when Catholics participate in ecumenical services or in services of other Churches and ecclesial Communities, the obligation of participating at Mass on these days remains.

120 Cf. Sacrosanctum Concilium, n. 106.
121 Cf. CCEO, can. 881, 1; CIC, can. 1247.
122 Cf. CIC, can. 1247; CCEO, can. 881, 1.

vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/general-docs/rc_pc_chrstuni_doc_19930325_directory_en.html

Sacrosanctum Consilium, No. 106Accordingly the sacred Council has seen fit to decree as follows.

1. By a tradition handed down from the apostles which took its origin from the very day of Christ’s resurrection, the Church celebrates the paschal mystery every eighth day; with good reason this, then, bears the name of the Lord’s day or Sunday. For on this day Christ’s faithful are bound to come together into one place so that; by hearing the word of God and taking part in the eucharist, they may call to mind the passion, the resurrection and the glorification of the Lord Jesus, and may thank God who “has begotten them again, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, unto a living hope” (1 Pet. 1:3). Hence the Lord’s day is the original feast day, and it should be proposed to the piety of the faithful and taught to them so that it may become in fact a day of joy and of freedom from work. Other celebrations, unless they be truly of greatest importance, shall not have precedence over the Sunday which is the foundation and kernel of the whole liturgical year.
   vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html

 

[ByzCathCantor]

If there was an Eastern Catholic church near me, I’d certainly like to go a few times to experience the Divine Liturgy.

There are many in Michigan, but mostly in the metro-Detroit suburbs. Even as a Ruthenian, I enjoyed my years in SE Michigan as one could find virtually all Eatern Catholic Churches with a presence in the U.S. represented in the immediate area.

 

[dochawk]

The spider I killed last night would be something like this: :::::

But if you were doing it right, it would look like ______ hawk

 

[dochawk]

I am not aware of any case where the Sunday or Holy Day or communion obligation is fulfilled in a non-Catholic Church.

There are a handful of agreements between the Roman Catholic Church and individual Eastern and Oriental Catholic churches which provide for the clergy of each church to provide Sacraments to the members of the other in cases where clergy of their own Church are not available. hawk

 

[Vico]

There are a handful of agreements between the Roman Catholic Church and individual Eastern and Oriental Catholic churches which provide for the clergy of each church to provide Sacraments to the members of the other in cases where clergy of their own Church are not available. hawk

There is one guideline I know of where the faithful are permitted but not* obligated*, shown below. The canons do not obligate the faithful to that which is morally impossible, and also there is no guarantee that they will be admitted to a non-Catholic Eucharistic celebration. (This includes both holy day liturgies – Divine Liturgy or Vespers, as allowed – and reception of the Holy Mysteries.) The one below only applies between Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East. Eastern Catholics in general may or may not be obligated to “easter duty” based upon their own canon law. (Eastern CCEO 708, Latin CIC 920)

Guidelines for admission to the Eucharist between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East (July 20, 2001) 4. Guidelines for admission to the Eucharist

Considering the liturgical tradition of the Assyrian Church of the East, the doctrinal clarification regarding the validity of the Anaphora of Addai and Mari, the contemporary context in which both Assyrian and Chaldean faithful are living, the appropriate regulations which are foreseen in official documents of the Catholic Church, and the process of rapprochement between the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, the following provision is made:

1. When necessity requires, Assyrian faithful are permitted to participate and to receive Holy Communion in a Chaldean celebration of the Holy Eucharist; in the same way, Chaldean faithful for whom it is physically or morally impossible to approach a Catholic minister, are permitted to participate and to receive Holy Communion in an Assyrian celebration of the Holy Eucharist.

…

1. The above considerations on the use of the Anaphora of Addai and Mari and the present guidelines for admission to the Eucharist, are intended exclusively in relation to the Eucharistic celebration and admission to the Eucharist of the faithful from the Chaldean Church and the Assyrian Church of the East, in view of the pastoral necessity and ecumenical context mentioned above.
   vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/