Communion at Non Catholic former Church. Ok or No?

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Hey that’s a really good story. Thanks for the reply. On days I feel well Sometimes I go to an early mass and attend Southland ( my old church) with my family. It was only on days my only option was Southland that I would take communion, when and only when I couldn’t make it to mass. I didn’t think it was a big deal, However the general consensus disagrees with me so I’m going to refrain from doing that. I know going to another church doesn’t fulfill my Sunday obligation so on days I can get to mass I will certainly do it, even though it’s about fifteen miles from my residence. Being on disability I’m on and extreme limited income so sometimes finding a means to get there is difficult, however I will certainly try to make it. I don’t want people to think I’m just saying what the heck I’ll do Mass another time. That’s not the case. I know you know that, but I think I left that impression with some others who read my post. Congrats on getting your father to convert and I’m so sorry you lost him my friend. My heart goes out to you. Nothing harder than losing loved ones. My mother And father converted to Catholicism per my requests. My Dad never really went to Church and my Mom converted for me. They went through a divorce and my Dad is a workaholic who hasn’t been to church since the months following his confirmation. He’s a truck driver so he’s always on the road too. My Mom had a bad experience with CHRP and decided to go back to Southland with her parents, brothers and sisters, my older brother and his wife and kids. People have suggested I evangelize and bring them to the Catholic Church. I have done my absolute best in that regard. I feel that’s all I can do. Plant seeds and allow God to do his thing. Thank you brother. God bless.
 
I´m glad my answer was helpful and I´m glad that you´re doing so much better! 🙂 The sacraments leads us to healing and freedom, which you´ve been given very greatly through both spiritual and physical healing. Praised be God!

However, I don´t understand why your parish priest would make you confess your sins in front of your family. This is not okay, and is a clear violation against the rights of the faithful with regards to the sacrament. Confession is supposed to be done privately, where you confess your sins in the presence of the the priest only, where he is representing Christ and extends God´s mercy over you. We as faithful are given the right to absolute secrecy with regards to confession. Actually, the Church regards our privacy so important that if a priest ever discloses anyone´s sins from previous confessions he is bound under automatic ex-communication of which only the Pope can free him from. So, letting other people participate when it´s not even necessary I believe is a violation of this. Sometimes, people need an interpreter for confession, but then both the interpreter and the priest is bound by the seal of confession. In this case, it seems like your priest has freely and openly chosen to break the seal. Especially, as your family aren´t aware of this and have no reason to hear your confession nor to be present at the moment at all.

Here´s what the Catechism states about the seal of confession:
[1467] “Given the delicacy and greatness of this ministry and the respect due to persons, the Church declares that every priest who hears confessions is bound under very severe penalties to keep absolute secrecy regarding the sins that his penitents have confessed to him. He can make no use of knowledge that confession gives him about penitents’ lives.72 This secret, which admits of no exceptions, is called the “sacramental seal,” because what the penitent has made known to the priest remains “sealed” by the sacrament.”

I totally get that your family isn´t aware of this and thus are innocent of this sacramental abuse, but your priest should´ve known better. Know that you have the right to privacy for confession and be confident in this later on.

Your priest shouldn´t have given them Communion either… But perhaps he thought they were Catholic too…
 
I know Protestants do not believe in the Real Presence. I am still do not know your reason for aiming all this at me. A lack of IT skills does not explain why you aim your comments at the wrong person.
 
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TC3033:
You can’t make that wide sweeping comment.
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Similarly, it does not help to take a person’s statement out of context to infer he is saying what he is not.
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That I don’t know about, I’m just replying to your statement. 🤷‍♂️
 
TC3033 said:
That I don’t know about
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I do not understand why you do not because it is your words.
TC3033 said:
I’m just replying to your statement.
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That statement was not made in isolation. It was one of a number of sentences in a paragraph. That was part of an answer to something that someone else said. Within my answer what I said was correct. You have taken that sentence out of its context and set it out as if I had made that as a simple statement in its own right. If I had it would be factually incorrect. That is, not, however, not what it was.
 
TC3033 said:
I literally read it in post #26 as a stand alone sentence…
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Sentences do not stand alone unless that sentence is the only thing that is written. When it is part of a paragraph in sits within the context of the entire paragraph.
 
TomH1 said:
Sentences do not stand alone unless that sentence is the only thing that is written. When it is part of a paragraph in sits within the context of the entire paragraph.
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Um…OK. There’s no paragraph in post #26.
 
That is the very point I am making. Of course, there is no paragraph in post #26 because that is the post in which you cite my sentence and then address it outside of the context in which it was written. That paragraph appears in post #25.

Caveat: I have tried to number the posts cited above correctly; however, the number does not seem to appear directly next to them. Therefore, the numbers may possibly be out by one.
 
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Caveat: I have tried to number the posts cited above correctly; however, the number does not seem to appear directly next to them. Therefore, the numbers may possibly be out by one.
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Right… Post #26 your (which I do see has now been edited) so now there is a small paragraph rather than a sentence about what protestants “believe”…space… two sentences about poor quoting skills.

Apologies if there was another meaning around your sentence that was missed.
 
I have edited to make the context clearer. Even so, the context remains the same, I was responding to another user and not making a simple statement about the theology of every Protestant ecclesial community.
 
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