I can relate. It has been over ten years, but I seriously considered recieving Him in the hand last Sunday.
Think carefully about what you’re saying here.
No they can’t. I’d suggest if you can’t go to the TLM to make a spiritual communion instead, so as to respect your bishop’s wishes while avoiding touching the Blessed Sacrament with your hands on your part.
Yes, and in addition you would actually be following Christ’s command to “take and eat”.
Spiritual communion doesn’t mean you’re not receiving Jesus.
That article is about those who can’t Receive, not those who refuse to Receive.
There’s nothing in there that states you may only make a spiritual communion if it is not possible to receive.
You are not required to receive Jesus at every Mass, and not receiving Him while in a state of grace is not rejecting Him. Did you know that frequent reception is a relatively new phenomenon encouraged by St. Pius X? Were the thousands of Catholics who thought themselves too unworthy to present themselves for communion despite not being in a state of mortal sin rejecting Him? Or were they just not putting forth their best effort? I personally have elected to make a spiritual communion during Mass despite not being in a state of mortal sin because my mind was not in the right place to be receiving Jesus. Did I not put forth my best effort?
Right, because it is an article written for positive edification, not negative proscription. The very heading of the article says “Can’t receive”, not “won’t receive”. It is explicitly about those who are limited from receiving Communion due to some moral or physical boundary.
Not Receiving Him while in a State of Grace because you won’t Receive Him in a manner that His Own Body has explicitly stated is both acceptable and righteous seems a bit problematic. People in lesser states reached out and touched Him and were healed.
This is a wholly different situation than what the OP presented.
Because that is the main reason why people don’t. Pandemics are not very common occurrences.
Luke Chapter 7:
People don’t need to physically touch Jesus to be healed or receive His presence. It is a fact that you are not required to receive communion at every Mass while in a state of grace. There are perfectly pious reasons for not doing so and in fact used to be the norm.
But is nonetheless a valid and pious reason for not receiving communion while in a state of grace. It was not a denial of Him.
The article doesn’t address the issue of pandemics as a reason to avoid physical Communion, and neither does the OP.
Christ didn’t institute the Sacrament of Avoiding Touching Him.
Your reasons for not receiving Communion are not a matter of discussion here.
Patrick Madrid spoke about this on Relevant Radio. His opinion was this was a little bit reach because priests know how to place the host on the tongue without issue.
