Deeper understanding

[Crown_of_Stars]

I seek to know what, exactly, happens if Jesus is received in Communion into a mortally sinful soul. I know, on our part, we have committed a grave sacrilege (if with full knowing) and we have risked damnation upon us. Yet what I’m asking is…what happens to Jesus? Wouldn’t He not suffer and just immediately cast Himself out of that soul and not be forced to dwell there?
And in a graceful (or even venially sinful) soul, Jesus dwells within us. I ask, in this case, what, exactly, Jesus is doing while He is inside of us in this deeply literal sense?

 

[mommy_k]

I was taught that there in no room for Jesus to reside in a soul that is blackened by mortal sin.

That is why it is a sacrilege to receive unworthily.

 

[Mary_Estelle]

If in a state of mortal sin when receiving the Host we would not be receiving the sacrament or the graces of the communion. We have, in a sense separated ourselves from God 'though God has not separated Himself from us as He is always with us and He gives us the chance to repent our mortal sins. I’m not at all sure that the greatest Theologens can answer this/pin it down-thus it is a mystery. We just can not intellectualize God or the mysteries. I am sure there will be better answers to come from others here. Peace

 

[Crown_of_Stars]

If in a state of mortal sin when receiving the Host we would not be receiving the sacrament or the graces of the communion. We have, in a sense separated ourselves from God 'though God has not separated Himself from us as He is always with us and He gives us the chance to repent our mortal sins. I’m not at all sure that the greatest Theologens can answer this/pin it down-thus it is a mystery. We just can not intellectualize God or the mysteries. I am sure there will be better answers to come from others here. Peace

You’re right. These are mysteries, possibly never meant to be known.

 

[ynotzap]

A sacrament is a visible sign instituted by Christ to give grace and to signify the grace it gives. The Eucharist is the physical presence of the body and blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ under the appearance of bread and wine. When a person receive the Eucharist, even in the state of mortal sin, it doesn’t alter the Transubstantiation (the Change), but the person receives Christ unto his condemnation (1 Cor. 11:30) …this is why many among you are ill and infirm and many among you are dying St. Theresa of Avilla witnessed a priest in the state of sin, consecrating the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus she saw Jesus entering the physical species. She also saw Satan with the priest in his grasp. As you stated “…a sacrilege” Jesus acknowledged the act of consecration even in the presence of sin, and Satan.