Did I do the right thing at mass this morning?

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rwoehmke said:
Ah, but it is a “grace pill.” Every time one receives, assuming the proper disposition, ones sanctifying grace increases. 👍
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The question is how many folks in the communion line are properly PREPARED? It’s rare to see the confession line quite as long as the communion lines, but then again maybe the church is full of saints. Who knows!🤷
 
LilyM said:
More than that, many of our recent Popes, especially St Pius X, made efforts to encourage the frequent attendance of Mass AND reception of Communion - both daily if possible. He had good reason to do so.

No, it is not wrong per se to not receive, unless one disobeys the Church precept which requires reception once a year. That being said, Jesus DID, and does at every Mass, invite ALL of us to take and eat and drink. So surely if one is in a state of grace and so able to accept His loving invitation it is greatly preferable to do so.
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What happened to the day when one went to confession everytime one went to communion? Unfortunately the preparation for communion has gone out the window, but the reception of communion has not.

I much prefer the Orthodox ( Russian) tradition of, attending Vespers and Mattins as well as confession and the pre communion prayers before each communion, as well as at least 1 days fast.
I believe it is much better to receive properly prepared much less often then to receive often not properly prepared.🙂
 
ciero said:
The question is how many folks in the communion line are properly PREPARED? It’s rare to see the confession line quite as long.
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Forgive my ignorance, as I am a baby Catholic, but what do you mean by prepared? I was instructed that one need be in a state of grace, which meant no mortal sins since one’s last confession. I was not instructed on any other preparations that are obligatory, though I was given ideas on spiritual disciplines that make us receptive to the workings of the Holy Spirit in general, but not specifically for preparing us for Mass. So, what else is ‘proper preparation’? And it seems quite possible, based upon my books on examining the conscience, for Catholics to live months, or years, or even their lifetime, without committing mortal sins. In fact, that is what we are aiming for, correct?
[Although I do understand that it is good to confess venial sins and imperfections, too!]
 
WhiteDove359 said:
sounds like your implying something
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Actually I was looking for someone to explain to me why more men are more probable not to receive than women. It also seems as if women posters are the ones who push people to go to communion, but I’m not entirely sure on that since it’s not necessary to disclose gender here.
 
ciero said:
The question is how many folks in the communion line are properly PREPARED? It’s rare to see the confession line quite as long as the communion lines, but then again maybe the church is full of saints. Who knows!🤷
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Yep, everyone goes to Mass every Sunday, does penance every Friday, never gossips, never gluttons, never does ABC, never sins against the flesh, never gets angry, and, of course, everyone believes in the Real Presence. The next Pope will be quite busy doing canonizations. 🙂
 
WhiteDove359 said:
So it was a 7 15 am mass. Daily Mass. I was runing late (too much sleep). I walked in right when the priest was starting the Gospel reading.(pretty fast considering only 5 miniuts went by since the mass started). I quietly took my seat as best as I could (the altar is in the center of the chaple sooo it was extreemly obvoius i was late). anways, during comunion I just stayed in my seat to NOT to recieve…I wasent entirely sure if it would be okay to recieve considering that I missed the very begining when the priest forgave us of all of our venial sins and also I dident want to show disrespect considering that I just would have showed up, recived eucharist…and leave…like…did i do the right thing by NOT recieveing? I mean, God knows my intentions were right, in that i was trying NOT TO BE LATE…Im just wondering if what I did was right, or if it would have been alrigh to recieve…
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I would say as long as you properly prepared yourself, you are probably ok. I would check with a priest though. If you went to a Traditional Latin Mass, there is a part at the beginning where the priest forgives venial sins. Since you said that the altar is in the center of the chapel, I am guessing that it was a Novus Ordo Mass in which case that prayer of absolution of venial sin is not there as it was taken out of the Mass.
 
Famule said:
I would say as long as you properly prepared yourself, you are probably ok. I would check with a priest though. If you went to a Traditional Latin Mass, there is a part at the beginning where the priest forgives venial sins. Since you said that the altar is in the center of the chapel, I am guessing that it was a Novus Ordo Mass in which case that prayer of absolution of venial sin is not there as it was taken out of the Mass.
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The Confiteor is not taken out.
 
ElizabethPH said:
The Confiteor is not taken out.
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No, the Confiteor was not, but the prayer of absolution that is after the Misereatur was. The english translation is:

“May the Almighty and merciful God grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins.”
 
Famule said:
No, the Confiteor was not, but the prayer of absolution that is after the Misereatur was. The english translation is:

“May the Almighty and merciful God grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins.”
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And so after the Confiteor the priest says the absolution:

“May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life. AMEN”
 
WhiteDove359 said:
So it was a 7 15 am mass. Daily Mass. I was runing late (too much sleep). I walked in right when the priest was starting the Gospel reading.(pretty fast considering only 5 miniuts went by since the mass started). I quietly took my seat as best as I could (the altar is in the center of the chaple sooo it was extreemly obvoius i was late). anways, during comunion I just stayed in my seat to NOT to recieve…I wasent entirely sure if it would be okay to recieve considering that I missed the very begining when the priest forgave us of all of our venial sins and also I dident want to show disrespect considering that I just would have showed up, recived eucharist…and leave…like…did i do the right thing by NOT recieveing? I mean, God knows my intentions were right, in that i was trying NOT TO BE LATE…Im just wondering if what I did was right, or if it would have been alrigh to recieve…
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So you were late. What has that to do with receiving Holy Communion. How could you forgo the privilegeand the grace you could have received by not partaking in the Eucharist, You have lost a wonderful opportunity of doing what Christ asked us to do.
 
Norm_Cook said:
So you were late. What has that to do with receiving Holy Communion. How could you forgo the privilegeand the grace you could have received by not partaking in the Eucharist, You have lost a wonderful opportunity of doing what Christ asked us to do.
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And why are you chastising the OP?
 
ElizabethPH said:
And so after the Confiteor the priest says the absolution:

“May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life. AMEN”
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That is the Misereatur. That comes before the absolution in the Traditional Mass. It is not absolution. That part did not change. The absolution was taking out. The priest gives this absolution and he and we make the sign of the cross just like at confession. This is different from the Misereatur.
 
Famule said:
That is the Misereatur. That comes before the absolution in the Traditional Mass. It is not absolution. That part did not change. The absolution was taking out. The priest gives this absolution and he and we make the sign of the cross just like at confession. This is different from the Misereatur.
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Whatever, my point is that the absolution is NOT left out of the OF.
 
ProVobis said:
Yep, everyone goes to Mass every Sunday, does penance every Friday, never gossips, never gluttons, never does ABC, never sins against the flesh, never gets angry, and, of course, everyone believes in the Real Presence. The next Pope will be quite busy doing canonizations. 🙂
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You forgot probably the most important thing … one needs to KNOW that each and every one of the above are grave sins and do them anyway.

Given the current deplorable state of catechesis, not necessarily through any fault of the laypersons who went through it, can we be so certain that everyone who does these things has sufficient knowledge to be guilty of mortal sin?

One example - it wasn’t until I was well into my twenties that I was even aware that there was a current Catechism that I could consult to have some idea of church teachings on various issues.

Not knowing that, who and where could I consult? The obvious answer is priests. Do you know how many times priests will disagree on issues, or else give such vague or platitudinous answers that you’re no more enlightened after asking them something than you were before?
 
Ummm, none of us are WORTHY of receiving communion but for the GRACE of Jesus Christ we dare to do so.
 
I remember hearing the other day, that on a Sunday mass if you miss the gospel reading, you are said to not have been an active participant in the mass and that you shouldn’t receive holy communion. But on a daily mass, it doesn’t matter how late you are, probably just looks terrible haha:thumbsup:
 
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