Eucharistic fast- knowing it is less than one hour

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I think you’d do better just to wait to go up until it has been an hour (if that’s possible, going on the assumption that you weren’t the very last person to receive on the occasions you’ve done this) or to refrain from receiving the Eucharist that week and stop eating earlier before Mass next time.
 
I disagree, the rule says an hour, not 58 minutes. It is not scrupulous to make sure it us one hour. Now, the OP’s solution is wrong.
FWIW, if this happens to me, I sometimes go to the back of church and wait until the end if the line.
 
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On a typical Sunday Mass, with travel time and such it is quite hard to break the fast without doing so on purpose. Holy Communion is usually about 45 minutes into Sunday Mass.
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Yes usually. One morning I woke up late for 800 am Sunday Mass. I ate at 7:35 thinking that would be okay for the hour fast. There was no organ or singing at the Mass and the priest gave a brief homily and went through the rest of the liturgy quickly. And there weren’t many people at Mass. Still I thought by the time I received it would have been after 8:35. I don’t have a watch or bring my phone to Mass. When I got back to my car the clock said 8:34 so I received about 8:30. Would this fall under the category of me not being culpable because I did not intend the action? I did mention at confession that I received without fasting an hour. I won’t cut it that close again though.
 
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I think you meant 8:34 and 8:30 AM?

Nothing to worry about, and nothing to fret over.

You intended to fast, and, under normal circumstances would have done so by more than one hour.

Thanks for being so attentive to participating in the source and summit of our faith.

What a wonderful role model you have in Zachariah, the father of the greatest of all the Prophets. If you ever get to Venice you can visit his church where his body is entombed under one of the side altars.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel . . .

Deacon Christopher
 
If you are cutting it close, how about placing yourself at the end of the line.
 
I also cut it a bit fine once… I was working early morning in the parish rooms and assumed I’d miss morning mass (weekday) cos of tidying up after our overnight guests so I ate and the tidying up finished earlier than expected and I was told I could go! so I went to mass…I made the one hour fast with one minute to spare but I learnt my lesson and the next time I took my breakfast roll home in tin foil… actually all the times, even the ones I did miss mass cleaning up, lol.

I get what the other person is saying…as a rule of thumb I tend to eat an hour before mass starts so that I don’t get that close again too… whats that saying…oh yes too close for comfort.
May I ask… I know a group who regularly skate close to the hour, if not into it…should I say something? I am new in this group so I feel it is not my place but then, I should surely it’s my duty… I find myself wondering if they know? I even doubt myself. I am glad this post is here
 
You could remind them once, “Now we need to be careful about when we eat so we fast for the one hour before receiving Communion. I don’t want to have to skip Communion.” And then, having issued the warning, leave it up to them - if they decide to ignore you, at least you did your part of reminding once.
 
See, if we fasted from midnight like the Church discipline was, we wouldn’t have these problems.
 
Yes, that was a much more meaningful fast.

Also, the early-morning Masses were chock-full!

In our Catholic Church we ask very little from people in the way of fasting and abstinence.

In Orthodoxy about half the days are fast days, and they have various levels of fasting: sometimes wine is allowed, sometimes dairy, sometimes fish, sometimes oil, never meat. Two days a week, at a minimum, every Friday and Wednesday.

God bless all who are called to the Supper of the Lamb,
Deacon Christopher
 
Deacon,
Rather, the Latin Church has greatly reduced the requirements. Eastern Catholic jurisdictions often still have much stricter disciplines.
 
Thank you very much!

You’re right, the current discipline for fasting in the Latin Church is not, in itself, sufficient to develop the virtue of fasting.

In the eastern churches, the discipline is PLENTY sufficient to develop that virtue.
 
Yes, I meant the Roman Church not Eastern Catholic Churches, which follow the fasting disciplines of the Orthodox.
 
That’s a good idea but I can’t really do that as it’s a silence period and the timings for everything are arranged before hand so it’s probably best I mention it to the leader as a scheduling issue… I drink water or have nothing, but people regularly sit down and have tea and/or a biscuit. I think perhaps the ‘break’ could be moved or rescheduled so that it’s not before mass, perhaps after. I am sure they just dont think of it. We only need a comfort break before mass and not refreshments. But I will take your advice with the leader and mention it once and if they do something about it fine, if not I’ll leave it and just do what I always do which is have nothing or water. I mean people know what I know so they can think for themselves and use their watches or clock on the wall. Thanks.
 
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