and eat it as you walk from Mass to class . . .Or you could get up a half hour early and eat. Your 6:15 a.m. daily Mass probably is fairly short so you’d be going up for communion at what, 6:45? So you would have to be finished eating by 5:45. It takes you how long to walk over to Mass? What, maybe 10 minutes? You probably get there 5 minutes early, right? So, if you normally left at 6 a.m., you’d basically be getting yourself ready to go about 20 minutes earlier, in order to eat breakfast between 5:30 and 5:45 a.m.
You are obliged to attend Mass but you are not obliged to receive Communion (apart from once a year during the Easter period), albeit it is recommended to receive regularly.
No. You could get up extra early to eat breakfast and wait until after Mass to eat something on the go to top you up.
He can’t mine couldn’t dispense me from the fast despite having a severe metabolic disorder that required me to eat every hour otherwise I’d go hypoglycemic and faint. He told me I could drink juice or sugar water as a form of medicine, which is permitted.
No. This is a pious practice some people have adapted. There is nothing anywhere about it being required.
It would appear from the OP that this is a weekday Mass, as he attends class afterwards. There is no obligation to attend weekday Mass. And of course if one adopts the laudable practice of attending Mass during the week, there’s no obligation to receive communion if one cannot fulfill the requirements to do so (state of grace, abstinence from food 1hr prior…).
Can you provide documentation to prove this?
Actually, Tim, shouldn’t you be providing the ‘proof’ that this is required?Can you provide documentation to prove this?
-Tim-
My wife is the Cliff Bar addict in our house (she rides with me most of the time except today she’s at work and I’m unemployed so I rode alone). I’m into Nature Valley Sweet and Salty nut bars; some would say it’s because I’m a nutbar
Frankly, I find it praiseworthy that you’re making the effort to attend daily Mass at all. As for presenting yourself for communion, if you’re not disposed, you’re not disposed. But it shouldn’t stop you from Mass.
I’ve eaten enough Cliff Bars to put the children of the hippies who run the company through college. Tour riders drink Carnation Instant Breakfast for recovery drink.My wife is the Cliff Bar addict in our house (she rides with me most of the time except today she’s at work and I’m unemployed so I rode alone). I’m into Nature Valley Sweet and Salty nut bars; some would say it’s because I’m a nutbar
I pack a ton of 'em in my jersey and backpack when I ride a century
That and Gatorade. Haven’t bonked yet this year!
Obviously there is no documentation because such a rule does not exist.Can you provide documentation to prove this?
That’s actually good to know. Now I can skip my normal prayers after Mass, ditch out the side door after communion and go straight to Starbucks down the road. Immediate seating at IHOP - sweet. Thanks!
-Tim-