Feelings after taking Communion

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I’m not sure if this is the right place to start this thread, but does anyone else get a special feeling after taking Communion?

I get a feeling of peace, and that God is with me telling me everything’s gonna be fine. It’s a nice feeling that is the best moment of Mass for me. Does anyone else get these feelings too? :confused:
 
Burubara said:
I’m not sure if this is the right place to start this thread, but does anyone else get a special feeling after taking Communion?

I get a feeling of peace, and that God is with me telling me everything’s gonna be fine. It’s a nice feeling that is the best moment of Mass for me. Does anyone else get these feelings too? :confused:
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I have had that sense just after taking Confession, I sometimes have that sense following Communion. I am unable to take the wine(precious blood) so I only take the wafer (Christ’s Body). To me wine smells like someone died and just that smell makes me sick at my stomach. At one time in my life I bagged groceries at a super market and sometimes when bagging up an order of wine the bottle would slip out of my hand and shatter on the floor and I couldn’t stand the odor of the wine. It would literally make me want to retch! I hope the Lord understands this.😊
 
“Wow. Jesus is LITERALLY, PHYSICALLY, ACTUALLY in my body. I’m a moving tabernacle! What. A. Gift.”
If I’m properly disposed to receiving and not just going through the motions (like I did occasionally when I was younger) I am overwhelmed. I also feel a huge sense of peace and joy, as well as awe that Jesus would allow me, broken and sin-filled as I am, to have Him literally inside me. It’s mind blowing.

Frequently, I add this to the end my post-communion prayer: “Jesus, thank you so much for giving me the chance to have you inside me. Now, please help me to act like it.”
 
waanju said:
“Wow. Jesus is LITERALLY, PHYSICALLY, ACTUALLY in my body. I’m a moving tabernacle! What. A. Gift.”
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Yep. This is pretty much my word-for-word thought as well. 😃
I also feel a connection with Mary when she was carrying the infant Jesus in her womb, and that moves me to peace – knowing that if I just remain faithful and obedient to the Lord’s will, I won’t have to worry.
 
I “feel” nothing anymore regardless of what spiritual thing I’m doing.
 
Burubara said:
I’m not sure if this is the right place to start this thread, but does anyone else get a special feeling after taking Communion?

I get a feeling of peace, and that God is with me telling me everything’s gonna be fine. It’s a nice feeling that is the best moment of Mass for me. Does anyone else get these feelings too? :confused:
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I do now that the current priest has okayed it for me to read any book at this time and I simply relax with God. Warm and completely wholesome isn’t it:thumbsup:
 
Deo_Gratias42 said:
I “feel” nothing anymore regardless of what spiritual thing I’m doing.
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aaahh! Mature spirituality! 👍

Our faith is not based upon emotion - that most unreliable indicator of the state of our soul. We would hope to live in the darkness of faith…believing and trusting without benefit of any sensible consolation.
 
Tigg said:
aaahh! Mature spirituality! 👍

Our faith is not based upon emotion - that most unreliable indicator of the state of our soul. We would hope to live in the darkness of faith…believing and trusting without benefit of any sensible consolation.
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Just saying, comments about having emotion are not evidence that our faith is based on that emotion. If faith happens to give rise to a certain emotion sometimes in association with the true meaning of a spiritual act (ie wonder and awe at the real presence, true sorrow and contrition at confession, ect) it is not a bad thing, and can be seen as positive. Most people here seem to be saying that faith causes their emotion, not the other way around. This is not to say that not feeling particularly emotional is a bad thing, just that emotions are not automatically a bad thing either, or an indication of immature spirituality. Everyone has spiritual highs and lows. If one’s faith is not grounded in these emotional fluctuations, there is nothing wrong with enjoying the highs.
 
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Just saying, comments about having emotion are not evidence that our faith is based on that emotion. If faith happens to give rise to a certain emotion sometimes in association with the true meaning of a spiritual act (ie wonder and awe at the real presence, true sorrow and contrition at confession, ect) it is not a bad thing, and can be seen as positive. Most people here seem to be saying that faith causes their emotion, not the other way around. This is not to say that not feeling particularly emotional is a bad thing, just that emotions are not automatically a bad thing either, or an indication of immature spirituality. Everyone has spiritual highs and lows. If one’s faith is not grounded in these emotional fluctuations, there is nothing wrong with enjoying the highs.
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The problem is when people become attached to the high and their faith falls apart when then don’t experience such highs.
 
Deo_Gratias42 said:
The problem is when people become attached to the high and their faith falls apart when then don’t experience such highs.
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I agree, which is why I wrote “if one’s faith is not grounded in these emotions.”
 
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