First Communion in State of Mortal Sin

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I read an article called “25 Questions a Catholic Should Ask” and one question seemed interesting to me:
If a girl or boy didn’t go to mass last week, then did not go to confession, then received their first communion the following week, that would be a mortal sin. But later on like a couple days or weeks after, they admitted to recieving Communion in a state of mortal sin, are they then allowed to recieve communion even though their first time was in a state of mortal sin?
 
Yes, around the age of 8-13. I was thinking more of the event in where the parents wanted their kid to go to mass but the kid refused and the parents had to leave before mass started.
 
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If they go to confession with a sincere heart and resolve not to do it again, they may receive Holy Communion. One is never supposed to take Holy Communion in a state of mortal sin.
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The very first premise is a false (or imprecise) one, that the child committed a mortal sin in the first place. It should definitely be made clear that this would only be a mortal sin for the child if he made a conscious act of the will to not go to mass in spite of knowing full well that it was a mortal sin, gravely offensive to God.

Somehow I find it highly improbable that an 8 year old would be likely to make such a decision, especially since his mass attendance is probably regulated by his parents, not him.

As for the main question. Of course, once the child went to confession and had his soul cleared of a mortal sin, he would certainly be able to then receive communion again.

Methinks this article was written by a non-Catholic who took too little time to actually learn about Catholicism.
 
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Your thoughts are exactly what I thought when viewing the article.
 
When I was growing up in the 90s, my parish didn’t do First Reconciliation until 4th Grade, but we did First Communion in 2nd Grade, so I guess we all (potentially) could have been in a state of mortal sin at the time, though I don’t think any of us would have known what that meant at the time.
 
You can’t unknownly be in a state of mortal sin. That would mean you didn’t have full knowledge, or even partial knowledge, which means it isn’t mortal.

Although the typical order is reconciliation first. It’s weird that it wasn’t for you.
 
Back in the 70s,when i was growing up, everyone made first communion in second grade and first confession in third grade. It was standard procedure.
 
First Confession on Saturday and FIrst Communion on Sunday. NO chance for us little ones to get into trouble.
 
vanessa.crofelli said:
I read an article called “25 Questions a Catholic Should Ask” and one question seemed interesting to me:
If a girl or boy didn’t go to mass last week, then did not go to confession, then received their first communion the following week, that would be a mortal sin. But later on like a couple days or weeks after, they admitted to recieving Communion in a state of mortal sin, are they then allowed to recieve communion even though their first time was in a state of mortal sin?
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All sin is forgivable except the one(s) a person is NOT sorry for and won’t confess.
 
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