Frequncy of Holy Communion

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How many times may a person receive Commuion in a day? Is it permissable to receive Communion Saturday morning for Saturday and Saturday eveing for Sunday? Can one receive Communion twice on Sunday?
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Yes, you may receive twice in one day if the second time is in a mass. See canon law 917. Also, if you are about to die, you should take viaticum, I presume even if you went to mass earlier that day, but you should consult a smarter person than me for that one.
 
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How many times may a person receive Commuion in a day? Is it permissable to receive Communion Saturday morning for Saturday and Saturday eveing for Sunday? Can one receive Communion twice on Sunday?
Thank you
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Yes, you can receive Holy Communion twice in one day. Saturday morning and Saturday evening. You may also receive twice on a Sunday if you attend two Masses for instance. You also should receive viaticum any time you are in danger of death, no matter how many times you may have received before hand.
 
Yes, you can – and are encouraged – to take Communion on Saturday at:
  • The Saturday morning Mass, which is the daily Mass for Saturdays.
  • The Saturday evening Mass, which is the Mass for keeping holy the Lord’s Day, which starts at sunset on Saturdays and ends at sunset on Sundays.
Remember, if you go to Saturday morning’s Mass, it does NOT count for your Sunday obligation!!
 
I’m in RCIA.

I do suppose anyone can attend Mass even more often than twice a day. Just don’t receive the Holy Eucharist on those extra times. Instead, you can go forward with your arms crossed and get a blessing.

If you love frequent Mass, remember St. Pius X who is the patron Saint of frequent Mass. Why not pray to him.

Unfortunately, some schismatic groups bring abuse to St. Pius X’s name. So remember that he is a Saint.
 
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I do suppose anyone can attend Mass even more often than twice a day. Just don’t receive the Holy Eucharist on those extra times. Instead, you can go forward with your arms crossed and get a blessing.
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Actually you can attend Mass as often as you want as long as you don’t receive communion more then twice. I know a few homeless people and/or lonely people that attend all the Masses offered throughout the day at different churches.

There is no need to go forward for the blessings when you are not receiving. If you go forward and it’s an EMHC you could put them in an awkward situation.

We need to get people out of this mentality that they have to receive every time they go to church and if they don’t go forward for communion then people think “they must be sinning.”

I know Catholics that think that if they don’t receive Communion they aren’t fufilling their Sunday obligation. If nothing else, the Kerry Communion issue should teach people that it is OK to go to Mass and not receive Communion.
 
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There is no need to go forward for the blessings when you are not receiving. If you go forward and it’s an EMHC you could put them in an awkward situation.

We need to get people out of this mentality that they have to receive every time they go to church and if they don’t go forward for communion then people think “they must be sinning.”
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I agree with what you say. I always make sure I’m in the line for a Deacon or a Priest (for the blessing). And then follow that line as they return to their seats. If I cross back over to my original seat, I do it in the back. That way, I hope I do avoid awkwardness.

I agree with what you say.

I’m in RCIA, unemployed, my non-Catholic family is not yet coming to Mass nor RCIA, my son is in special education classes, etc. So I do feel the need to get every blessing I can get. I cannot go to confession, get absolution or get communion. But I do have sacramentals (Holy Water, blessings, etc.) and the first beatitude. I asked my parish Priest and he said I was correct, that the first Beatitude greets us as we first come into the Catholic Church:

Matthew 5:2 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

As you say, I’ve seen some lonely, poor people at noontime Mass at the Basilica. Pope Saint Pius X was poor too. His will read: “I was born poor; I lived poor; I wish to die poor.”
 
If you attend Mass once or twice or more in the day and on these occassions you are free from mortal sin and do not receive communion , then this is wrong, you are offering a sacrifice, taking part fully mind, soul, spirit and body, to omit one is to not participate fully and if you have no reason not to participate fully (mortal sin) then you are omitting the return gift from God, infact needlessly rejecting Jesus in the Eucharist. In Ireland they used to offer (not sure about nowadays) continual Mass, one after the other day and night, now the Priest/s received communion on many occassions during the day and night and so did those who attended the Mass/es. It is not a case of being greedy with Jesus, Jesus is a passionate lover, He loves you to come to Him in the Eucharist often, as often as you are able, but at least once a week. If you go more than the stipulated minimum requirement of Sunday, is this also greedy? No of course not. Does Jesus ever say …no I have no time for you, no you cannot let me dwell in you by the Eucharist, you are being greedy with me?..no of course not.

God Bless you and much love and peace to you

Teresa
 
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Teresa9:
If you attend Mass once or twice or more in the day and on these occassions you are free from mortal sin and do not receive communion , then this is wrong, you are offering a sacrifice, taking part fully mind, soul, spirit and body, to omit one is to not participate fully and if you have no reason not to participate fully (mortal sin) then you are omitting the return gift from God, infact needlessly rejecting Jesus in the Eucharist.
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Can you quote any documentation at all that says you can’t attend Mass and not receive communion? Are you telling me if I am free of mortal sin on Sunday, attend Mass but have to deal with my child I am committing a sin? There is nothing that I have ever seen that says that participating in a Mass and not taking communion when you are free from mortal sin is wrong.

The only restriction are that you are only allowed to take communion twice as long as the 2nd time is during Mass. There are no restrictions about the number of times you can attend Mass. The are provisions as to the number of times a priest may offer Mass but not to the number of times you can attend.

As a Catholic you are obliged to receive Communion once a year, but you are required to attend Mass every Sunday. I never heard of a Catholic obligation to receive Communion every time you are there not in mortal sin. If I remember my history right, there were times in the past that the priest was the only person to receive Communion except during special times (i.e. Easter.)
In Ireland they used to offer (not sure about nowadays) continual Mass, one after the other day and night, now the Priest/s received communion on many occassions during the day and night and so did those who attended the Mass/es.
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If the people attending Mass received communion more then twice then they are violating Canon 917 (Unless they were not Latin rite, not sure if Canon 917 applies to all the Catholic rites or not.)
 
One final note, this law applies to Latin Rite Catholics. Iin the Eastern Catholic Churches the practice of frequent daily Divine Liturgy (Mass) is not found, and so the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches is silent on this matter.
 
I live in Ireland and was trained as an extraordinary minister of communion. Long ago in Ireland there used to be a practise of going to as many masses as possible, particularly on Holy Days. However, people equated mass with Communion and would arrive just before Communion, Receive & then leave, in order to get to the next church on time. To counter this abuse the Vatican issued a directive limiting the number of times Catholics can receive in a day to two, with the condition that the person must attend the whole of the mass with the second communion i.e. they cannot come in late.

Secondly the idea that you must go to Communion if you attend Mass is incorrect. After all many of the saints went to mass daily in the past but only received communion once a week, or once a month etc.
 
Thank you ter, there had to be some rational explanation for this

God Bless you and much love and peace to you

Teresa
 
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