How Many Times a Day can Priests Receive the Eucharist?

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The limit on receiving the Eucharist is twice a day provided the second is during Mass.
But priests receive the Eucharist every Mass they preside over.
Yet, for instance during the busy Christmas season, priests often have to celebrate many Masses in a short time period.

So, given this, are priests exempt from this law or how does this work?
 
I’m very interested in this topic but don’t have any clue how this works. I’d assume that there would be exemptions.
 
The priest is the only one at a Mass that is required to receive. Its a required part of any Mass, so that rule doesn’t apply if the priest has to say multiple masses
 
I think there is a maximum number of Masses per day allowed. This indirectly places a limit. One of our wonderful resident priests would know.

Different logic applies to priests than laity.
 
A priest is permitted to celebrate one Mass a day, and a second for a “pastoral reason.” So, by way of example, I could celebrate the regular daily Mass in the parish, and later in the day celebrate a funeral Mass. A priest can celebrate three Masses on Sunday.

Now, that’t the letter of the law. In practice, this “law” is arguably the most commonly broken canon in the Church. Though it doesn’t happen often, there have been many, many days when I’ve celebrated three Masses on a weekday, or four on a Sunday.

The priest not only is PERMITTED to receive the Eucharist at each Mass he celebrates, he is REQUIRED to do so.
 
Can. 905 §1 Apart from those cases in which the law allows him to celebrate or concelebrate the Eucharist a number of times on the same day, a priest may not celebrate more than once a day.

§2 If there is a scarcity of priests, the local Ordinary may for a good reason allow priests to celebrate twice in one day or even, if pastoral need requires it, three times on Sundays or Holy days of obligation.
 
Since a priest is required to take the Eucharist at the Mass he is celebrating, and a Mass is completely and utterly valid when done by a priest in the state of mortal sin, does that mean a priest in the state of mortal sin is forced to commit sacrilege?
 
No. The Church, in her wisdom and mercy, foresees this possible situation. Because a priest, like anyone else, could fall into serious sin and for any number of reasons may be prevented from bringing that to confession immediately. Where the priest differs from a regular lay person, however, is the requirement that he must receive the Eucharist at any Mass he celebrates/concelebrates. Now, if a priest does not need to celebrate Mass immediately (i.e. it’s his day off and he has the ability to visit a brother priest and celebrate the sacrament) he should refrain from celebrating Mass until he has been absolved.

But, the problem is when the priest has a scheduled Mass and can’t get to confession beforehand. The Church does not impose on him a burden she imposed on no one else, namely public confession. In other words, Fr. John Doe doesn’t need to stand up on Sunday morning and say, “Sorry folks. I partied a bit too hard last night, had too much to drink, and couldn’t get to confession. So, no Mass this morning.” In such a case, the Church says he should make a good act of contrition and have the intention of getting to confession as soon as possible. Then, he should celebrate Mass (and obviously receive communion) without burden.

For the lay man or woman who chooses not to receive, it be for any number of reasons (already received twice, not in a state of grace, not kept the fast).

Hope that helps…
 
This year, due to the unusual configuration of Christmas Day our priest celebrated 10 Masses in a bit over 36 hours. We have one priest and around 1200 families. To meet the needs he did two Masses on Saturday evening, 7 on Sunday, and one on Christmas Day. We are also a bilingual community.

I’m sure by 11:00 am Monday morning he was ready to put he feet up and watch football.
 
Can. 905 §1. A priest is not permitted to celebrate the Eucharist more than once a day except in cases where the law permits him to celebrate or concelebrate more than once on the same day.

§2. If there is a shortage of priests, the local ordinary can allow priests to celebrate twice a day for a just cause, or if pastoral necessity requires it, even three times on Sundays and holy days of obligation.

Obviously, a priest must receive at every Mass he celebrates. So if he has permission to say three Masses in a single day, he must receive three times.

Note also, that the bishop can, for a just and reasonable cause, grant a dispensation even from this limit. Such dispensations are not unheard of in areas with few priests.

Can. 87 §1. A diocesan bishop, whenever he judges that it contributes to their spiritual good, is able to dispense the faithful from universal and particular disciplinary laws issued for his territory or his subjects by the supreme authority of the Church. He is not able to dispense, however, from procedural or penal laws nor from those whose dispensation is specially reserved to the Apostolic See or some other authority.
 
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Can. 916 A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous sacramental confession unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition which includes the resolution of confessing as soon as possible.
 
The fact that the priest has the permission to celebrate the Mass also means that he has permission to receive Communion.

In law, there is a principle “whatever applies to the whole applies to the part.”

Since the priest is permitted to celebrate the “whole” of the Mass, he is likewise permitted to do every individual “part” of the Mass—and that necessarily includes receiving Communion.

That’s why there’s no need for a separate canon permitting the priest to receive Communion beyond the daily limit when he celebrates 3 (if permitted) or 4 (if dispensed) Masses.
 
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