I avoided taking host from a priest. Is that sin?

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There is one priest I consider more of a joker than a priest. So in the line I went on purpose to the other person giving the communion instead of him. Is that a sin?
 
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It doesn’t matter how you feel about him. He’s still acting in the person of Christ when he consecrates. For me that is enough to want to receive from the hands of the person who consecrates the host. I suppose it’s your choice though.
 
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It could be a lack of humility possibly but really whether it is a sin or a fault/imperfection is really difficult to say, only you or your spiritual director could say for sure. Either way, I’d say dont do it again, as an act of humility go to the one you dont like, or at least stick to the line you end up in. In other words, take what God gives you, not what you want.
 
You avoided receiving the Eucharist from the very priest who consecrated it in favor of receiving instead from a lay person.
Sorry if I misunderstood. Not trying to be presumptuous.
Seems quite misguided though if that is indeed the case.
 
I’m kind of actually excited about this post…I haven’t seen a “avoided taking host from a priest” before…I’m curious how it ends.
 
From what you have written, your thoughts and actions seemed to lack charity towards the priest, so it could be a sin
 
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Seems backwards to me. If I am at a mass where I know the priest usually distributes on one side, I try to sit on that side in order to receive from the priest, that ole Persona Christi thing. If it doesn’t work out, I don’t worry about it.
As to the OP, it certainly seems impolite/judgemental, a venial sin possibly?
 
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There is one priest I consider more of a joker than a priest. So in the line I went on purpose to the other person giving the communion instead of him. Is that a sin?
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Not clear on what you mean by “joker”, but keep in mind that regardless of his personal attributes, he is still a priest, an alter Christus. The sin, if any, would depend on the dispositions of your heart, and only you and Almighty God can know that. In and of itself, it is no sin to choose not to receive from a particular priest, though I can’t think of a good reason to make such a choice in ordinary life.

The only reasons I can remotely think of, are if you knew a priest to be practicing some kind of abominable or contemptible sin (for instance, practicing sodomy or fornication) — such that it just “wouldn’t feel right” — or if he had just given communion to someone ahead of you in line whom you knew to have a communicable disease (especially if that person received on the tongue).
 
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I don’t think there’s a sin in switching lines. We’ve had plenty of posts here about it before, and an earlier comment on this very thread practically said they do so. Granted, it’s the other way around, usually, but there’s no sin there I’d say.

On the other hand, your attitude toward the priest may be sinful and worthy of some further interior reflection.
 
I knew a priest who didn’t like me. He didn’t know me well at all, so it may have been that he didn’t like what I represented. (I was an American in his host country). He was the only one giving out the Eucharist at Mass, so switching lines wasn’t an option. It was admittedly a challenge to clear that obstacle to reach the body of Christ . . .

My suggestion is to take the host from this priest and then pray for him. That whole love-thy-neighbor thing isn’t for the low-hanging fruit - i.e. the people we already get along with - but for those who challenge us to be especially charitable.
 
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There is one priest I consider more of a joker than a priest. So in the line I went on purpose to the other person giving the communion instead of him. Is that a sin?
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It seems rather judgemental that you would make that assessment of a priest. What did you hope to accomplish by switching lines and not receiving from a priest?
 
No it’s not. I won’t receive from anyone but a priest so sometimes I will walk across aisles.
 
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