Is it a sin to not take the communion in weekday masses?

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I heard its a sin not to take communion in sunday but what about weekday masses?
 
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No, both your assumption and your question are wrong.

The Church only requires us to take Communion once a year during the season of Easter.
 
Catholics are obligated to receive communion at least once a year during the Easter season, if I’ve got my precepts correct. There is no obligation to receive on weekdays or even every Sunday. You are obligated to go to mass every Sunday, but you are not obliged to receive communion every Sunday.

Frequent communion is encouraged, not obligated.
 
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You may receive at any Mass if you are in a state of grace (no unconfessed mortal sins), but you are not required to receive.

It is a sin to miss Mass on a Sunday or holy day of obligation without good reason (illness, care of infants/sick/elderly, lack of transportation, etc), but it is not a sin if you do not receive communion at Mass.
 
You should always attend Mass (on Sundays and days of obligation). You may always attend Mass on other days. You should only receive communion if properly disposed… if you’re not in a state of Grace, you are still obliged to go to Sunday Mass, but you shouldn’t receive. We are only bound to receive once a year during the Easter season.
 
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You may receive at any Mass if you are in a state of grace (no unconfessed mortal sins), but you are not required to receive.
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Small correction: if you have already received Holy Communion twice that day you should not receive.
 
CCHcolonel said:
I haven’t taken communion in close to a year because I’m not in a state to receive.
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I would highly recommend you get to confession.
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Is there a penalty for going past that without receiving?
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I think it would be something you should bring up when you get to confession, but I would not consider it as serious as receiving unworthily.
 
Prior to the pontificate of St Pius X, frequent communion was largely unheard of. I’m not entirely sure why it was that way, aside from knowing that one was in mortal sin. If you refrain due to mortal sin, that is the right thing to do. Not receiving in itself is not a sin, so long as you meet the Canon Law requirement of receiving at least once a year and/or during the Paschal season.
 
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Could you do a small Catholic ceremony now and then a big wedding ceremony later?
 
If one is disposed to receive, why would they want to refrain?
 
Canon Law says you must only receive communion once a year during the Lenen or Easter seasons (after having gone to confession if necessary). Any other time you receive is optional, even at Sunday mass, and it is never a sin to not receive.
 
Sorry, but don’t give in to presumption. If you insist on waiting a year for the marriage, go to confession and stop cohabiting. Get right with God asap.
 
Let me get this straight. If one receives communion just once a year, does he have to do so during the Easter season? Or can he do it any time of the year and forgo it on Easter?
 
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giuseppe96 said:
Prior to the pontificate of St Pius X, frequent communion was largely unheard of.
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Frequent Communion has always been recommended by the Church. In the early Church, one was expected to receive if one was present for the sacrifice. By the early Middle Ages, the faithful became less and less comfortable with frequent reception of Communion, but infrequent reception was never considered ideal by the Church. It became such a problem that the church had to mandate a minimum of once a year.

This Catholic Encyclopedia article explains the history very well.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06278a.htm
 
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