Not allowed Eucharist after confession

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The RCIA director approved of the RCIA course I did with the sisters of a religious community in the past and I am a member (non Catholic) of this community and I participated in regular meetings, divine mercy, 24 hours adoration for over 3 years and my belief in the real presence. The sister spoke to the RCIA director and the priest has heard my confession. The sisters was looking forwards to going to my first communion in advance although I can wait for confirmation next Easter. I was really looking forwards to taking communion but the priest told me that he needs a letter of permission from the vicar general to allow me to take the Eucharist or wait till next Easter after my confirmation. The sister was also surprised at this as many people in the past had Eucharist after they had confession although they are not confirmed yet. Has the rules changed?
 
I don’t think the Confirmation is the issue. Have you made a Profession of Faith?
 
I think the priest did say he needs to confirm me with me saying the apostles creed. He said I don’t have to go to the RCIA course anymore. He says he needs permission from the Vicar General, I really don’t know how long it will take. I was so excited when the sister said I could take the Eucharist after confession and she was surprised when I cant and she has got a 50 years service letter from the pope and is well respected and gives many talks.
 
The stand Profession of Faith is
I believe and profess all that the holy Catholic Church believes, teaches, and proclaims to be revealed by God.

An official permission from the Vicar General or the Bishop should only take a couple of weeks. Be at peace.
 
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Thank you Clare for your advice! Blessings , will wait patiently for it and God willing will be able to partake a Christmas mass.
 
Every priest owes obedience to his bishop. If the bishop says jump, they jump. We laypeople should respect that, and have the same sense of obedience to our bishop, even if we have not taken vows.
 
I don’t think this is an issue of obedience half so much as it is someone coming into the Church who does not know the process nor understand the rules surrounding it. Thy are eager to join the Church, and rightly or wrongly, RCIA with a culmination of that process usually ends on holy Saturday night with the already baptized individuals making a profession of faith (and then they, and any who were baptized that night are confirmed). They all then receive their first Communion.

The op has, with permission, gone outside the normal procedure, and it is not particularly unique that they may not understand exactly what has to occur. In this instance, it is outside the normal procedure.

And no, I am not interested in a debate as to what procedure should be used for those already baptized who wish to join the Church. That is another thread.
 
RCIA is not required, but some sort of instruction is necessary before Confirmation. Normally, Confession is within a week of Confirmation, depending on the diocese.

Confirmation does not have to be at the Easter Vigil. It can be anytime. All this is up to the Bishop.

If you have to wait until Confirmation at the Easter Vigil, consider it a religious exercise on patience. Believe me, I really did not need to go through RCIA, but did so anyway as a convert from being a Baptist clergy. The anticipation to be able to receive the Eucharist was intense. But, it is worth every single minute of waiting in holy anticipation.
 
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Be patient. It is worth waiting for and waiting will not last forever. In the mean time, take the Eucharist spiritually.
 
Something is not right? You haven’t revealed if your baptism is approved by the Church. If? the Church has not received confirmation that your baptism was approved, that may delay you receiving the Blessed Sacrament (Eucharist). You were allowed to go to Confession, which can confirm your baptism was validated or approved by the Church. Ask, if your baptism has been approved by the Church?

The Local Bishop is the ordinary minister of the Eucharist. If your circumstance is out of the normal course of a RCIA program, the Local Bishop has final authority to approve the reception of the Blessed Sacrament.

Also, the local Bishop gives your local priest the faculties to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation, when the local Bishop cannot be present. Which is usually done during the Easter season.

If? your Local Bishop is going to be present at your Easter Vigil Mass. The local Bishop will baptize, administer the Sacrament of Confirmation and the Eucharist to all Catechumens for baptism and the Elect.

Receiving your Sacraments from an Apostle of Jesus Christ (Local Bishop) is a great blessing. Fast and pray before the day you receive your Sacrament of Confirmation and the Eucharist.

Peace be with you
 
The Fr has approved my baptism and I am hoping to attend the RCIA course even if I had completed it to support my friends on the course.
 
I did not go through rcia. I had private instruction with a very good priest. That instruction was from September of 1992 to December of 1993. I was conditionally baptised and confirmed in the Eucharistic Chapel with just the priest and my sponsor present. That was on a friday. I received the Eucharistic for the first time that following Sunday. On Christmas Eve Father handed me my Baptism certificate which also had info about my confirmation and first communion.
 
If you were in RCIA as a baptized, fallen-away Catholic coming back, then sure, Confession would be all you’d need. But usually they would want to get you Confirmed as well as hearing your Confession; it just might not come up immediately. (A lot of Catholics are slow about mentioning that they never got Confirmed, and a lot of priests are slow about asking. It’s a weird thing.)

But if you were baptized but not Catholic, I can see where they’d want to dot their i’s and cross their t’s.

What I can’t see is why the priest heard your Confession without being able to Confirm you right afterward. I mean, I guess it could be done and maybe they were wanting to help you with getting rid of sins right away, but it is usually a package deal.

But yeah, the desirable order of Sacraments of Initiation for adults is probably the issue.
 
An update on my situation. I went to mass at my local parish and the priest wanted to give me the Eucharist and was confused when I crossed my arms. He spoke to me afterwards that he would sort it out for me. There just seem to be confusion as the new rules no one knows. This priest was a convert and he understands the persecution a Protestant gets for crossing the Tiber - a lot of Catholics don’t understand the difficulties.
 
In general, in the early church, the issue was making sure of the faith and fidelity of new members, who understood the gravity of partaking in the Lord’s supper. The “catechumens” were dismissed before the offertory. They were admitted to the mysteries after their formation, which might have taken a couple years.

(The Catholic church accepts the validity of the sacraments of the Orthodox Church. I was watching a youtube video with an Orthodox priest. I think he said the Greek name of Jesus translated as “Victor.” He referred to the Divine Liturgy (their “Mass”) as a victory celebration." )
 
The ordinary minister if the Eucharist is not the Bishop, they are the clergy celebrating, concelebrating, or assisting at the mass.
 
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Also, the local Bishop gives your local priest the faculties to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation, when the local Bishop cannot be present. Which is usually done during the Easter season.
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It’s Canon Law which gives the priest the faculty to confirm one whom he receives into full communion. It can be done at any time.
 
Update the priest of the my local parish says he has got a form for me to fill in. Any idea what this is?
 
The Local Ordinary minister of the Eucharist is the bishop. Yes, the priest has the faculty to confect the Eucharist as Ordinary Eucharistic minister, but the bishop hands on to him or ordains the priest. The Deacon is not an ordinary minister of the Eucharist in the strictest sense as stated above, although the Deacon is listed as an ordinary minister, the Deacon cannot confect the Eucharist in the ordinary sense.

In summary from my previous post. When it comes to issues regarding the Eucharist. The local Bishop has the final word. The local priest is given the responsibility of the Eucharist to administer, from the local bishop within the local bishop’s diocese. at the local parish.

Remember a Parish or Vocational Priest can be moved or transferred. Thus the Bishop is the local Ordinary minister of the Eucharist, especially when it comes to issues of the Eucharist being administered, within the bishop’s diocese.

What I have stated here, does not conflict with the validly ordained priest as being the only one to confect the Eucharist.

In canon law, it list the bishop, priest, and deacon as ordinary ministers of the distributors of the Eucharist. When it is commonly known that a deacon cannot confect the Eucharist.

It is commonly known that extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist are lay ministers or acolytes who distribute holy communion.
 
1313 In the Latin Rite, the ordinary minister of Confirmation is the bishop.132 If the need arises, the bishop may grant the faculty of administering Confirmation to priests,133 although it is fitting that he confer it himself, mindful that the celebration of Confirmation has been temporally separated from Baptism for this reason. Bishops are the successors of the apostles. They have received the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders. The administration of this sacrament by them demonstrates clearly that its effect is to unite those who receive it more closely to the Church, to her apostolic origins, and to her mission of bearing witness to Christ.
 
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