True true. Or greed? Or what about someone who views pornography? Where do we draw the line as far as sin goes? I do draw a distinction though when it comes to abortion. Those who support it basically support murder. Personally, I find that most replusive - much much moreso than anything else.
In my opinion any Catholic who holds convictions that are anti-Catholic should not receive Holy Communion as it is a sacrilege which is mortal sin. Confession would be in order before reception of Holy Communion. The Catholic Church should not be “used” as a forum for anti-Catholic sentiment. Those that are in doubt of Catholic Doctrine should get educated to make informed opinion.
Hi buckeyedgrl.
I like this answer.
I voted no. But this could be in effect only if the clergy loudly, clearly and emphatically stated that anyone supporting any of these issues could not receive communion. Only if the clergy would say that everyone must be pro life from conception to natural death in order to be in alliance with what the Church teaches, in order to receive the Eucharist, could this prohibition be carried out. But this won’t happen as note the big bru ha ha earlier this year of a priest (can’t remember where) who told his congregation that anyone who voted for bo must go to confession before receiving communion. Remember how he was not supported by his Bishop? How he was castegated by his superiors themselves?
The Missal contains a statement concerning reception of Holy Communion and occasionally a Priest will make a statement during Mass that visitors who do not hold true to Catholic Doctrine are asked not to receive Holy Communion. Those who oppose Catholic Doctrine in fact are advised by the Missal to refrain from Holy Communion therefore by conscience those anti-Catholic are receiving from a conscience of sacrilege should they decide to receive anyway. Of course the Priest or Eucharist Ministers are not able to discern who holds anti-Catholic sentiment prior to Holy Communion without a vocal admission of error although Christ knows who they are and there is no way [for an anti-Catholic] to avoid condemnation through reception of the Holy Eucharist for anyone who receives sacrilegiously regardless of how the Priest polices the Mass. When anti-Catholic make themselves known through speech however, it is mortal sin for their reception of Christ in the Eucharist and a Priest or Eucharist Minister would also become guilty of sacrilege by allowing the Holy Eucharist to that person.
Nothing personal, but I think this mentality is part of the problem.
Let’s pray this is so.Nothing personal, but I think this mentality is part of the problem.
We do not have a right to our Lord. We must prove ourselves worthy by keeping His commandments (If you love Me, then…). Catholics are all familiar with what is expected of us before we present ourselves before God. I think most people would take it more seriously if communion were denied. I thought it would never happen, until I arrived at my current parish, and I saw our pastor actually deny communion to the two people in line in front of me, and he was not apologetic about it.
We need more priests like him. I believe they are coming.
I believe this is so always, that all Priests are very aware and astute in distribution of Holy Communion. The major problem of course is that many persons can be so deceptive in a very sneaky way.
What about priests who share the same concept of pro-choice actions and pro-same sex marriage movements? ‘All’ is a bit too much, and sadly many persons can be even priests of the Church, even if they disagree on the Church’s stands.
