Questions on receiving Holy Communion

[BintuluChuchGuy]

Hi everyone,I hope you all are having a good time in Lent.

Anyway,here’s my first question(I need to answer my grandma who’s quite confused till she got me confused too)

1.Do we fast from food one hour before mass or one hour before receiving Communion,its like mass starts at 7pm,so you fast from 6pm to 7pm or the time when you go to receive communion is 7.30pm,so you fast from 6.30pm to the particular time of receiving Holy Communion.Which is right?

2.My second question,if we dont fast at all before mass,is it permissible to receive Holy Communion?

Thanks in advance

 

[Carolus_Martell]

The fast is 1 hour before communion, now if you intentionally receive without fasting it’s a form of disrespect to the Blessed Sacrament. Not up there like a sacrilegious communion but something you want to confess.

 

[theyoungmonk]

It is one hour before Communion, but it is a good idea to give an hour before Mass, that way you dont have to worry about timeings etc.

If you have eaten within an hour then you must not receive communion unless you have been dispensed from the fast by your Ordinary, Parish Priest, or the celebrent of the Mass. Of course viaticum in danger of death is not governed by the fast, particles between teeth also do not break the fast and neither does water.

 

[paperwight66]

People who are caregivers for the housebound aren’t bound by the fast either, as they wouldn’t know when the EMHC was coming to the precise minute.

 

[A_G]

According to the Canon Law of the Catholic Church #919:
919 (1) A person who is to receive the Most Holy Eucharist is to abstain for at least one hour before Holy Communion from any food and drink, except for only water and medicine.
(2) A priest who celebrates the Most Holy Eucharist two or three times on the same day can take something before the second or third celebration even if there is less than one hour between them.
(3) The elderly, the infirm, and those who care for them can receive the Most Holy Eucharist even if they have eaten something within the preceding hour.

(By “elderly,” the Church means anyone 60 years of age and older.)

We are to abstain from food and drink one hour before receiving Holy Communion. Water and medicine are ok.

If it has not been an hour, I believe we are not permitted to receive. If we do not fast an hour prior to Holy Communion, we should confess it.

 

[maryjk]

People who are caregivers for the housebound aren’t bound by the fast either, as they wouldn’t know when the EMHC was coming to the precise minute.

I once had a priest show up, right after lunch. I was so upset that I wouldn’t be able to receive, until he told me that I could since as a caregiver I wasn’t bound to fast.