Receiving the Communion while in state of Mortal Sin

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There can also be the excuse of “family togetherness”, where the parents goad their children to receive Communion even if they themselves and the children (even the ones who are adults) still have unconfessed mortal sins; failure to do so would mean embarrassment. It’s as if they think they have the absolute right to be exempted from the directive not to receive Communion when in a state of mortal sin.

That excuse is so wrong.
 
CarmelJerome said:
Many Catholics have not been well-taught about what constitutes mortal sin; or they have been mistakenly taught by bad priests or catechists that they shouldn’t worry about it, or that the general confession in the mass covers the sin.

Contrition and communion are deeply linked, so the path to the altar goes through the confessional; there can be no real joy in communion without knowing that the union with Jesus in the Eucharist is complete, real, and holy./QUOTE]

This is perfect, may I quote you? 🙂
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SeekerOfIron said:
I think the main reason is a desire to not stand out. Especially in American churches where everyone files up pew by pew, staying in your pew marks you as someone different, like something’s wrong with you. Even receiving a blessing can seem weird, since it’s something non-Catholic visitors do far more often than Catholics in a state of mortal sin. When I notice others refrain from receiving the Eucharist, I mentally applaud them for their courage and reverence, but I don’t always show that same devotion.
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Those who judge us when we don’t go up for Communion are not the One who will judge us after we die. Shouldn’t take courage to remain in our seat if we don’t feel we should be receiving that day. How do they know but that we inadvertently broke our fast rather than that we are in a state of Mortal sin? Or, perhaps, we went to a Saturday afternoon Mass and received Communion, and then went to an early Sunday Mass and received Communion, and this third Mass we don’t receive because we can only receive twice in one day. How do they know and why do we care? Fear the Lord, not our neighbor.
 
I am one of those who often does not go forward for communion, and since (like a good Catholic) I sit in the back, I can watch the whole thing. There are other people who also do not go forward, and for the most part, I have noticed that they are those folks I see frequently in the confession line and visitors. The great mass of the congregation does approach the altar.

The strangest thing to me is that I’ll be at some other function, say our a weeknight meeting or similar, and those same people who go to communion will then remark, “Oh I have to stop at the drug store and pick up my birth control pills,” or (from this week) “Who goes to confession any more? I haven’t been in twelve years.” (from a Eucharistic minister).

As a convert, I sometimes don’t know whether to go back to what I was before (NEVER!!!) or just remain on my knees forever for the sins of all of us in Holy Mother Church.

(sorry if I took this off topic)
 
A priest once told me that if I am in a state of mortal sin, then say a good act of contrition, receive communion, and then get to confession ASAP then it’s ok that I received. What do you all say?
 
praestat_fides said:
A priest once told me that if I am in a state of mortal sin, then say a good act of contrition, receive communion, and then get to confession ASAP then it’s ok that I received. What do you all say?
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I believe we must make a good confession then accept communion.
 
praestat_fides said:
A priest once told me that if I am in a state of mortal sin, then say a good act of contrition, receive communion, and then get to confession ASAP then it’s ok that I received. What do you all say?
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I would say that at face value the priest misinformed you. that’s not what the Church teaches. Mother Angelica would be rolling her eyes.
 
praestat_fides said:
Yes she would! I miss her show…she was funny
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They re-run them on EWTN. I started watching her about a year a ago. So if you have EWTN, she’s still there. And, yes, she can be hilarious and so informative. I feel I get a lot out off watching her shows. As a matter of fact, I’m on my way to watch one I recorded earlier in the week.
 
Sean_St_Jude said:
They re-run them on EWTN. I started watching her about a year a ago. So if you have EWTN, she’s still there. And, yes, she can be hilarious and so informative. I feel I get a lot out off watching her shows. As a matter of fact, I’m on my way to watch one I recorded earlier in the week.
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Sweetheart, remember to put us in between your gas and your electric!
 
Brendan_64 said:
I think a lot of it is as a result of bad catechesis.

How many times do we hear priests even talk about sin, let alone mortal sin, to their congregations? How often do children in Catholic schools hear about mortal sin, hell or even the devil? If the parents haven’t had the right catechesis here, then how are their children to learn about this? We have a generation of Catholic children now growing up who have no idea about mortal sin, many of them have probably never even heard of it, let alone be aware of the consequences of mortal sin…
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Would you really want children to regard themselves as the evil sinners they were taught to believe they were in the 1950s.? Many only learned of a wrathful, judgemental God.
Children today are taught about the LOVE of God - in the 1950s We were taught about SIN. Many were driven away from the Faith.
 
Emily2014 said:
Would you really want children to regard themselves as the evil sinners they were taught to believe they were in the 1950s.? Many only learned of a wrathful, judgemental God.
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have I said I want children only to learn about a wrathful God? But you know what, sin hasn’t gone away. Sin hasn’t been abolished, mortal sin does still exist, and it still kills the soul. We do people no favours by pretending that this isn’t the case. If we don’t not teach about sin and its consequences we are leading people to ruin.
Emily2014 said:
Children today are taught about the LOVE of God - in the 1950s We were taught about SIN. Many were driven away from the Faith.
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So would you then say that church attendance has risen as a result since the 1960’s or has it fallen. Has there been a greater or lesser exodus of people from the church over the past few decades?

The Church’s teaching on mortal sin has not changed, not at all. Ignoring a teaching does not make it go away. Ignoring sin does not make sin go away.

The message of Christ is indeed a message of love, but that love is not a love of the ‘warm fuzzy’ kind. God’s love for us is through the bloody, painful sacrifice of His Son at the hands of humanity on Calvary. He opened the gates of Heaven to us, but we too have to play our part in walking towards and through those gates. Mortal sin is still here and it kills the soul, it prevents us from walking though those open gates, that is why ignoring it and not mentioning it is not an act of kindness, it is an act of cruelty.
 
tara123 said:
Hi everyone! My friend received the communion while in state of mortal sin. Will she be forgiven if she confessed it during the sacrament of reconciliation? Thanks everyone!
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Hi tara123,

Welcome to CAF!

In short - yes! Of course she will be forgiven. There’s no sin that’s greater than God’s mercy. However - it is a serious sin and she really shouldn’t do that. If you’re able to, you should ask your friend why she received. Sometimes people feel pressure to receive for various reasons, but they really shouldn’t. Encourage her to talk to a priest about it in Confession.

Hope that helps!
 
If I even have the slightest thought that I might be in mortal sin and confession isn’t possible at the time, or if I have ANY DOUBT AT ALL, I just ask the priest for a blessing instead of receiving the Eucharist.
 
tara123 said:
Hi everyone! My friend received the communion while in state of mortal sin. Will she be forgiven if she confessed it during the sacrament of reconciliation? Thanks everyone!
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Provided the Confession is valid, yes.
 
punisherthunder said:
If I even have the slightest thought that I might be in mortal sin and confession isn’t possible at the time, or if I have ANY DOUBT AT ALL, I just ask the priest for a blessing instead of receiving the Eucharist.
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I think there’s some room for flexibility regarding this comment. I’ve heard that it is not easy for the Faithful to fall into mortal sin.
 
SuperLuigi said:
I think there’s some room for flexibility regarding this comment. I’ve heard that it is not easy for the Faithful to fall into mortal sin.
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It seems that during the 60’s, if not later, that all you needed was to find one priest to tell you what you were doing was not a mortal sin and presto, you became the holiest of saints, never having to go to confession again.
 
From the outside looking in, Catholics in general seemed more religious in the 1950s than today. So, immersed in sin - or so immersed in LOVE that sin no longer exists? hmmm:confused:
 
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