Receiving the eucharist as a non-catholic

[jmcrae]

Because your post quoted ** rkberlin ** and in that quote, reference was made to the Polish National Church. It was unclear to me if your reply was in reference to the Polish National Church or not. If it was, I thought that I would clarify some things about it.

Sorry if I misunderstood.

No problem - obviously, I should have deleted the section about the Polish National Church, to avoid this kind of confusion. I was intending to respond to the part where the Lutherans were partaking of the Eucharist in a Catholic liturgy.

 

[prv]

No problem - obviously, I should have deleted the section about the Polish National Church, to avoid this kind of confusion. I was intending to respond to the part where the Lutherans were partaking of the Eucharist in a Catholic liturgy.

My understanding was that the OP’s question was if non-Catholics (any non-Catholic) could ever receive Holy Communion in our Church. I replied in the affirmative, that limited (in summary) non-Catholics could. I overlooked the part about the Lutherans. This obviously does not include them, who reject any understanding of a true ordained preisthood, save that of mere leadership. This is where I, and no one else, inserted the Polish National Catholics, who do not belong to our Church, and those who are in like condition. I apologize for the confusion.

If the moderator chooses and the OP desires, the above mentioned posts in confusion can be all deleted.

 

[Traditional_Ang]

Thank you. Berlin is predominantly Lutheran (about 80%), Catholics are a small tolerated minority. Needless to say, the Lutherans always complain about not being invited to “our” communion, when they always invite us to theirs (now, why I would do that…? I don’t know)…maybe that’s why he gave the option…still odd

rkberlin:

What needs to be understood is that the Lutheran Communion is NOT the Body and Blood of out Lord and that He doesn’t become esp. present under the guise of bread and wine at the hands of the Lutheran Minister. Meanwhile, when the Catholic priest says the words, “This is my Body… This is my Blood…” He stands in the place of Christ, and the Bread and Wine become Christ’s Body and Blood, and that’s what we receive.

Since the Lutherans believe that its His Body and Blood commingled with Bread and Wine, and NOT His Body in Blood under the guise of bread and wine, they would be “Receiving unworthily” in the words of St. Paul.

That’s why Lutherans can’t be invited - not unless the individual Lutheran believes in Transubstantiation and the other articles of the Catholic Faith. In which case, it might be a good idea to ask him when he was planning to join the Catholic Church.

Your Brother in Christ, Michael