Recieving the Eucharist more than once a day and dispensation

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Bookcat said:
I noted above…Canon Law.

Jimmy Lays is all out nicely in the link.
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He makes the same argument as you. It is an opinion just like yours. Likewise, what I say is opinion too; I am not claiming any more insight on this matter than you and Jimmy Akin.

What you both say is a convincing argument. I am not satisfied though that it fully answers the matter. There is still, to me, a reasonable argument that for receiving communion a day might be a liturgical day.

Canon 2 says: “For the most part the Code does not determine the rites to be observed in the celebration of liturgical actions. Accordingly, liturgical laws which have been in effect hitherto retain their force, except those which may be contrary to the canons of the Code”. There is a large body of liturgical law outside the Code of Canon Law 1983. Can we, therefore, solely rely on the Code to answer this question.
 
Matthew_Holford said:
He makes the same argument as you. It is an opinion just like yours. Likewise, what I say is opinion too; I am not claiming any more insight on this matter than you and Jimmy Akin.

What you both say is a convincing argument. I am not satisfied though that it fully answers the matter. There is still, to me, a reasonable argument that for receiving communion a day might be a liturgical day.

Canon 2 says: “For the most part the Code does not determine the rites to be observed in the celebration of liturgical actions. Accordingly, liturgical laws which have been in effect hitherto retain their force, except those which may be contrary to the canons of the Code”. There is a large body of liturgical law outside the Code of Canon Law 1983. Can we, therefore, solely rely on the Code to answer this question.
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If I make an argument that X means Y.

And you make an argument that X means Z.

And yet we find other good sources in the theological world saying that X means Z.

But we find in no other good sources --not even one – that X means Y.

I think I would do well to reconsider my understanding.

Nowhere will one find that one may receive Holy Communion 2 x on a Saturday morning and then a third time at the Sunday Mass on Saturday evening.

(one may only receive that evening only viaticum…and then only a third time…not a forth)

Indeed in this case there must be according to Canon Law “express” provision otherwise to take the day to mean otherwise. No one will be able to produce such “express provision”. Rather one will find it understood otherwise.
 
FrDavid96 said:
I truly have no idea what you’re trying to say in the above post.

In any case, what you aren’t seeing here is that for liturgical purposes, the Church considers the (solemnity) day to begin at the time of First Vespers.

Since the next day has already begun, we must necessarily conclude that the previous day has ended.

That means that when one attends a Mass on Saturday evening, the actual day (as far as the Church is concerned) is Sunday. It is no longer Saturday. The number of times that a person received on a day-in-the-past has no bearing on receiving Communion on the present-day.

The best evidence I can give for this is the well-established fact that the Church considers the whole of the Saturday evening Mass to be the Mass of Sunday.

As I’ve said before, whatever applies to the “whole” likewise applies to “every part of the whole.” This is a basic principle in canon law.

Since the whole of the Mass is “Sunday Mass” every part of that Mass is Sunday Mass, including receiving Communion.
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Sorry I was not more clear. The quotes are from the 1967 Eucharisticum Mysterium No. 28 refer to two other documents including the three times given (I designated them A, B, C) were needed because each case the Communion may occur twice between midnight to midnight. This is, in the case of the Vigil of Nativity and Vigil of Easter, because they were allowable from the start of the liturgical feast after vespers (the previous canonical day) until 6 AM, after which the non-vigil Mass of Christmas or Easter begins. That means the vigil may occur during the six hours after midnight on the same canonical day.

They are 1967 Tres abhinc annos of May 4, 1967, no. 14, and S.C.R. Instruction Inter Oecumenici, 26. ix. 1964, n. 60-AAS 56 1964. p. 891., which is about the Vigil:
VI. FACULTY OF REPEATING COMMUNION ON THE SAME DAY (SC art. 55)
60. The faithful who receive communion at the Mass of the Easter Vigil or the Midnight Mass of Christmas may receive again at the second Mass of Easter and at one of the Day Masses of Christmas.
SC 55 is Sacrosanctum Concilium:
55. That more perfect form of participation in the Mass whereby the faithful, after the priest’s communion, receive the Lord’s body from the same sacrifice, is strongly commended.
The dogmatic principles which were laid down by the Council of Trent remaining intact 40], communion under both kinds may be granted when the bishops think fit, not only to clerics and religious, but also to the laity, in cases to be determined by the Apostolic See, as, for instance, to the newly ordained in the Mass of their sacred ordination, to the newly professed in the Mass of their religious profession, and to the newly baptized in the Mass which follows their baptism.
vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html
 
Bookcat said:
If I make an argument that X means Y.

And you make an argument that X means Z.

And yet we find other good sources in the theological world saying that X means Z.

But we find in no other good sources --not even one – that X means Y.

I think I would do well to reconsider my understanding.

Nowhere will one find that one may receive Holy Communion 2 x on a Saturday morning and then a third time at the Sunday Mass on Saturday evening.

(one may only receive that evening only viaticum…and then only a third time…not a forth)

Indeed in this case there must be according to Canon Law “express” provision otherwise to take the day to mean otherwise. No one will be able to produce such “express provision”. Rather one will find it understood otherwise.
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OK, I accept that you will not look beyond the Code at laws which are outwith the Code. I shall ask you no more on this issue.
 
Matthew_Holford said:
OK, I accept that you will not look beyond the Code at laws which are outwith the Code. I shall ask you no more on this issue.
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There is no express provision otherwise in law --anywhere! Even outside the code of Canon Law!
 
What may happen:
  1. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  2. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at Mass at anytime in day (such as wedding etc…but need not be “some special occasion”).
  3. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday. And then the next day (Sunday) Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at Mass at anytime in day (such as some special celebration…but need not be “some special occasion”).
  4. Communion a third time for those who are in danger of death on either Saturday or Sunday.
What may not happen:
  1. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at a Mass in the afternoon say at a wedding and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  2. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and again at Mass in the morning (etc) and then at evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  3. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside) (or communion at any time) and then Communion again outside Mass (unless as viaticum).
  4. Communion in the Morning, then again at Mass at noon and then again at Mass in the Evening. (Communion may only happen a third time on a 24 hour day --midnight to midnight- if it is viaticum for those who are in danger of death…but not a forth time.)
 
Vico said:
Sorry I was not more clear. The quotes are from the 1967 Eucharisticum Mysterium No. 28 refer to two other documents including the three times given (I designated them A, B, C) were needed because each case the Communion may occur twice between midnight to midnight. This is, in the case of the Vigil of Nativity and Vigil of Easter, because they were allowable from the start of the liturgical feast after vespers (the previous canonical day) until 6 AM, after which the non-vigil Mass of Christmas or Easter begins. That means the vigil may occur during the six hours after midnight on the same canonical day.

They are 1967 Tres abhinc annos of May 4, 1967, no. 14, and S.C.R. Instruction Inter Oecumenici, 26. ix. 1964, n. 60-AAS 56 1964. p. 891., which is about the Vigil:
VI. FACULTY OF REPEATING COMMUNION ON THE SAME DAY (SC art. 55)
60. The faithful who receive communion at the Mass of the Easter Vigil or the Midnight Mass of Christmas may receive again at the second Mass of Easter and at one of the Day Masses of Christmas.
SC 55 is Sacrosanctum Concilium:
55. That more perfect form of participation in the Mass whereby the faithful, after the priest’s communion, receive the Lord’s body from the same sacrifice, is strongly commended.
The dogmatic principles which were laid down by the Council of Trent remaining intact 40], communion under both kinds may be granted when the bishops think fit, not only to clerics and religious, but also to the laity, in cases to be determined by the Apostolic See, as, for instance, to the newly ordained in the Mass of their sacred ordination, to the newly professed in the Mass of their religious profession, and to the newly baptized in the Mass which follows their baptism.
vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html
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Neither of those 2 documents address the issue of a Catholic who wishes to receive Communion at a Sunday Mass on Saturday other than the Easter Vigil and the Christmas Vigil.

The Instruction Eucharisticum Mysterium Congregation for Rites, 1967
states that a person can receive on Saturday morning and again on Saturday evening and this sentence has no footnote referring to any other documents.

You keep making reference to Tres Abhinc Annos and Inter Oecumenici. The problem with your references though is that they do NOT address the question since they are limited to Easter and Christmas. And these documents were not the basis (not directly) for the statement by the Congregation for Rites that a Catholic may receive Communion the maximum number of times on Saturday morning and again on Saturday evening.
  1. Anticipating the Sunday and Feast Day Masses on the Previous Evening
    Where permission has been granted by the Apostolic See to fulfill the Sunday obligation on the preceding Saturday evening, pastors should explain the meaning of this permission carefully to the faithful and should ensure that the significance of Sunday is not thereby obscured. The purpose of this concession is in fact to enable the Christians of today to celebrate more easily the day of the resurrection of the Lord.
All concessions and contrary customs notwithstanding, when celebrated on Saturday this Mass may be celebrated only in the evening, at times determined by the local Ordinary.

In these cases the Mass celebrated is that assigned in the calendar to Sunday, the homily and the prayer of the faithful are not to be omitted.

What has been said above is equally valid for the Mass on holy days of obligation which for the same reason has been transferred to the preceding evening.

The Mass celebrated on the evening before Pentecost Sunday is the present Mass of the Vigil, with the Creed. Likewise, the Mass celebrated on the evening of Christmas Eve is the Mass of the Vigil but with white vestments, the Alleluia and the Preface of the Nativity, as on the feast. Nevertheless it is not permitted to celebrate the Vigil Mass of Easter Sunday before dusk on Holy Saturday, certainly not before sunset. This Mass is always that of the Easter Vigil, which, by reason of its special significance in the liturgical year and in the whole Christian life, must be celebrated with the liturgical rites laid down for the Vigil on this holy night.

The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening may go to Communion at that Mass even if they have already received Communion in the morning. Those who “have received Communion during the Mass of the Easter Vigil, or during the Mass of the Lord’s Nativity, may receive Communion again at the second Easter Mass and at one of the Masses on Christmas Day.” Likewise “the faithful who go to Communion at the Mass of Chrism on Holy Thursday may again receive Communion at the evening Mass of the same day,” in accordance with the Instruction Tres abhinc annos of May 4, 1967, no. 14.
 
The Faithful may receive Communion a second time only in a Mass they participate in that day. And day is understood as running from midnight to midnight.

What may happen:
  1. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  2. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at Mass at anytime in day (such as wedding etc…but need not be “some special occasion”).
  3. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday. And then the next day (Sunday) Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at Mass at anytime in day (such as some special celebration…but need not be “some special occasion”).
  4. Communion a third time for those who are in danger of death (viaticum) on either Saturday or Sunday.
What may not happen:
  1. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at a Mass in the afternoon say at a wedding and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  2. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and again at Mass in the morning (etc) and then at evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  3. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside) (or communion at any time) and then Communion again outside Mass (unless as viaticum).
  4. Communion in the Morning, then again at Mass at noon and then again at Mass in the Evening. (Communion may only happen a third time on a 24 hour day --midnight to midnight- if it is viaticum for those who are in danger of death…but not a forth time.)
 
Dubium

Responses of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of the Legislative Texts

Q. Whether, according to c. 917, one who has already received the Most Holy Eucharist may receive it on the same day only a second time, or as often as one participates in the celebration of the Eucharist?

R. Affirmative to the first; negative to the second

Response 26-26-1984
Papal approval 11-07-1984
Promulgation 07-08-1984

(From the Code of Canon Law Annotated. Wilson and Lafleur Ltee)

If an exception to this was permitted it would have to be noted and would have by now…

And if “day” in Canon 917 meant a liturgical day it would have to “expressly” provided for in law.
Indeed it is not and day is understood where ever one reads about it to mean midnight to midnight.
 
The Church really wants communion to be only happen a second time really. And then only during a Mass one participates in.

Even in the case of Viaticum they are not to receive such again until the next day…and again day is NOT taken as the next Liturgical day…but as Canon Law means the term “day” (unless expressly otherwise provided)

Can 921 §3. While the danger of death lasts, it is recommended that holy communion be administered often, but on separate days.
 
FrDavid96 said:
Neither of those 2 documents address the issue of a Catholic who wishes to receive Communion at a Sunday Mass on Saturday other than the Easter Vigil and the Christmas Vigil.

The Instruction Eucharisticum Mysterium Congregation for Rites, 1967
states that a person can receive on Saturday morning and again on Saturday evening and this sentence has no footnote referring to any other documents.

You keep making reference to Tres Abhinc Annos and Inter Oecumenici. The problem with your references though is that they do NOT address the question since they are limited to Easter and Christmas. And these documents were not the basis (not directly) for the statement by the Congregation for Rites that a Catholic may receive Communion the maximum number of times on Saturday morning and again on Saturday evening.
28. Anticipating the Sunday and Feast Day Masses on the Previous Evening
Where permission has been granted by the Apostolic See to fulfill the Sunday obligation on the preceding Saturday evening, pastors should explain the meaning of this permission carefully to the faithful and should ensure that the significance of Sunday is not thereby obscured. The purpose of this concession is in fact to enable the Christians of today to celebrate more easily the day of the resurrection of the Lord.

All concessions and contrary customs notwithstanding, when celebrated on Saturday this Mass may be celebrated only in the evening, at times determined by the local Ordinary.

In these cases the Mass celebrated is that assigned in the calendar to Sunday, the homily and the prayer of the faithful are not to be omitted.

What has been said above is equally valid for the Mass on holy days of obligation which for the same reason has been transferred to the preceding evening.

The Mass celebrated on the evening before Pentecost Sunday is the present Mass of the Vigil, with the Creed. Likewise, the Mass celebrated on the evening of Christmas Eve is the Mass of the Vigil but with white vestments, the Alleluia and the Preface of the Nativity, as on the feast. Nevertheless it is not permitted to celebrate the Vigil Mass of Easter Sunday before dusk on Holy Saturday, certainly not before sunset. This Mass is always that of the Easter Vigil, which, by reason of its special significance in the liturgical year and in the whole Christian life, must be celebrated with the liturgical rites laid down for the Vigil on this holy night.

The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening may go to Communion at that Mass even if they have already received Communion in the morning. Those who “have received Communion during the Mass of the Easter Vigil, or during the Mass of the Lord’s Nativity, may receive Communion again at the second Easter Mass and at one of the Masses on Christmas Day.” Likewise “the faithful who go to Communion at the Mass of Chrism on Holy Thursday may again receive Communion at the evening Mass of the same day,” in accordance with the Instruction Tres abhinc annos of May 4, 1967, no. 14.
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Of course it is in the same paragraph which gives the two sources (footnote 80 is missing from your post, it occurs after “Christmas Day” in the original) and Tres abhinc annos for Holy Thursday. Both those sources are examples of “The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening” when the vigil includes the time between midnight and 6 am.

The first sentence of the paragraph means, for example for the Immaculate Conception on a Monday where there is a vigil Mass on Sunday, that those faithful that have previously received Communion on Sunday, could again receive it at the Sunday evening vigil. It uses the word “already”: “… even if they have already received Communion in the morning.”
 
Vico said:
Of course it is in the same paragraph which gives the two sources (footnote 80 is missing from your post, it occurs after “Christmas Day” in the original) and Tres abhinc annos for Holy Thursday. Both those sources are examples of “The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening” when the vigil includes the time between midnight and 6 am.

The first sentence of the paragraph means, for example for the Immaculate Conception on a Monday where there is a vigil Mass on Sunday, that those faithful that have previously received Communion on Sunday, could again receive it at the Sunday evening vigil. It uses the word “already”: “… even if they have already received Communion in the morning.”
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No. You are very much mistaken.

Neither of those two sources mention the Sunday Mass on Saturday. You keep trying to say that they do, but the simple truth is that they do not. If you are going to keep making that claim, please provide a quote from the documents that supports your claim.

Here is a link to Tres abhinc annos adoremus.org/TresAbhinc.html
and here is one to Inter oecumenici adoremus.org/Interoecumenici.html

Neither of these documents addresses the issue of the Saturday evening Mass.

I invite you, or anyone else reading this thread, to provide a quote from either of those 2 documents which addresses the issue of Communion on a Saturday evening OTHER THAN the Easter Vigil (or perhaps if Christmas eve happens to be a Saturday).

Paragraph #28 in Eucharisticum Mysterium says “The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening may go to Communion at that Mass even if they have already received Communion in the morning.”

And there is no footnote referencing any other source. The footnotes are there, but they refer to later sentences, specifically to the Easter Vigil and to Christmas. They say NOTHING about the Sunday Mass on Saturday evening.
 
FrDavid96 said:
No. You are very much mistaken.

Neither of those two sources mention the Sunday Mass on Saturday. You keep trying to say that they do, but the simple truth is that they do not. If you are going to keep making that claim, please provide a quote from the documents that supports your claim.

Here is a link to Tres abhinc annos adoremus.org/TresAbhinc.html
and here is one to Inter oecumenici adoremus.org/Interoecumenici.html

Neither of these documents addresses the issue of the Saturday evening Mass.

I invite you, or anyone else reading this thread, to provide a quote from either of those 2 documents which addresses the issue of Communion on a Saturday evening OTHER THAN the Easter Vigil (or perhaps if Christmas eve happens to be a Saturday).

Paragraph #28 in Eucharisticum Mysterium says “The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening may go to Communion at that Mass even if they have already received Communion in the morning.”

And there is no footnote referencing any other source. The footnotes are there, but they refer to later sentences, specifically to the Easter Vigil and to Christmas. They say NOTHING about the Sunday Mass on Saturday evening.
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I am referring to this:

The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening may go to Communion at that Mass even if they have already received Communion in the morning.

With my comment:
The first sentence of the paragraph means, for example for the Immaculate Conception on a Monday where there is a vigil Mass on Sunday, that those faithful that have previously received Communion on Sunday, could again receive it at the Sunday evening vigil. It uses the word “already”: “… even if they have already received Communion in the morning.”

The other thing, the footnote 80 is shown in your source at adoramus, so I do not understand why you deny that, but no matter:

The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening may go to Communion at that Mass even if they have already received Communion in the morning. Those who "have received Communion during the Mass of the Easter Vigil, or during the Mass of the Lord’s Nativity, may receive Communion again at the second Easter Mass and at one of the Masses on Christmas Day."80 Likewise “the faithful who go to Communion at the Mass of Chrism on Holy Thursday may again receive Communion at the evening Mass of the same day,” in accordance with the Instruction Tres abhinc annos of May 4, 1967, no. 14.
 
Bookcat said:
The Faithful may receive Communion a second time only in a Mass they participate in that day. And day is understood as running from midnight to midnight.

What may happen:
  1. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  2. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at Mass at anytime in day (such as wedding etc…but need not be “some special occasion”).
  3. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday. And then the next day (Sunday) Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at Mass at anytime in day (such as some special celebration…but need not be “some special occasion”).
  4. Communion a third time for those who are in danger of death (viaticum) on either Saturday or Sunday.
What may not happen:
  1. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at a Mass in the afternoon say at a wedding and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  2. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and again at Mass in the morning (etc) and then at evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  3. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside) (or communion at any time) and then Communion again outside Mass (unless as viaticum).
  4. Communion in the Morning, then again at Mass at noon and then again at Mass in the Evening. (Communion may only happen a third time on a 24 hour day --midnight to midnight- if it is viaticum for those who are in danger of death…but not a forth time.)
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It seem that you covered everything there.
 
Vico said:
I am referring to this:

The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening may go to Communion at that Mass even if they have already received Communion in the morning.

With my comment:
The first sentence of the paragraph means, for example for the Immaculate Conception on a Monday where there is a vigil Mass on Sunday, that those faithful that have previously received Communion on Sunday, could again receive it at the Sunday evening vigil. It uses the word “already”: “… even if they have already received Communion in the morning.”

The other thing, the footnote 80 is shown in your source at adoramus, so I do not understand why you deny that, but no matter:

The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening may go to Communion at that Mass even if they have already received Communion in the morning. Those who "have received Communion during the Mass of the Easter Vigil, or during the Mass of the Lord’s Nativity, may receive Communion again at the second Easter Mass and at one of the Masses on Christmas Day."80 Likewise “the faithful who go to Communion at the Mass of Chrism on Holy Thursday may again receive Communion at the evening Mass of the same day,” in accordance with the Instruction Tres abhinc annos of May 4, 1967, no. 14.
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I am denying no such thing.

You are attempting to take a footnote that refers to one sentence, and make it apply to a completely different sentence. I removed the footnote simply to make the text easier to read. Since the text to which it refers is not addressing the issue at hand, there was no need to keep it in my quoted text.

The sentence “The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening may go to Communion at that Mass even if they have already received Communion in the morning” means just what it says. If a person goes to Communion on Saturday morning, that person is NOT ineligible to receive Communion at the Sunday Mass on Saturday evening.

I don’t know where you’re coming up with all that stuff about if the Immaculate Conception is on a Monday. You’re really grasping at straws there in a very transparent attempt to deny what the text actually says.

You are also trying to make an issue out of the fact that I removed a footnote that has nothing to do with the subject at hand. In doing so, you are only showing that you cannot present any logical rebuttal to what I have to say here, and so you resort to distractions.
 
FrDavid96 said:
I am denying no such thing.

You are attempting to take a footnote that refers to one sentence, and make it apply to a completely different sentence. I removed the footnote simply to make the text easier to read. Since the text to which it refers is not addressing the issue at hand, there was no need to keep it in my quoted text.

The sentence “The faithful who begin to celebrate the Sunday or holy day of obligation on the preceding evening may go to Communion at that Mass even if they have already received Communion in the morning” means just what it says. If a person goes to Communion on Saturday morning, that person is NOT ineligible to receive Communion at the Sunday Mass on Saturday evening.

I don’t know where you’re coming up with all that stuff about if the Immaculate Conception is on a Monday. You’re really grasping at straws there in a very transparent attempt to deny what the text actually says.

You are also trying to make an issue out of the fact that I removed a footnote that has nothing to do with the subject at hand. In doing so, you are only showing that you cannot present any logical rebuttal to what I have to say here, and so you resort to distractions.
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The footnote is not important to the first sentence, so ignore it, that is why I said, no matter.

You said: “If a person goes to Communion on Saturday morning, that person is NOT ineligible to receive Communion at the Sunday Mass on Saturday evening.”

Which is exactly the same as what I said, but using (midnight to midnight) Sunday instead of (midnight to midnight) Saturday; you used the Sunday obligation, and I used the holy day of obligation of the feast of the Immaculate Conception example. Both are mentioned.
 
Vico said:
The footnote is not important to the first sentence, so ignore it, that is why I said, no matter.

You said: “If a person goes to Communion on Saturday morning, that person is NOT ineligible to receive Communion at the Sunday Mass on Saturday evening.”

Which is exactly the same as what I said, but using (midnight to midnight) Sunday instead of (midnight to midnight) Saturday; you used the Sunday obligation, and I used the holy day of obligation of the feast of the Immaculate Conception example. Both are mentioned.
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And the point remains that the Congregation for Rites in the Instruction tells us that a person who receives Communion the maximum number of times on Saturday morning, may receive Communion at the Sunday Mass celebrated on Saturday evening.

Therefore, a person who receives twice on Saturday morning (since the maximum has now been expanded from once to twice), MAY receive Holy Communion at the Sunday Mass celebrated on Saturday evening.
 
FrDavid96 said:
And the point remains that the Congregation for Rites in the Instruction tells us that a person who receives Communion the maximum number of times on Saturday morning, may receive Communion at the Sunday Mass celebrated on Saturday evening.

Therefore, a person who receives twice on Saturday morning (since the maximum has now been expanded from once to twice), MAY receive Holy Communion at the Sunday Mass celebrated on Saturday evening.
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I have not followed this part of the conversation.

But.

Whatever was the law --then–was the law then.

Not now.
 
Bookcat said:
The Church really wants communion to be only happen a second time really. And then only during a Mass one participates in.

Even in the case of Viaticum they are not to receive such again until the next day…and again day is NOT taken as the next Liturgical day…but as Canon Law means the term “day” (unless expressly otherwise provided)

Can 921 §3. While the danger of death lasts, it is recommended that holy communion be administered often, but on separate days.
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The Faithful may receive Communion a second time only in a Mass they participate in that day. And day is understood as running from midnight to midnight.

What may happen:
  1. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  2. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at Mass at anytime in day (such as wedding etc…but need not be “some special occasion”).
  3. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday. And then the next day (Sunday) Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at Mass at anytime in day (such as some special celebration…but need not be “some special occasion”).
  4. Communion a third time for those who are in danger of death (viaticum) on either Saturday or Sunday.
What may not happen:
  1. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), Communion at a Mass in the afternoon say at a wedding and evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  2. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside), and again at Mass in the morning (etc) and then at evening Communion at Mass for Sunday.
  3. Morning Communion (at Mass or outside) (or communion at any time) and then Communion again outside Mass (unless as viaticum).
  4. Communion in the Morning, then again at Mass at noon and then again at Mass in the Evening. (Communion may only happen a third time on a 24 hour day --midnight to midnight- if it is viaticum for those who are in danger of death…but not a forth time.)
 
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