Refusing Communion

[adopted_heir]

Well, I don’t know about specific cases recently, but in the book Eucharistic Miracles by (someone) Carroll, there are instances of it, where someone stole a Host to take home and use in a spell or something, and it would bleed and drive them to repentance, or in one instance I believe one levitated and wouldn’t land until the bishop came and put it to rest properly. I think that was before Youtube

 

[backprop]

So, thus far, no

 

[BenedictFTW]

OK, I’m going to ask about this. This particular number is quoted all over this site but it sounds apocryphal. Any proof that satanists “frequent” churches for this purpose?

Why do you ask for proof? Do you doubt it? Satan knows that Jesus is the Son of God and Satan knows that the Catholic Church serves the Real Body and Blood, Why wouldn’t Satanists want it?

I heard a talk about this. The man giving the talk - Raymond de Souza - actually watched a woman ‘palm’ the Body and, after the man followed her back to her seat, she put it into a small round silver compact. Later, there was tea and biscuits and this man made an opportunity to speak to the woman. She admitted that she was a Satanist and that her group had several people collecting the Eucharist for their black masses. He went on to say that these Satanists could actually tell which of many similar looking Hosts was the Body of Christ.

If you realised what a treasure the Body of Christ is that is available to us every time we go to Mass, you would not need proof that Satanists would want it so badly as to steal it.

Believe it. It happens! Probably right under your nose.

 

[backprop]

I question it because to me it sounds like some of the breathless assertions made in a Chick tract. It’s repeated with gusto time and time again, yet there is no proof. I think satan can be just as insidious without being so overt as to have “satanists” breaking into churches, and it is a disservice to justify generating caution by repeating something that doesn’t seem to be substantiated.

I neither believe nor disbelieve Mr. de Souza, but as he is not scripture, I think I’m entitled to doubt. The story sounds rather fanciful.

 

[Spirithound]

At the beginning of Mass, in the opening prayers we all do say sorry to God for our sins. And almost time and time again…

isn’t this good enough?

Firstly, certainly not, if it is not actually meant!
Secondly, it cannot replace sacramental confession.