Resent receiving Communion from Eucharistic Minister

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. So I csnt fathom how just any person who hasn’t had the theological formation to truly understand the sanctity of the host would feel comfortable even touching the chalice. Maybe that’s it… I have a problem with lay persobs believing they are worthy to touch the specie without having undergone the psycho spiritual journey one goes through via seminary.
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And I can’t fathom how just any person thinks they know better than the Church does, how these things should be done.
 
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The church is not perfect. I csnt fathom why they wont let women be priests and why they wont let priests marry. Likewise, I cant fathom why the church allows EMHC.
 
Just curious. At face value, you came here looking for advice and what others think. Now, because all, I believe, indicate they have no issue receiving from an EMHC, you seem to want to turn it into a debate. Which is it? Did you want people to respond with their honest answer, or did you come looking for an argument?
 
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No, I haven’t. but I have no intention of serving as EMHC.
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You handle the precious body and blood every time you receive.
How do you justify this having not prepared yourself through the rigors of seminary?

The logic you use against EMHC’s also applies to you.
 
I came to this site to see if others shared my concern. Based on one response, apparently, there is at least one other person ( the wife of a responder) who shares my concern. I came here for a dialog, hoping for a civilized discussion about something that I would suspect a number of Catholics keep highly closeted for the exact reason I encountered on this site: The fear that voicing a concern that might be unpopular would be met with ferocious crowd shaming and self righteousness from those who believe otherwise. The kindness, sensitivity, understanding, and empathy for being able to put yourselves in another,'s shoes or try to understand another perspective apparently is not inherent in the culture of this forum.
 
I take the host on the tongue. Its unfortunate that a lot of assumptions are made about my post.
 
I understand what you are saying. We should be able to voice our opinions. I was just curious as to how the thread has developed.
 
pmp147236 said:
I take the host on the tongue. Its unfortunate that a lot of assumptions are made about my post.
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I have made no assumption.
You handle the precious body and blood.
Yet you have not been properly prepared through seminary.
Your logic indicates a problem with this.

How can you express issues with an EMHC while avoiding such yourself?
 
pmp147236 said:
Is it just me and do I just need to get over my resentment?
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It’s not just you; I know there are others who feel this way.

But, yes, you do need to get over your resentment. It is the only path forward.

Whether you like it or not, the Church allows for EMHCs. And whether you like it or not, you have no power to change that practice.

So your options are either (1) learn to let it go; or (2) continue to be filled with resentment at the very moment when Christ Himself is intimately united with us by literally dwelling within us.

I think option 1 is the better choice.

I really don’t mean to be flippant or dismissive of your concerns. Obviously, you feel strongly about this. But the fact is that there are a great many things in life that are beyond our control. So we can either become angry and resentful about it, or simply accept it. There are things I would change if I were pope, but (thanks be to God) I am not. So what point is there in dwelling on those things? None. It is a distraction from my spiritual journey and my growth in holiness.

I think this is what the other posters are getting at. The Church allows it, so what purpose is served by letting resentment build in your heart?
 
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So your options are either (1) learn to let it go; or (2) continue to be filled with resentment at the very moment when Christ Himself is intimately united with us by literally dwelling within us.
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This. I wish I had thought of it.
 
One of the first martyrs of the Church was St. Tarcisius, a young boy who was charged by the Bishop to carry the Eucharist to some Christian prisoners.

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In your second post on this thread, you said to @Irishmom2:
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I would like to be more comfortable with receiving communion from EMHC. but find it difficult. zcan you share your perspective that makes it not a struggle for you?
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“Sharing my perspective that makes it not a struggle for me” is exactly what I was attempting to do in my two replies to you. I was even hoping those replies might be of some slight use to you in your endeavor to become – in your own words – “more comfortable with receiving communion from EMHC.” I wasn’t expecting to be accused of “ferocious crowd shaming” and “self-righteousness”.
 
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But you receive the host, right? Are you saying your hands (or tongue) are worthier than the EMHC’s?

Also, I don’t know how old you are, but I’m in my 60s—we’ve had EMHCs since I was in my teens. People have had a long time to get comfortable with this.
 
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How is it unkind for us to honestly say we don’t have a problem with EMHCs? I can’t very well lie and tell you it bothers me when it doesn’t.

Likewise, how is it unkind for me to suggest you simply get in the priest’s communion line?
 
It looks to me as though @pmp147236 isn’t coming back. His last post was at 6:53 a.m. PST, eight hours ago.

[Correction] Her last post (see below)
 
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Is she a “she”? How do you know that?
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Ah, you saw her name before she removed it, I suppose.
 
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