Self-Communion vs. No Communion: What Would You Do?

[bilop]

Not quite. We’re talking about the manner of reception of a sacrament. We’re talking licity, not validity.

Right, and it’s sinful to self-communicate, regardless of the validity of the Eucharist.

So, don’t do it.

God Bless

 

[Bookcat]

I had it happen once - in a celebration with just the Priest and I. I simply said something along the lines that I am not a Priest or you need to give me Holy Communion etc. It turned out as I recall that the Priest was used to concelebrating with his brother Priests and simply made a mistake out of habit. He gave me Holy Communion.

(If such were to happen and the Priest would not give me Holy Communion -which would like never be the case - I would not receive).

 

[twf]

The Church has absolutely and unequivocally condemned this practice. It would be a mortal sin for a lay person to knowingly and deliberately self-commune, thus you would no longer be worthy to receive. I would definitely not receive…and I would discuss it with the pastor at the first possible opportunity. This is very serious. This is a grave abuse, not just a bending of the rubrics. From Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum:

[94.] It is not licit for the faithful “to take . . . by themselves . . . and, still less, to hand . . . from one to another” the sacred host or the sacred chalice.[181] Moreover, in this regard, the abuse is to be set aside whereby spouses administer Holy Communion to each other at a Nuptial Mass.

(Paragraph 173 of the same document lists Paragraph 94, above, as GRAVE MATTER, so I am not giving a personal judgment when I say this abuse is grave matter and not just somewhat illicit.)

 

[glendab]

Thank you for saying what Order he belonged to. As for my thoughts, this is a very grave matter. But since we have no way of knowing his particular “why” he did it or what goes on in his heart when he does such things, there is no real way to determine what motivated his deviancy. But it is a sacrilegious misrepresentation of our Liturgy and I wouldn’t have gone up and received for two reasons. 1. I am aware that this is forbidden and know you cannot just help yourself to the Eucharist or the Precious Blood. 2. If desiring Communion, I thought I could do this, I would refrain because by doing as the others did, I’d be condoning a sacrilege and the motives for doing so. I’d be saying I agree with whatever reasons he had in his mind for such nonsense and would be giving scandal to others as well. This is a very serious abuse and I suggest you do as others have said and take the matter to the Bishop. There is probably already an awareness of his deviant ways on file somewhere.

Glenda

 

[Memaw]

I believe he was a Franciscan.

It’s how priests receive so I wouldn’t consider it irreverent. But it would be like a layman reading the Gospel or giving the homily. It’s clericizing the laity. A practiced criticized by even Pope Francis.

The priest should know the difference between his fellow priests and the laity!!! No excuse. God Bless, Memaw