Taking Communion twice on Saturday?

[Colorad007]

I have heard something once before about being able to do Holy Communion twice in a day. Is it allowable to take Communion for morning Mass on Saturday, then for the Saturday night vigil, and then again on Sunday morning? What is the rule as far as multiple Communions in a day?

 

[acarlson]

I can’t give you a quote on this (someone please provide it if you can!) but from what I’ve learned, you could take Communion at EACH of the times mentioned, provided that the second time on Saturday was at a Mass. The Saturday Vigil may be the same liturgy as the Sunday Mass, but each truly IS on a different day - a fact seen in how you see “Saturday Vigil” and “Sunday Mass.”

 

[Vico]

I have heard something once before about being able to do Holy Communion twice in a day. Is it allowable to take Communion for morning Mass on Saturday, then for the Saturday night vigil, and then again on Sunday morning? What is the rule as far as multiple Communions in a day?

The day is midnight to midnight in canon law. And canon law is different than liturgical norms. Even the liturgical norms define a day as midnight to midnight, but provide for anticipated celebration in the previous day. CIC:

Can. 202 §1. In law, a day is understood as a period consisting of 24 continuous hours and begins at midnight unless other provision is expressly made; a week is a period of 7 days; a month is a period of 30 days, and a year is a period of 365 days unless a month and a year are said to be taken as they are in the calendar.
§2. If time is continuous, a month and a year must always be taken as they are in the calendar.

Can. 917 – He who has already received the most holy Eucharist, is able to receive it again on the same day only within a eucharistic celebration in which he participates, without prejudice to the provision of can. 921, § 2.

 

[Spoken4]

For what it’s worth, I’ve taken Communion twice in the same (calendar) day just a few weeks ago. I went to Mass in the morning for the Immaculate Conception, then again in the evening for “Sunday Mass” since I wasn’t going to be able to make Mass on Sunday morning due to an event where I was volunteering.

I received Communion at both Masses, in the same “day”. The rationale was that each Mass fulfilled a separate obligation: the holyday, and the Sunday obligation.

I was taught that “participation” means actively being a member of the congregation, responding to the prayers, paying attention to the readings and Gospel, and doing the things that the congregation does. Participation is not just doing things like being a Cantor, or an EM, or singing in the choir, or fulfilling some other “altar” role. After all, the Mass is an interaction between the celebrants, the congregation and God. By praising and worshipping, you are participating! This may not be the official definition of participating, but it’s what I was taught, and the way I see it, the Mass isn’t really complete without the PEOPLE of God. That’s US! As the old saying goes, “CH__CH-- what’s missing? U-R!” Put another way, The Mass of God isn’t complete without the “mass of people”.

 

[Elizium23]

The Saturday Vigil may be the same liturgy as the Sunday Mass, but each truly IS on a different day - a fact seen in how you see “Saturday Vigil” and “Sunday Mass.”

The Mass on Saturday evening is not a vigil. It is the Sunday Mass celebrated on the previous day. Vigils are actual liturgical celebrations that differ from the holy day itself; the Ordinary Form has precious few true vigils. Examples are Pentecost and Christmas Eve.

 

[Spoken4]

The Mass on Saturday evening is not a vigil. It is the Sunday Mass celebrated on the previous day. Vigils are actual liturgical celebrations that differ from the holy day itself; the Ordinary Form has precious few true vigils. Examples are Pentecost and Christmas Eve.

This! Same as the Easter Vigil and Mass on Easter Day. Anyone who’s ever been to the Easter Vigil and then Mass on Easter Morning knows this QUITE well. Easter Vigil is totally my FAVORITE Mass of the year, followed very closely by Midnight Mass at Christmas-- I know, not a Vigil, but we’re talking favorite Masses.

 

[Bookcat]

Yes.

In terms of Holy Communion it runs “Midnight to midnight”.

So long as the “Second” Communion is in a Mass one participates in (one can not for example just walk in at Communion time etc)

 

[Vico]

The Mass on Saturday evening is not a vigil. It is the Sunday Mass celebrated on the previous day. Vigils are actual liturgical celebrations that differ from the holy day itself; the Ordinary Form has precious few true vigils. Examples are Pentecost and Christmas Eve.

The Latin Ordinary Form vigils that I know of are on the prior evening of: the Nativity, Easter, the Ascension, Pentecost, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, the Feast of Ss. Peter & Paul, and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

 

[PJM]

=Colorad007;10161104]I have heard something once before about being able to do Holy Communion twice in a day. Is it allowable to take Communion for morning Mass on Saturday, then for the Saturday night vigil, and then again on Sunday morning? What is the rule as far as multiple Communions in a day?

YES! so long as you Believe and are in the "state of Grace!"