What of sins would you have to have commited to not be able to recieve Communion?

[YoungTradCath]

Really? My RCIA class was excellent.

Yeah, the husband had a degree in something related to Catholicism and he also teaches religion courses for a Catholic high school. He was extremely knowledgeable about Church history, which I found very interesting, but not much otherwise. His wife is more of the feel-good type, I guess you could say. I came out of RCIA with knowledge, but not exactly the right knowledge. They used these handouts from Liguori Press every week, which were absolutely awful for teaching about anything except, “We love you so much now come be Catholic!” which wasn’t exactly what I was expecting or looking for in Catholicism.

I went in to RCIA looking for a majorly serious, heavy, super-interesting religious experience. I didn’t get that, and so my RCIA time wasn’t particularly memorable. I would rather have had an intellectual experience than a, “Let’s eat cookies and be nice!” type of tea party and gossip experience, if you know what I mean. I don’t meant to be snooty by saying that, I’m telling the honest truth. I’m just a serious person in that regard. If I find something interesting, I want to pursue it seriously, and get past the kindergarten stuff.

Occasionally we would have one of the priests do the talking for the night, and I immensely looked forward to those nights like they were Christmas. At my first meeting, I saw lay people running it and I was like, . I just wasn’t expecting that. It seemed more like Catholic daycare than anything. If I would have thought of it, I definitely would have approached a priest to do one-on-one meetings, but it just never occurred to me. I just can’t learn in a boring, watered-down, appeal-to-everyone-to-offend-no-one environment.

 

[thistle]

Yeah, the husband had a degree in something related to Catholicism and he also teaches religion courses for a Catholic high school. He was extremely knowledgeable about Church history, which I found very interesting, but not much otherwise. His wife is more of the feel-good type, I guess you could say. I came out of RCIA with knowledge, but not exactly the right knowledge. They used these handouts from Liguori Press every week, which were absolutely awful for teaching about anything except, “We love you so much now come be Catholic!” which wasn’t exactly what I was expecting or looking for in Catholicism.

I went in to RCIA looking for a majorly serious, heavy, super-interesting religious experience. I didn’t get that, and so my RCIA time wasn’t particularly memorable. I would rather have had an intellectual experience than a, “Let’s eat cookies and be nice!” type of tea party and gossip experience, if you know what I mean. I don’t meant to be snooty by saying that, I’m telling the honest truth. I’m just a serious person in that regard. If I find something interesting, I want to pursue it seriously, and get past the kindergarten stuff.

Occasionally we would have one of the priests do the talking for the night, and I immensely looked forward to those nights like they were Christmas. At my first meeting, I saw lay people running it and I was like, . I just wasn’t expecting that. It seemed more like Catholic daycare than anything. If I would have thought of it, I definitely would have approached a priest to do one-on-one meetings, but it just never occurred to me. I just can’t learn in a boring, watered-down, appeal-to-everyone-to-offend-no-one environment.

The Redemptorist priest who led me to the Church through his RCIA program was really good. He was at every class and I mean substantially involved in the teaching and we could also go to him anytime outside class to talk to him. I converted in 1992 and have kept in touch with this priest ever since. We are good friends.

 

[YoungTradCath]

The Redemptorist priest who led me to the Church through his RCIA program was really good. He was at every class and I mean substantially involved in the teaching and we could also go to him anytime outside class to talk to him. I converted in 1992 and have kept in touch with this priest ever since. We are good friends.

Funny, because the priests at my parish are all Redemptorists. Lol.

 

[crazzeto]

You must make a good examination of concience before receiving, if you have committed sin which by it’s nature consitutes grave matter then you should refrain from receiving until you have gone to confession. There are a number of resources for help here, I like the Android Confession app, it’s very straight forward and easy to use (even in the confessional). You may also elect to obtain printed materails either from the internet, or in book form from a book store.

God bless, and happy Holidays!