Why Evangelical megachurches are embracing (some) Catholic traditions

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Funny they would have passed over it, but not all that surprising knowing Anglicanism. I mean it’s right there in the book of common prayer and the Eucharistic Rites.
 
Are you saying, possibly, that as a non-Catholic you are receiving communion at Catholic Mass?
No
You should in no way feel uncomfortable going to mass.
As long as I know people call us (non-Catholics) or carry the belief that we’re “delusional” compare us to trans-gendered individuals that of playing house or make believe (I’ve seen “playing church” on here before) or in ways make it known they believe we’re somehow lesser or not Christians I will feel uncomfortable at Mass.

It’s beliefs like these that I’ve read on here and heard at my wife’s parish that my attendance has really diminished in the past year or two. It’s tough to feel welcome or comfortable somewhere when others make it known you’re not…¯_(ツ)_/¯
 
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I was confirmed in 1967 at 15. Even then I wanted to be Catholic so I was just going through the classes because I had to. I was not a practicing Episcopalian or Anglican for many years, but I never remember any sermons or any teaching about
the Real Presence.
I still have my Book of Common
Prayer so I will check later on to see what they say. Have their been any changes to the prayerbook since 1979 or thereabouts? I have the Book of Common Prayer from 1928
and the one after that.
I would have thought they would have
stressed that, but I never remember being taught that.
 
It’s in the ‘79 book for sure. I’m not as familiar with the ‘28 book to feel comfortable to comment to its contents on the matter. See Eucharistic Prayer A for example as well as the historical documents section pertaining to the Lords Supper.

TEC reaffirmed the same as part of the Anglican joint statement with the Roman Catholic International Commission in 1991. That the elements are not mere signs but that Christ’s Body And Blood do become present.
 
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I did find a couple of places in the Book of
Common prayer to back up your claim.
No one ever explained to me the way it was explained in the Catholic Church though.
It is too bad the Episcopal church moved so far away from the Catholic church though.
Maybe I would have remained. Instead, I fled.
 
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