Why not confession via e-mail?

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Quite frankly thats just not personal, I mean you wouldn’t feel relieved and free as a bird as you would if you actually saw the priest.
 
oneGODoneCHURCH said:
ok I am going to assume you meant an Extra ordinary minister of holy communion and not a Eucharistic minister, as a eucharistic minister would be a deacon, priest, or bishop. Give that If the EMHC was not validialy commissioned for this ministry the yes it would be illict but not invalid. the only way to recv an invalid communion would be if the Priest or bishop did not consecrate the bread and wine.
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I think you misunderstood. The poster was stating that a person who is considered to be an invalid (one who is house-bound or hospital-bound) can have someone bring the Eucharist to him. He was not saying that the Eucharist was not valid. Communion can be brought to an invalid by either a Eucharistic Minister or an EMHC, and the communion would be both valid and licit.
 
Digitonomy said:
:hmmm: Is it truly a sacrament if the two never meet? I may need to brush up on my sacramental theology of marriage.
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I’m not sure of all the details, but my (fallible) recollection is that it was possible to effect a sacramental marriage without the personal presence of both parties, i.e. one party and a proxy (or letter) which expresses the absent party’s consent.

Of course, marriage is a different sacrament – each sacrament is unique in fact – so the reason this could happen wouldn’t be applicable to other sacraments, such as Confession. But, I just thought it interesting that a sacrament qua sacrament doesn’t require it to be in person (though many sacraments do require it).

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SecretGarden said:
The only method I see that could work for shut ins would be some sort of video conferencing such as face to face skpye because you are seeing the person via a webcam.
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Because a Priest going to the home of a shut-in is out of the question…?
 
DENNYINMI said:
Admittedly, and stated so…ok…wrong idea. However, never would “drive by communion” enter my mind… as did the idea re: confession via electronics…a Eucharistic Minister can bring an invalid communion, and for that matter, I can baptize as long as the formula is correct…for that matter an atheist can baptize…as long as the formula is accurate upon the request of a recipient, as might be the case of impending death…

far fetched?..well, I can tell you many many persons who have returned to the faith via EWTN…brought to you by television>>>>>:D
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A Eucharistic Minister is the priest. An EMHC is not a Eucharistic Minister.
 
thistle said:
A Eucharistic Minister is the priest. An EMHC is not a Eucharistic Minister.
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CORRECTION…ABOVE WORK INvalid, should have stated “valid”…

I was not referring to bringing the Eucharist into “being”…Its’ reference was to The extraordinary minister of holy communion as an acolyte, or another of Christ’s faithful deputed in accordance with canon 230§3.

But thank you for pointing out the error.
 
Digitonomy said:
An interesting question is whether using email between a confessor and penitent would be valid if they are in each other’s presence.
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Well, a phone is allowed in the case of people who have trouble hearing (within a single physical confessional booth where both parties are physically present) to assist hearing…

So, if the next time I go to confession I were to take my laptop…and the priest has his laptop on his lap…I would type out my sins and e-mail them to the person three feet away from me.

I could honestly see this useful for a person who couldn’t speak for whatever reason. It would be the same as writing it down on a piece of paper if the penitent were unable to speak (due to mental or physical ailment). Provided, again, the priest and penitent were actually physically together as they are supposed to be.

So would that be valid? I would say yes, but I don’t know that I would like putting it out over the Internet…
 
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