OK Catholics .....Did I commit a unrecognized sin?

[bluedragon]

I've never read this, never heard of this.

My wife,who is Catholic, was in the hospital. I was in the room when a "Decon" came in to pray over her. In conclusion he gave communion ......I didn't know, so I took communion from him ...... after all, he offered and didn't pull the Farmer's question regarding my religion ......Protestant ....

When he left my wife laughed and said "You weren't supposed to take that."

So my question becomes "Am I doomed by the Holy Roman Catholic Church? Or was I forgiven when I prayed on my way home and asked to forgive my stupidity?

Besides, he forgot the grape juice ....

 

[Illuminator]

No, you didn't intentionally violate any rules due to the circumstances. You didn't know. You didn't even need to ask forgiveness just for feeling awkward. What is obvious to me is that you had an awareness that you had done something that was impolite. I would speculate your feelings of stupidity could be that you received grace because you had consumed Him. Like accidently bumping into Him in a crowded marketplace. You would say, "excuse me" before realizing Who it was. The truth of being clumsy is a disagreeable truth.
You may not be aware of this, but as a husband, you receive grace through the merits of your wife receiving the sacraments. It's automatic, regardless of what you believe. 1 Corinthians 7: 14-17 affirms this.

If by some strange chance you accompany your wife to a Catholic wedding or funeral Mass, you can get in the communion line, and when you approach the priest, fold your hands across your chest and receive a blessing. It's less obvious than sitting like a lump in the pew. It's also an expression of humble respect, which we admire.

We have strict "rules" regarding who can legitimately receive communion, and it's not between the recipient and the Church. It's between the recipient and God, and impossible to enforce . I have never seen anyone denied communion, except pro-abort politicians I've read about. The strict rules are not there to exclude non-Catholics from receiving, but for their protection from possibility of getting physically sick.

1 Cor. 11:27-29 – in these verses, Paul says that eating or drinking in an unworthy manner is the equivalent of profaning (literally, murdering) the body and blood of the Lord. If this is just a symbol, we cannot be guilty of actually profaning (murdering) it. We cannot murder a symbol. Either Paul, the divinely inspired apostle of God, is imposing an unjust penalty, or the Eucharist is the actual body and blood of Christ.​

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1 Cor. 11:30 – this verse alludes to the consequences of receiving the Eucharist unworthily. Receiving the actual body and blood of Jesus in mortal sin results in actual physical consequences to our bodies.​

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1 Cor. 11:27-30 – thus, if we partake of the Eucharist unworthily, we are guilty of literally murdering the body of Christ, and risking physical consequences to our bodies. This is overwhelming evidence for the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. These are unjust penalties if the Eucharist is just a symbol.​

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Relax, bluedragon, these verses don't apply to your mistake.

 

[Enoch111]

Besides, he forgot the grape juice ....

There you go. But do you know why he deliberately forgot it? You should ask him or dig a little deeper.

 

[Illuminator]

Besides, he forgot the grape juice ....

Walking around the corridors of a hospital with a cup of anything is asking for trouble, if you think about it.

Jesus Christ is fully present under each of the two species. So in other words, if you receive under both species, you’re not getting “more of Jesus.” No, you get the whole entire Jesus under either species.
And by the way, Biblically speaking, we have a sort of confirmation of this in 1 Corinthians 11:27, where St. Paul says “Whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.” Two little different Greek words there; the Greek word is “ή,” it’s just one letter, an eta, for “or;” and “και” for “and.” Big difference. Whoever eats either one— right, eats either the sacred host or partakes of the cup, either one individually, that’s what’s being said here–in an unworthy manner is guilty of both. And why is that? Because of exactly what I said: Jesus Christ is fully, absolutely present under both species.

Now it is true, the Church encourages, especially in Sunday liturgy, to receive under both species, but that’s not because, you know, we’re getting “more of Jesus.” It is purely of symbolic value. It’s a fuller symbol to receive under both, but it’s not necessary, there’s no additional grace or anything like that. I remember a friend of mine in the seminary saying, concerning someone who said, “Well wouldn’t you get more, though if you received both?” You know, it’s not like you–if that were true, we should go up and go *sip* *sip* *sip* *sip* *sip* *sip* You know, “Give me more, give me more, give me more!” But no, you’re not getting any more, you get the whole Jesus under each species.
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For scientific evidence of Eucharistic Miracles:

Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano

The story of the Eucharistic Miracle that happened in Lanciano, Italy in the 8th Century A.D.

therealpresence.org

That one is my favorite of a long list, being retired from the medical field.

Our messianic brothers and sisters may find this interesting:

 

[Illuminator]

CHALICE DESECRATED BY ISIS ON DISPLAY IN SPAIN​

The purpose of displaying the chalice during Mass, Aldea said, is “to make visible to the people of Malaga the religious persecution that many Christians suffer today, and that has existed since the early days of the Church.”