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What council ruled that Catholics must receive Holy Communion at least once a year?
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The Fourth Lateran Council, from the Catholic Encyclopedia:
From the commencement of his reign Innocent III had purposed to assemble an ecumenical council, but only towards the end of his pontificate could he realize this project, by the Bull of 19 April, 1213. The assembly was to take place in November, 1215. The council did in fact meet on 11 November, and its sessions were prolonged until the end of the month.
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What does Easter Duty mean for Catholics?
Catholics are required to receive Communion once a year between the liturgical time period surrounding Easter.
When must Catholics receive communion each year?
Traditionally during Holy Week or the Easter Season, but as long as it is at least one time during the year and after (within eight days of) a confession. Catholics ought to receive communion every mass they attend or compulsarily on Sunday - the Sabbath day. The Holy Communion is the Body of Jesus Christ and the person is blessed after receiving it with faith.
What do Catholics do every week?
Catholics may receive Holy Communion anytime they are at Mass and are in a state of grace, once a day, and even a second time, if they are at an entire second Mass. If they are not in a state of grace, to receive Holy Communion would be a grave sin of sacrilege.
How often should you take Communion?
You may never "take" Holy Communion, you may only "receive" Holy Communion. You should receive Holy Communion as frequently as you can, while you are in a state of grace, and have been fasting. You may not receive Holy Communion more than twice a day, and the second time only if you have been to an entire Mass. If you are not in a state of grace, or are not fasting, or have already received Holy Communion that day, you should never receive.
Can a protestant divorcee receive Holy Communion if you are married to a divorced Catholic?
Roman Catholic AnswerThe only people who may receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church are Catholics in good standing, who have been to confession at least once in the last year and have no mortal sin on their souls; they must have made their first Holy Communion and be fasting for one hour. A protestant, regardless of their marital status would never be eligible to receive Holy Communion until they had converted.
Who are the recipients of the holy communion?
In the Catholic Church only baptized Catholics who have made their first Communion and are in the state of grace may receive Communion. In the code of canon law, provisions are made for cases of emergency and necessity for members of other Christian religions to receive the Eucharist from a Catholic minister, but to do so, the recipient would have to believe in the sacrament and its theology and thus implicitly refers mainly to members of the Orthodox Church.
How often are Catholics required to receive Eucharist during Easter season?
Catholics must receive the Eucharist at least once per year during the Easter season.
What does Easter Duty mean?
Catholics are required to receive Holy Communion at least once a year between the First Sunday of Lent and Trinity Sunday. This is basically the liturgical time period surrounding Easter, thus it is called "Easter Duty".
Who can take part in holy communion?
People in good standing with their own church, those who normally receive Holy Communion in their own churches. This is as well as Anglicans, who are expected to have prepared for this by prayer and fasting beforehand. Reconciliation (confession) is also available for those who are in need of it.
How old are you when you have your First Communion?
There is no designation of second communion. Once a child receives First Holy Communion at about age 7 or 8 it is expected that they will continues to receive on, at least, a weekly basis. No one keeps count.
Why to Catholics have to confess?
The short answer is because they are required to, the longer answer is that Confession is a sacrament set up by God so that our post-Baptismal sin can be forgiven. Everyone, saving Our Blessed Lord, and His Mother, is a sinner before God. We cannot draw breath and not sin, even in the "perfect" who still commit inadvertent venial sin. We must receive Holy Communion as Our Blessed Lord told us point blank in the Gospel, that unless we receive Him in Holy Communion, there is no life in us. We may not receive Holy Communion in a state of sin, so God has provided the sacrament of reconciliation to us so that we may be worthy to receive Him in Holy Communion. Every Catholic should attend confession regularly, at least bi-weekly or monthly if you are receiving Holy Communion regularly, and once a year during Lent and Easter is absolutely required by the Church as the bare minimum to be a Catholic. To receive Holy Communion in a state of sin is perilous in the extreme as St. Paul points out, and incurs the additional sin of sacrilege.
Who often most a catholic need to receive communion?
A Catholic should receive Holy Communion as often as they are in a state of grace and properly prepared to receive Our Blessed Lord in Holy Communion, as much as daily. In rare instances, a Catholic may receive Holy Communion a second time in one day, for a special reason, IF they attend the full Mass at which they receive the second time, and if they are in a state of grace, and properly prepared. Nobody should ever approach the altar to receive Holy Communion if they are not in a state of grace, or if they are not properly prepared, to do so is sacrilege, a serious sin. A Catholic is required to receive Holy Communion at a minimum of once a year, and that should be during the Easter Season, which is one of the reasons that Catholics are *required* to go to confession at least once a year also. However, may I point out that only going to confession once a year would be like changing your underwear and socks only once a year - not a good idea; and receiving Holy Communion only once a year would be like eating only once a year - likewise not a good idea. These are bare minimums to make sure that you don't completely neglect your religious life, they are hardly to be considered normative.
