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You can receive communion two ways. First you drink the Grape Juice (or wine) your pastor will instruct you. Then you eat the bread/cracker. By doing this you are remembering that Jesus died on the cross for you to wash away all you sins. He loves you!
---- Catholic point of view:
After consecration, the bread and wine becomes the actual body and blood of Jesus. Exactly one year after he told the people "Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no life within you", he had the last supper. When Jesus told the people that, the people were confused and quarrelled with each other, Jesus seeing this did not clarify and say he was saying it metaphorically but he went on and verified that what he was saying is to be taken literally. Many Eucharistic miracles also support this.
You can receive Jesus either through the body or the blood although the blood is not often given out, we believe that flesh cannot be free of blood so when we are receiving the flesh, we are also receiving the blood. A miracle where blood sprayed out when a priest broke the host supports this.
What else can I help you with?
Taking your Holy Communion?
Catholics do not take communion, they receive communion.
Do Muslim receive holy communion?
No.
How often should you receive holy communion in Anglican church?
One should never receive Holy Communion more than once per week; otherwise there is a danger of becoming "Holier than Thou." Persons receiving Holy Communion with greater frequency tend to become devout, and once that happens there's just no living with them!
Can a Catholic receive Holy Communion when he arrives a little time before Holy Communion is distributed?
A priest from our parish said that one must be there at least in time for the Our Father to receive Holy Communion, but, in reality, you probably won't be denied Holy Communion if you arrived after the Our Father. Although you should not really even approach to receive if you are that late. If you have arrived that late, and it is a Sunday, you must either attend another Mass to fulfill your obligation or confess before receiving Holy Communion, as it is a mortal sin to miss a Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation Mass.
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.
When you are waiting in line to receive holy communion what should you be doing?
When waiting in line to receive Holy Communion, each person should be quietly respectful and reverent. We should be thinking about what it means that Christ broke bread, blessed the bread and wine, and shared it with his disciples, saying "This is my Body and Blood, Do this in remembrance of Me,"
What happens if you accidentally take Communion before First Communion?
Roman Catholic AnswerIf you accidentally receive Holy Communion before your First Holy Communion, then you better accidentally talk to a priest ASAP and accidentally receive First Confession.
Can a Catholic child from a split marriage receive Holy Communion if she is not in the habit of going to Church?
Whether or not you may receive Holy Communion depends on whether you are in a state of grace and properly disposed to receive Holy Communion (and a Catholic). Thus, if you are a Catholic child, and have been to confession recently and are not in a state of sin, and have already made your first Holy Communion, then you may receive Holy Communion. What gives me pause is your "not in the habit of going to Church". Missing a Sunday Mass or a Mass on any Holy Day of your own free will would put you in a state of mortal sin, and you would be unable to receive Holy Communion until you had been in to confession. Your best bet would be to give your local priest a call, make an appointment, and go down and have a talk with him, and make a good confession while you are there. The priest will be able to guide you as to how and when you make receive Holy Communion, and the absolution from the confession will put you in a state of grace to be able to receive Holy Communion.
Do do you have to confess to having communion in the Anglican church?
Yes, if you attempted to participate in an Anglican Communion service, you have technically committed apostasy! You should not receive Holy Communion until you have been to confession.
What churches do not take holy communion?
Catholics do not TAKE Holy Communion, they may only RECEIVE it from a priest or a licensed Eucharistic Minister.
Do you have to make your First Holy Communion to receive Anointing of the Sick?
No, you receive Anointing anytime you are sick enough to be in danger of death, regardless of whether you have received your First Holy Communion or not.
How do you receive holy communiom?
There are different ways you can receive holy communion. When you walk up to the Priest or the person giving out communion, you place or hands out one over the other. The person giving out communion will say the body of christ, you will then say amen. As you walk back to your seat you can then choose to cross or to not. Another way to receive holy communion is to kneel on the floor in front of the person giving out communion, open your mouth and it will be placed on your tongue. Either one is correct depending on your personal beliefs. You must have taken classes and have received your first communion, to receive holy communion.
