Catholics - do you judge people taking Communion if you know they are not practicing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you see someone partake that you are pretty sure is not in good standing, or are Christian but not Catholic, what do you think? Personally I do not care, but it really bothers a relative of mine.

Jesus. Literally.

[Anonymous]

I used to take communion when we'd go to mass with DW's family, because I thought everyone was supposed to. I was raised Lutheran, and am not religious at all now.

I stopped when their church got a new priest who read this lengthy statement prior to communion listing all the reasons you would not be eligible to participate. I pretty much met every disqualification. In fact, that was the first time I ever heard that Catholics actually believe the wafer is Jesus.

Still go to mass with them at Christmas, because I like the hymns. But I'm definitely a bystander through the rest of it.

[Anonymous]

If I was in a church with someone who could not take communion, I would decline communion and stay back to support them. They need it.

[Anonymous]

Catholics being judgey?? I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I was in a church with someone who could not take communion, I would decline communion and stay back to support them. They need it.

What?! Why do they need support?

I was at a a Catholic funeral a week ago and didn't take communion. I was raised Catholic but haven't been to church in at least a decade outside of weddings and funerals. I didn't take communion...and that was that. It would be so weird if someone felt they needed to decline communion and stay back to support me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Catholics being judgey?? I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you.

The pattern on DCUM is this

Someone posts asking whether most Catholics would judge someone for doing X.

Many Catholics post saying no.

One or two Protestants post things judging the Catholics for doing things differently than how they do it.

People who appear not to be Catholic post things like the above.

[Anonymous]

I know people like this and agree with PP, they are judgmental about everything in their lives.

I couldn’t care less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Catholics being judgey?? I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you.

The pattern on DCUM is this

Someone posts asking whether most Catholics would judge someone for doing X.

Many Catholics post saying no.

One or two Protestants post things judging the Catholics for doing things differently than how they do it.

People who appear not to be Catholic post things like the above.

I know you wish that were the case but I am Catholic. And kudos for casting dispersion on another religion while claiming that Catholics aren’t judgy!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Well your relative would have hated my college priest who allowed me to take communion at mass as a Lutheran. It wasn’t about man’s rules for him. It was about my relationship with Christ that he was happy to help foster. So Jesus of him.

There are narrow circumstances in which non-Catholics are permitted to receive communion in a Catholic Church, if they share the Catholic belief in the Real Presence (via transubstantiation) and cannot reasonably access their own ministers.

To the extent those circumstances do not apply, a priest distributing the Eucharist to a non-Catholic would be following his own (i.e., “man’s”) rules, not the regulations of the divinely instituted Church.

I didn’t and I don’t. Still think that he was following the spirit rather than the letter of the “law”. The spirit is what’s important. Do you think Jesus would deny anyone willing communion?

I think he was pretty clear, both directly and through the Apostles, about what “communion” entails and the consequences of receiving the Eucharist when not properly disposed. The essence of ecclesial communion is shared belief, which is entirely absent when a person who does not believe what the Church teaches about the Eucharist receives it nonetheless.

Yes Jesus would be there with a clip board sorting the Lutherans from the Methodists and the Catholics. Honestly. It’s like y’all don’t pay attention to anything he said. Yes, you will be first in line at the pearly gates and get a special gold star from God himself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Catholics being judgey?? I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you.

The pattern on DCUM is this

Someone posts asking whether most Catholics would judge someone for doing X.

Many Catholics post saying no.

One or two Protestants post things judging the Catholics for doing things differently than how they do it.

People who appear not to be Catholic post things like the above.

I know you wish that were the case but I am Catholic. And kudos for casting dispersion on another religion while claiming that Catholics aren’t judgy!

Do you think Catholics are particularly judgmental? More than Protestants/Muslims/Jews/agnostics/atheists? The average human being?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I was in a church with someone who could not take communion, I would decline communion and stay back to support them. They need it.

I attended Mass for years as a non-Catholic. I stayed in my seat during communion. Why would I need support? I was never shunned. I never received strange looks. Honestly, I used the time to silently pray on my own. It was peaceful.

I’d tell anybody who offered to stay back with me that I don’t need that support. Why should my presence take them away from the Eucharist?

[Anonymous]

I was raised very catholic and I’m not a practicing catholic as an adult. If I attend a wedding or funeral or some special situation where there is a mass, I receive communion. I do not believe that a priest is any different than any mortal man. My faith is strong, I pray the rosary daily and have a close and intimate relationship with God.
I also know people who have been sexually abused by priests. I feel the Catholic Church turned its back on humanity by the way they handled what they knew to be true.
It really doesn’t matter what anyone thinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was raised very catholic and I’m not a practicing catholic as an adult. If I attend a wedding or funeral or some special situation where there is a mass, I receive communion. I do not believe that a priest is any different than any mortal man. My faith is strong, I pray the rosary daily and have a close and intimate relationship with God.
I also know people who have been sexually abused by priests. I feel the Catholic Church turned its back on humanity by the way they handled what they knew to be true.
It really doesn’t matter what anyone thinks.

If a priest is “[no] different than any [other] mortal man,” how does the Eucharist get confected or sins get forgiven, or do you not believe in those Sacraments either?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was raised very catholic and I’m not a practicing catholic as an adult. If I attend a wedding or funeral or some special situation where there is a mass, I receive communion. I do not believe that a priest is any different than any mortal man. My faith is strong, I pray the rosary daily and have a close and intimate relationship with God.
I also know people who have been sexually abused by priests. I feel the Catholic Church turned its back on humanity by the way they handled what they knew to be true.
It really doesn’t matter what anyone thinks.

If a priest is “[no] different than any [other] mortal man,” how does the Eucharist get confected or sins get forgiven, or do you not believe in those Sacraments either?

Exactly. Don’t believe in those sacraments either.
I was raised with all the rules and don’t think I need rules or an intermediary to get in the way of my relationship with God.
If I’m wearing a nice outfit I’m all about parading around. I also get to see what others are looking like. In my world this is what it means to be catholic and I attended 100% catholic schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was in a church with someone who could not take communion, I would decline communion and stay back to support them. They need it.

I attended Mass for years as a non-Catholic. I stayed in my seat during communion. Why would I need support? I was never shunned. I never received strange looks. Honestly, I used the time to silently pray on my own. It was peaceful.

I’d tell anybody who offered to stay back with me that I don’t need that support. Why should my presence take them away from the Eucharist?

+1

I never noticed who was or wasn't taking communion. People really need to mind their own business.