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One of my painful memories of my father's death was the funeral where the priest took five minutes before communion to lecture us on the fact that most of the people in attendance were not welcome to join in the communion (including the Catholics if they hadn't been to confession) but he really looked forward to the day when all Christians could worship together when they come home to the Catholic Church. If it wasn't my Dad's funeral I would have walked out right then. Looking at the lineage of Popes over the years makes it pretty clear that the Church has wandered very far from direction given to them by Jesus. [/quote]

I'm sorry, that sounds heart breaking and painful. We are given priests as leaders in our local churches. Unfortunately (and fortunately) those priests are humans, imperfect as we are. Sometimes a personality overrides the office with terrible results.

I understand that the priest explained the guidelines for taking communion for those who may not know what to do, it is important, but he certainly should not have taken a scolding tone or drawn it out. I have found priests are like doctors - there are some whose bedside manner, read: people skills, are shockingly lacking for the role they have accepted.

I'm sorry for your loss.[/quote]

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