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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] 2. When regular parishioners do not go to communion, everyone knows it means they have sinned and not gone to confession to have their sins absolved.  [/quote]

I guess all the nuns in my parish have committed mortal sins then!

Except on Christmas and Easter, when you can go to communion during the vigil and during the day, Catholics can only go to communion once a day.Believe it or not, many Catholics in my parish go to church more than once on Sunday, for a variety of reasons. Examples: Some churches have the same choir sing at multiple masses.People who go to the "family mass," often helping with the kids, playing guitar, leading songs, etc., who also go to an evening mass because they want to hear an adult homily. One of the ushers in my parish feels that he can't really "focus" on mass with all the things he has to do, so he goes to a second mass at which he doesn't usher. In some parishes, there are too few volunteers, so one person might agree to usher, lector, or otherwise help at two masses.

Some people are gluten intolerant. These people usually take communion in the form of wine. They either go to a parish where this is always an option or make special arrangments. If they are traveling and attend a different parish, they won't take communion if there's not a wine option.

Nobody assumes anything if you don't take communion.[/quote]

You just refuted your own point.  People assume all sorts of things if you don't go to communion.  In addition to sin and lack of absolution, there is gluten intolerance, attending more than one mass, etc.  The main reason for going to communication is to have your soul cleansed.  Only a small % of people have gluten intolerance or attend more than one service, so it's obvious that some of the people who don't go have unconfessed sins.

They might be big sins like marital infidelity or smaller sins, like missing mass.  But they are sins that people know disqualify them from the sacraments until they go to confession. Why deny it? [/quote]

NP here and this is the stupidest thing I've read, and this PP must be trolling.  Nobody notices who is going to communion and who is not.  Let's say you DID notice someone. Nobody (except maybe this PP) makes judgements about why people are not going.  If I were to notice someone, I'd assume that the person was non-Catholic--there are lots of couples where one is not Catholic.

The other thing is if you go up and cross your hands, you don't get communion but get a blessing.  Nobody can even SEE what's happening; because there are people milling around and standing in the pews etc. All you sort of see is the priest's face and a bunch of people's backs who are shuttling through.

I think this PP is a troll.  I doubt they go to mass...because they don't have the right spirit for it; the vibe is hopeful, not judgmental.[/quote]

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