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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the preist doesn't know who you are, and you "act" Catholic (know what to do at the altar), he will likely serve you communion.[/quote]

Why would a non-Catholic want to receive the Eucharist?

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Maybe because the body of Christ is for all Christians, not just the Catholic ones.[/quote]

Maybe because everyone is doing it and it doens't seem like a big deal - not realizing that Catholics believe it is the actual body of CHrist.[/quote]

[b]I'm an agnostic/atheist raised UU from a WASP background. This was a huge internal issue with me when my longterm partner's mother died and had a Catholic funeral. He is an atheist now, but from an observant family. I wanted to do whatever it was that would not rock the boat at a tragic funeral. I felt in between a rock and a hard place with what was most respectful; recusing myself and standing out as an already outsider, or being disrepectful to the faith and receiving communion. I made a last minute decision to not be the ONLY person in the church hanging back and took communion. I fretted and practiced beforehand in case it felt like the right thing to do. It was fine and funerals are for the living. I think it was well-received I didn't pick a funeral as the place to "take a stand."[/quote][/b]

I think you missed the point.  Only Catholics in good standing can take communion at a Catholic funeral mass.  I'm Episcopalian and my catholic MIL and friends would have been appalled if I had gone up to take communion.  It's not proper and it's disrespectful to Catholics.[/quote]

That was my point. I thought it was disrespectful, but everyone was SO relieved I bit my tongue and just went along with everyone and took communion instead of hanging back. I grew up with Catholics like this too, where I would have a sleepover with a friend, attend mass, and receive communion as a kid, so this does not seem to be a universal thing for more laid back Catholics. [/quote]

They weren’t relievedthat you received Communion. They were relieved that you bit your tongue. Not at all the same.[/quote]

How do you know?[/quote]

Yeah, I didn't have a lot of religious opinions at 8 years old, so why the communion every time I went to Catholic church with friends and their family? Keep the kids together, move through it and get it over with. They would ask if my parents cared (didn't, means nothing to them) and then I would receive communion!

As an adult, people notice less, but if you are an outlier at a funeral it is weird. Made no difference to the inlaws or immediate family, so "just don't make a scene" and receiving the sacrament was more important.

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