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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been attend mass with my partner's family on holidays and special events for almost 20 years. I've watched the Catholic church become more and more closed to non-members. [b]I was baptized Lutheran, and used to be welcome to take communion. Not anymore. [/b]And I've heard the Holiday Homily ("Why is it so crowded today? Oh, right. It's Easter. You should be ashamed.") several times over the past few years. I used to put $5 in the basket, but I don't anymore. [/quote]

If you were baptized in the Lutheran church, then it was never ok for you to take communion in the Catholic Church.

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^^^PP here, back to add that unless you received the Sacrament of Communion in the Catholic Church (and no other church), it was never ok for you to take communion in the Catholic Church.
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Yeah.  Because, you know, the Catholic church can afford to be picky.  [/quote]

Really, it is the faith. I don't understand why it is hard to fathom that [b]if you don't believe that when you receive communion it is truly the Body and Blood of Christ, you shouldn't be receiving it. [/b] Why does someone want to participate in something they don't believe?  [/quote]

I am Lutheran and believe that the communion is the Body and Blood of Christ, when it is consecrated by my (Lutheran) pastor.  The process of it changing from bread/wine to body/blood is called consubstantiation, meaning the physical elements are present with the body and blood.

Despite this belief, the RCC takes the view that I am not entitled to receive communion, because I am not a practicing Catholic.

Communion is the birthright of the baptized, according to the Bible and Christ Himself.  Therefore I go to communion when I am in a Catholic church - just as a Catholic may receive in my church.  [/quote]

I was so sad when I discovered the local geographic parish  was Opus Dei.  Had been normal Catholic Church and changed...not fair when parishes are geographical .   They have boundaries like public schools.     [/quote]

There have been so many misstatements regarding the Church in this thread (tithing??), and here is another one.  There are no Opus Dei parishes.  There is no such thing.  Perhaps Opus Dei members are active in a parish, but Opus Dei does not run parishes.  That is not part of their mission.

OP, there is a distinction between logistical difficulties and doctrinal disputes.  The logistics of the sacraments can be tricky, depending on the parish, though they are almost always based on a doctrinal reason.  Godparents in the Church have a specific role in the faith, and the Church is obligated to ensure they can fulfill that role, for example.  That being said, I have never encountered unreasonable difficulty in any of the parishes we have attended over the years.

Doctrinal disputes are separate.  If you do not believe in the Real Presence, what are you doing baptizing your child in a faith that professes the Real Presence to be true?  How can you stand in front of family and friends and God and profess a faith you do not share?

Catholic is not a culture or ethnicity.  It is a faith.  And not just any faith, but one that professes to be God's own authority, instituted by Christ Himself, universal truth, and the gates of Hell will not prevail against it.

You have free will.  Exercise it.  If you want the Church to bend to your will, acknowledge that is not how it works and move on.  By definition, Church teaching on essential matters of revelation and morality is TRUE, otherwise, the Church would not be standing for it.  People have died for the sake of these truths.  Respect the Church and be true to yourself and don't swear to something you don't believe.  [/quote]

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