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Author Topic: Would you see any good fruits from a truly unworthy Communion?  (Read 2924 times)

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  • Sometimes I really don’t know if I committed a mortal sin or not, I have a doubt whether there was full consent and advertence, for example.

    I can only go to confession on the weekends (there’s no weekday confessions) but I have access to daily Mass and I’m able to go to it. So sometimes it can happen at the beginning of the week and that would mean I wouldn’t be able to go to Communion for the rest of the week till I confess. 

    Many times I’ve gone back and forth and decided there was no mortal sin based on previous confession feedback and based on what I know of when it becomes mortal, so in these situations, I’ve gone to Communion. 

    But then I always have the thought in the back of my mind: should I really have gone? Was it really not a mortal sin? Was it a sacrilege? Obviously each time I hope I wasn’t in mortal sin and made several acts of perfect contrition but of course I know perfect contrition is not enough to receive Communion if you’re truly certain you’re in mortal sin. 

    So I always wonder if I did the right thing because obviously I don’t want to commit sacrilege but at the same time I don’t want to be depriving myself of the benefit of Communion unnecessarily and I always wonder if it’s the devil trying to make me not go. 

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    Re: Would you see any good fruits from a truly unworthy Communion?
    « Reply #1 on: August 23, 2024, 05:43:54 PM »
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  • I forgot the main question! The question was: if your communion was truly unworthy, is it possible you would see good fruits from it? Because the times I’ve gone where I wasn’t 100% sure, I’ve seen positive fruits the rest of the day. 


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    Re: Would you see any good fruits from a truly unworthy Communion?
    « Reply #2 on: August 23, 2024, 06:31:35 PM »
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  • I would ask your confessor about it. 

    When I have had similar doubts, my confessor has assured me that it is most likely that I was not guilty of mortal sin if I was uncertain of it and condoned my having received Communion. But, again, I would advise seeking counsel from your confessor. 

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    Re: Would you see any good fruits from a truly unworthy Communion?
    « Reply #3 on: August 23, 2024, 07:57:59 PM »
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  • You sound scrupulous to me.

    Where's Ladislaus to help us?

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    Re: Would you see any good fruits from a truly unworthy Communion?
    « Reply #4 on: August 23, 2024, 08:23:47 PM »
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  • When in doubt DON'T GO.  If there is even the slightest chance of committing a sacrilege DON'T DO IT.!
    As for feeling good after you've gone to Communion....the devil can do that too.  Feelings or any good things after are not a good way to measure worthiness.  the devil would certainly reward you for committing a sacrilege.
    Best to work on not committing the possible mortal sin instead of worrying afterward.
    "Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: and them that hate Him flee from before His Holy Face"  Psalm 67:2[/b]



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    Re: Would you see any good fruits from a truly unworthy Communion?
    « Reply #5 on: August 23, 2024, 08:36:59 PM »
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  • When in doubt DON'T GO.  If there is even the slightest chance of committing a sacrilege DON'T DO IT.!
    As for feeling good after you've gone to Communion....the devil can do that too.  Feelings or any good things after are not a good way to measure worthiness.  the devil would certainly reward you for committing a sacrilege.
    Best to work on not committing the possible mortal sin instead of worrying afterward.
    I didn’t mean “feeling good” as in emotionally etc. 

    I meant being objectively better, like avoiding sin and doing more virtuous things. 

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    Re: Would you see any good fruits from a truly unworthy Communion?
    « Reply #6 on: August 23, 2024, 08:47:53 PM »
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  • I didn’t mean “feeling good” as in emotionally etc.

    I meant being objectively better, like avoiding sin and doing more virtuous things.
    As long as that doesn't let you fall to the sin of pride.
    When the devil can't get a devout person to sin he helps them increase in virtue to
    trap them in the sin of pride.
    We are fighting for our eternal souls against the master of deceit.
    "Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered: and them that hate Him flee from before His Holy Face"  Psalm 67:2[/b]