Confession & the eucharist

[ps139]

Can. 916 Anyone who is conscious of grave sin may not celebrate Mass or receive the Body of the Lord without previously having been to sacramental confession, unless there is a grave reason and there is no opportunity to confess; in this case the person is to remember the obligation to make an act of perfect contrition, which includes the resolve to go to confession as soon as possible.

I'm not sure what qualifies as a grave reason, but I'd think it would be if you were in danger of death. I don't think wanting to fit in at Mass and not having to stay in the pew would qualify.

I agree totally.

 

[Rising_Suns]

Well I've got a question that needs to be asked about like the title says confession and the eucharist. Well my problem is simple, I believe I had commited a mortal sin before last Sunday's mass. I had heard from someone from OBOB before that when we are in this situation we obviously don't take the eucharist but instead we just go up to the priest with out arms crossed and ask for a blessing. Well the thing was I was kinda worried about getting asked questions because this seemingly barely happens, at least at the churches I've been to, so I simply just decided to stay back while the eucharist was given. Another problem was that i ended up sitting in a seat that when you went up to an EME, not the priest. So basically I want to know if it was alright for me to do what i did and what is the normal thing to do when you think you shouldn't partake in the eucharist. Thanks.

POD, peace be with you,

In addition to what everyone else has said, I want to commend you for rightfully denying yourself Communion in the first place. Not many people are humble enough to do so. That shows true obedience.

May the Lord give you His peace!

-Davide

 

[hannabl]

But if you take Communion without having confessed, it's bad, yeah. But if you later realize that, and go to confession to confess that and your previous sins it's okey.