Fasting before Communion

[DanielLionsDen]

I know you should fast an hour before receiving the Eucharist, but do you guys make sure you fast an hour before actually receiving or an hour before Mass starts?

Or something else altogether?

Thanks!

Daniel

 

[ukok]

An hour before Mass start's. But i don't eat breakfast anyway, so on Sunday that isn't a problem for me , though i have to ensure that i refrain from drinking coffee after 9:30 am.

 

[DanielLionsDen]

An hour before Mass start's. But i don't eat breakfast anyway, so on Sunday that isn't a problem for me , though i have to ensure that i refrain from drinking coffee after 9:30 am.

Should you fast from coffee and tea as well??

 

[Monica02]

Should you fast from coffee and tea as well??

Water is allowed but I do not know about coffee or tea. I always drink tea untill the moment I walk out of the door. I hope that is okay.

 

[ukok]

Should you fast from coffee and tea as well??

yep that is my understanding. Water however, is allowed.

 

[DanielLionsDen]

yep that is my understanding. Water however, is allowed.

*Thinking of all the cups of tea drunk before Mass over the years

Oh dear......

 

[ZooMom]

The rule is to fast at least an hour before reception of the Eucharist. But if you are timing a visit to Denny's breakfast buffet against exactly one hour to Communion, then you've missed the point anyway. We just skip breakfast on Sunday morning, except for the kids, and we make sure they don't eat after 9am.

 

[ukok]

*Thinking of all the cups of tea drunk before Mass over the years

Oh dear......

Daniel, if you were'nt aware that you shouldn't have done it you really couldn't have done anything about it

 

[nyj]

Since I can't be bothered to drag myself out of bed until 9:30am (with Mass at 10:00am) the issue, for me at least, is moot.

 

[ShannonMcCatholic]

Because I am usually pregnant or nursing, I really have to eat before I go to Mass every morning. I make sure it is an hour before reception- as I really, at this time, cannot get up any earlier.

The rule is water or medicine- that's it. And if you've messed up in the past- just make a perfect act of contrition, resolve to confess it as soon as you can (most parishes have confessions tomorrow!), and firmly resolve not to sin in the same way again. If it was unintentional- then we are obviously looking at a venial sin- because there was not full knowledge of the wrong commited....

 

[DanielLionsDen]

Daniel, if you were'nt aware that you shouldn't have done it you really couldn't have done anything about it

Yea, I guess...... but its just annoying when you find out you've been doing something wrong.

Compared to some of the other things I've done wrong, I guess this one isn't so bad....

 

[Carrye]

Some friends (my priest-friend and consecrated-virgin-to-be-friend) and I were talking about this very thing one day. He uses tea as a medicine for headaches. He's not addicted to the caffeine, but it treats a real medical condition. Then we were talking about cigarettes. It's not a food or a drink.

Of course we talk about absurd ethical situations too: If a man was planning to commit suicide and jumped off the roof, and another man was shooting a gun, accidentally striking and killing the jumper, would the jumper's soul be in peril? He intended to commit suicide, but was unable because he was shot. And would the shooter's soul be in danger because he murdered a man, though without full intent. Ok, so we're theological dorks. I admit it.

What was the OP's question again?

 

[ShannonMcCatholic]

Some friends (my priest-friend and consecrated-virgin-to-be-friend) and I were talking about this very thing one day. He uses tea as a medicine for headaches. He's not addicted to the caffeine, but it treats a real medical condition. Then we were talking about cigarettes. It's not a food or a drink.

Of course we talk about absurd ethical situations too: If a man was planning to commit suicide and jumped off the roof, and another man was shooting a gun, accidentally striking and killing the jumper, would the jumper's soul be in peril? He intended to commit suicide, but was unable because he was shot. And would the shooter's soul be in danger because he murdered a man, though without full intent. Ok, so we're theological dorks. I admit it.

What was the OP's question again?

I think it was something about if a tree falls and no one is around to hear it.....

 

[ukok]

Yea, I guess...... but its just annoying when you find out you've been doing something wrong.

Compared to some of the other things I've done wrong, I guess this one isn't so bad....

as a convert to Catholicism i can tell you that i found out i'd got thirty five years of wrong doing on my conscience...so how bad was that !

 

[DanielLionsDen]

as a convert to Catholicism i can tell you that i found out i'd got thirty five years of wrong doing on my conscience...so how bad was that !

Are you a new Catholic Aunty Debby? From your posts I assumed you were an old hand! God bless you and thank you for your replies to me

 

[ukok]

Are you a new Catholic Aunty Debby? From your posts I assumed you were an old hand! God bless you and thank you for your replies to me

Daniel, your response thrilled me...i feel so lousy sometime's, to be considered an archaic catholic really cheer's me I converted in my heart, to Catholicism, about 2 years ago and the process of exploration of the Faith has been an incredible joy to me...but i was received into the Catholic Faith, officially on April 10th 2004...alongside my two children


Can i adopt you, you are so sweet

 

[bigsierra]

Well, it's not like it's that much time. Average 15 minutes drive time. 30 minutes on Liturgy of the Word. Equals 45 minutes. That would mean don't eat 15 minutes before you leave the house.

 

[DanielLionsDen]

Daniel, your response thrilled me...i feel so lousy sometime's, to be considered an archaic catholic really cheer's me I converted in my heart, to Catholicism, about 2 years ago and the process of exploration of the Faith has been an incredible joy to me...but i was received into the Catholic Faith, officially on April 10th 2004...alongside my two children

Hey...I mean HEY! I cant remember the last time I "thrilled" someone with something i said...! Thank you! So cool to hear your story, SOOO cool to hear of you joining the church!
Dont quite understand why you feel lousy though?

Can i adopt you, you are so sweet

Ok, you are offically my Aunty Deb!

 

[garydench]

looks fondly backs to his first confession

My priest made feel so good about myself after for having the weight of my sin lifted from me. It was a public confession, where evreyone lines up to see the priest, so we confessed symbolic sins.

 

[ukok]

Hey...I mean HEY! I cant remember the last time I "thrilled" someone with something i said...! Thank you! So cool to hear your story, SOOO cool to hear of you joining the church!
Dont quite understand why you feel lousy though?



Ok, you are offically my Aunty Deb!

Nephew Daniel ...i feel lousy that i came so late to the Truth! But i thank God that He was so patient with me

loadsa auntie affection,

auntie Deb.