Who Can Receive Holy Communion?

All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

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🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

“I receive Holy Communion every week, so why am I not more holy?” Perhaps, this is a question you have asked yourself. Receiving Holy Communion is an essential part of striving for sainthood. So, how do we do it well and who gets to receive Communion? Dr. Edward Sri explains multiple ways that we can prepare ourselves for receiving the Eucharist and why some people should not receive.

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The Eucharist is an expression of unity with the Church, unity of faith, and unity of life.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm receiving the very body,
0:20.3	blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus.
0:23.5	Why am I not experiencing this change,
0:26.6	this transformation in my soul?
0:29.2	It's said that just one holy communion is enough
0:32.4	to make us a saint.
0:34.4	Then why aren't we saints if we go to mass every week?
0:36.8	We receive Jesus in the Eucharist.
0:39.0	Maybe some of us go every day.
0:40.5	We go to daily mass.
0:42.0	Why are we not growing in holiness at the pace we desire?
0:46.3	As I speak around the country and I talk about the mass, I talk about the eucress, I hear from many
0:49.9	lay faithful these kinds of questions, Maybe you've pondered this before. Do you long to make every
0:56.3	holy communion count? Do you long to make every reception of the Eucharist transform you?
1:03.0	Do you long to welcome Jesus most fully into your heart
1:06.8	so that you can experience his love,
1:08.7	he's healing, him changing you, sanctifying you.
1:13.0	A lot of questions people have about holy community.
1:14.8	They wonder, well, how do I make a good holy communion?
1:17.8	How can I really prepare my heart to receive him,
1:20.9	to welcome him more? I hear from some Catholics, they say, I don't even know if I'm worthy to receive
1:27.9	Holy Communion. I've sin, I struggle with sin, am I worthy to receive?
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