>
>Actually paragraph 1388 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church states.
>"It is keeping with the very meaning of the Eucharist that the faithful,
>if they have the required dispositions, 'receive communion each time'
>they participate in the Mass."
>
>Also, the Code of Canon Law Canon 917 states. "A person who has received
>the Most Holy Eucharist may receive again on the same day only during
>the celebration of the Eucharist in which the person participates, with
>due regard for the prescription of Canon 921 Section 2." This canon
>deals with people in danger of death.
>
>Finally, the Bishops Committee on the Liturgy Newsletter dated February,
>1988.
>
>"Q. Whether according to Canon 917, a member of the faithful who has
>already received te Holy Eucharist can on the same day receive it only
>one more time or as many times as he or she participates in a
>eucharistic celebration.
>
>R. In the affirmative to the first part; in the negative to the second,
>(Decision made on 26 June 1984; publication ordered by Pope John Paul II
>on 11 July 1984.
>
>Comment. Canon 917 as translated by the Canon Law Society of America,
>states 'A person who has received the Most Holy Eucharist may receive
>again on the same day only during the celebration of the Eucharist in
>which the person participates, with due regard for the prescription of
>Canon 921 Section 2.' The authentic interpretation of the Pontifical
>Committee makes it clear that at only one other celebration at which a
>person participates on a given day may he or she receive Communion.
>Nevertheless, a person who has already received Communion once (or even
>twice) on the same day is urged to receive again in the form of Viaticum
>if he or she comes to be in danger of death (canon 921, par 2).
>
FATHER CHRYSOSTOMOS
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