tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post5248860497067730762..comments2024-03-15T19:18:22.881-05:00Comments on Servant and Steward: The obligation is to attend Mass, not to receive CommunionRev. Daren J. Zehnle, J.C.L., K.C.H.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12695652221601203187noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10038924.post-82931895533458214852011-08-26T07:04:49.208-05:002011-08-26T07:04:49.208-05:00As someone who was at WYD, right next to one of th...As someone who was at WYD, right next to one of those tents, I can tell you that either those hosts were already consecrated, or the Spanish need to learn how to store unconsecrated hosts. When the weather turned for the worse, my group decided to go and pray in the chapel that we were right next to, and the tabernacle was full of ciboria. Which in my mind means either Jesus was there (as the candles were lit) or he wasn't there (which wouldn't surprise me). <br /><br />The worst part of that announcement to me was not that we couldn't receive, but that they told almost 2 million people to go find a church in Madrid, and essentially correlated fulfilling one's obligation to receiving Communion. That being said, I was actually glad that there was no Communion for the majority of pilgrims, mainly because it greatly reduced the risk of profanation to the Most Blessed Sacrament...cuaguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12661662943427343295noreply@blogger.com