The Eucharistic celebration is the action of Christ himself and the Church (CIC 899 §1).

Any baptized person not prohibited by law can and must be admitted to holy communion (CIC 912).

A person who is conscious of grave sin is not to celebrate Mass or receive the body of the Lord without previous 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 resolution of confessing as soon as possible. (CIC 916).

A person who has already received the Most Holy Eucharist can receive it a second time on the same day only within the eucharistic celebration in which the person participates, without prejudice to the prescript of can. 921, §2. (CIC 917).

A person who is to receive the Most Holy Eucharist is to abstain for at least one hour before holy communion from any food and drink, except for only water and medicine (CIC 919 §1).

• If you are sick or shut-ins and would like to recieve Holy Communion, please call the Parish Office so that we might visit and administer. Families should notify the pastor or parish office when a parishioner is hospitazed or having surgery.