ARTICLE
2:PARTICIPATION IN THE BLESSED EUCHARIST
Can.
912 Any baptised person who is not forbidden by law may and must be admitted to
holy communion.
Can.
913 §1 For holy communion to be administered to children, it is required that
they have sufficient knowledge and be accurately prepared, so that according to
their capacity they understand what the mystery of Christ means, and are able
to receive the Body of the Lord with faith and devotion.
§2 The
blessed Eucharist may, however, be administered to children in danger of death
if they can distinguish the Body of Christ from ordinary food and receive
communion with reverence.
Can.
914 It is primarily the duty of parents and of those who take their place, as
it is the duty of the parish priest, to ensure that children who have reached
the use of reason are properly prepared and, having made their sacramental
confession, are nourished by this divine food as soon as possible. It is also
the duty of the parish priest to see that children who have not reached the use
of reason, or whom he has judged to be insufficiently disposed, do not come to
holy communion.
Can.
915 Those upon whom the penalty of excommunication or interdict has been
imposed or declared, and others who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin,
are not to be admitted to holy communion.
Can.
916 Anyone who is conscious of grave sin may not celebrate Mass or receive the
Body of the Lord without previously having been to 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 resolve to go to confession as soon as possible.
Can.
917 One who has received the blessed Eucharist may receive it again on the same
day only within a eucharistic celebration in which that person participates,
without prejudice to the provision of can. 921 §2.
Can.
918 It is most strongly recommended that the faithful receive holy communion in
the course of a eucharistic celebration. If, however, for good reason they ask
for it apart from the Mass, it is to be administered to them, observing the
liturgical rites.
Can.
919 §1 Whoever is to receive the blessed Eucharist is to abstain for at least
one hour before holy communion from all food and drink, with the sole exception
of water and medicine.
§2 A priest
who, on the same day, celebrates the blessed Eucharist twice or three times may
consume something before the second or third celebration, even though there is
not an hour's interval.
§3 The
elderly and those who are suffering from some illness, as well as those who
care for them, may receive the blessed Eucharist even if within the preceding
hour they have consumed something.
Can.
920 §1 Once admitted to the blessed Eucharist, each of the faithful is obliged
to receive holy communion at least once a year.
§2 This
precept must be fulfilled during paschal time, unless for a good reason it is
fulfilled at another time during the year.
Can.
921 §1 Christ's faithful who are in danger of death, from whatever cause, are
to be strengthened by holy communion as Viaticum.
§2 Even if
they have already received holy communion that same day, it is nevertheless
strongly suggested that in danger of death they should communicate again.
§3 While
the danger of death persists, it is recommended that holy communion be
administered a number of times, but on separate days.
Can.
922 Holy Viaticum for the sick is not to be unduly delayed. Those who have the
care of souls are to take assiduous care that the sick are strengthened by it
while they are in full possession of their faculties.
Can.
923 Christ's faithful may participate in the eucharistic Sacrifice and receive
holy communion in any catholic rite, without prejudice to the provisions of
can. 844.
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