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Jesus with Bread and Wine by Wilhelm List (c. 1905). Spiritual communion is a Christian practice of desiring union with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.It is used as a preparation for Mass and by individuals who cannot receive Holy Communion.
In Anglicanism, the "General Confession" is the act of contrition in Thomas Cranmer's 1548 order of Communion and later in the Book of Common Prayer. [2]In Methodism, the General Confession is the same act of contrition in The Sunday Service of the Methodists and Methodist liturgical texts descended from it.
Pope Paul VI wrote in his encyclical Mysterium fidei (1965) that "even if a priest celebrates it privately" a Mass is not private but "an act of Christ and of the Church". [15] The Church no longer uses the term "private Mass", saying instead "Masses celebrated without the people" ( In Missis sine populo celebratis ).
According to the 1968 Enchiridion of Indulgences, a partial indulgence is granted to the faithful for the following actions if done in conjunction with the receiving of the Sacraments of Communion and Penance as well as praying an intention for the Pope: [29] making an act of faith, hope, charity, contrition, or spiritual communion
Of the words that the 1962 text attributes to Jesus, it puts in large print only the five words "Hoc est enim Corpus meum" (which it calls "the words of consecration") and does not include in the words of Jesus the phrase "quod pro vobis tradetur"; the 1972 text includes this phrase and prints in large type all the words it attributes to Jesus ...
The Mass (or Liturgy) of the Catechumens is an ancient title for the first half of the Catholic Mass or Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy.In the Mass of Paul VI of the Catholic Church, it is referred to as the Liturgy of the Word.
Open communion is the practice of some Protestant Churches of allowing members and non-members to receive the Eucharist (also called Holy Communion or the Lord's Supper). ). Many but not all churches that practice open communion require that the person receiving communion be a baptized Christian, and other requirements may apply as
In the Eucharist of the Anglican Communion the ritual regarding the use of the credence table varies from parish to parish and diocese to diocese. In some parishes, (typically those identifying as Anglo-Catholic) the ritual is quite elaborate, with an army of servers, a sub-deacon and deacon all taking part.