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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.
Sufficient spiritual preparation must be made by each Catholic prior to receiving Holy Communion and one must believe truly in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. A Catholic in a state of mortal sin should first make a sacramental confession: otherwise that person commits a sacrilege. A sacrilege is the unworthy treatment of sacred ...
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
In the West, where the sacrament is normally reserved for those who can understand its significance, it came to be postponed until the recipient's early adulthood; in the 20th century, after Pope Pius X introduced first Communion for children on reaching the age of discretion, the practice of receiving Confirmation later than the Eucharist ...
Calvin spoke of the communication involved in the Lord's Supper as spiritual, meaning that it originates in the Holy Spirit. Calvin's teaching on the Lord's Supper was a development of that held by Martin Bucer and was held by other Reformed theologians such as Peter Martyr Vermigli. Calvin, like Zwingli and against Luther, did not believe that ...
The prayer is used as a canticle in the Lutheran Church of Sweden.Though rarely sung in regular worship, it is a standard part of the opening of clerical synods and during ordinations of priests, [3] usually during the final rite of vesting the priests after they have made their vows.
Small tabernacle for the communion of the sick. At the top is a box for the Reserved Mysteries (Reserved Sacrament), at the bottom, is a small chalice, and in the back is a tiny communion spoon with a cross on the handle (Kiev-Pecherski Lavra). The receptacle for taking communion to the sick is also called a pyx. However, it is quite different ...