Yes, it's quite nice isn't it? I've recently the chance to go to a parish virtually identical to the one you just described that's about an hour away from where I live, and it's a night and day difference from the mainline new world order modernist Catholic churches instituted post-vatican II. Really underscores why pulling that off was so important to the international jew.
As far as the Eucharist is concerned, you're only supposed to take it if you're Catholic (which you might be, if my memory is serving me correctly). It's a big no-no to take it if you're not Catholic (because to take it you are implicitly agreeing that it is in fact the Body of Christ, and if you don't actually believe that then it's making you a liar) or in an appropriate state of grace (no mortal sins, etc.). As pointystick said, this is probably why you felt ill if you flew in the face of any of that. And if you just pocket it, you'll get stopped and given a talking-to if anybody sees you do it (the ministers are supposed to be watching). We're quite protective of it and satanists occasionally send plants in to steal it so they can hold black masses and desecrate the host.
As far as the Eucharist is concerned, you're only supposed to take it if you're Catholic (which you might be, if my memory is serving me correctly). It's a big no-no to take it if you're not Catholic (because to take it you are implicitly agreeing that it is in fact the Body of Christ, and if you don't actually believe that then it's making you a liar) or in an appropriate state of grace (no mortal sins, etc.). As pointystick said, this is probably why you felt ill if you flew in the face of any of that. And if you just pocket it, you'll get stopped and given a talking-to if anybody sees you do it (the ministers are supposed to be watching). We're quite protective of it and satanists occasionally send plants in to steal it so they can hold black masses and desecrate the host.
Yeah, you're not supposed to go up and take communion if you aren't Catholic and/or haven't confessed your mortal sins before so that's why. After all, you are eating Jesus flesh himself, who is very holy, so your body isn't ready for it. Happened to a lot of people who took communion without confession first. But take it as a nudge in the right direction.
Merry Christmas.
Yes.
>Have you attended confession
No.
>Prior to receiving you must be in a state of grace, if you aren’t you are eating damnation
Then perhaps nothing has changed.
You are now morally culpable for your prior behavior because a brother Christian has pointed this behavior out to you. You are currently in a state of mortal sin, my brother, and should not be relaxed about this. Call your local parish, tell the priest you need to do a long-form, guided confession as you are unaware of when you confessed last. Go to that meeting, be honest, and then you’ll feel better.
St. Paul's great sin was that he physically killed Christians. His salvation was that he preached life to the spiritually dead and he was grievously executed for this. The debt that I feel the requirement to repay is not one that can be washed away by simply confessing to it.