When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. (And) Jesus said to her, Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come. His mother said to the servers, Do whatever he tells you. Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus told them, Fill the jars with water. So they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter. So they took it. And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now. Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him. -The 2nd Luminous Mystery

Receiving Holy Communion









Receiving Holy Communion


Question from on 06-19-2007:

On Sundays, at what point in coming late to church does it qualify for not fulfilling your Sunday obligation?

To
be able to receive Holy Communion on weekdays is it necessary to attend
Mass, or is it okay to come in right before or right at Communion time
and walk up and recieve Holy communion? We see a lot of this at our
parish church and nothing is said about it.



Answer by Rev. Mark J. Gantley, JCL on 06-20-2007:

There is nothing in canon law that permits a person to arrive late for Mass.

There are circumstances that excuse a person from Mass (e.g., sickness). Similarly, there
might also be legitimate reasons why a person is late (e.g., lost car keys and there is no later
Mass that day). If there is a legitimate reason for coming late, I don't see a problem with
going to Holy Communion.

Because we don't know the circumstances, we cannot judge individuals. However, I would
tend to think that the vast majority of people who come late have no legitimate reason and
have not properly fulfilled their Sunday Mass obligation and should not be receiving Holy
Communion.





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