Eucharist Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Catholic==== The Catholic Church requires its members to receive the [[Sacraments of the Catholic Church|sacrament]] of [[Sacrament of Penance (Catholic Church)|Penance or Reconciliation]] before taking Communion if they are aware of having committed a [[mortal sin]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P39.HTM|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628182123/https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P39.HTM|url-status=dead|title=Code of Canon Law, canon 916|archivedate=28 June 2011}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/la/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19901018_codex-can-eccl-orient-2.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130144307/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19901018_codex-can-eccl-orient-2_lt.html#TITULUS_XVI|url-status=dead|title=Codex Canonum Ecclesiarum orientalium, die XVIII Octobris anno MCMXC β Ioannes Paulus PP. II | Ioannes Paulus II|archivedate=30 November 2012|website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> and to prepare by fasting, prayer, and other works of piety.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P39.HTM|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628182123/https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P39.HTM|url-status=dead|title=Code of Canon Law, canon 919|archive-date=28 June 2011}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page