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Pock

et G

uide

fo

r

Rec

eivi

ng

Hol

y C

omm

unio

n

Afte

r Rec

eivi

ng H

oly

Com

mun

ion

ӹR

etur

n re

vere

ntly

to y

our s

eat a

nd

cont

inue

kne

elin

g un

til th

e re

mai

ning

Hos

ts

have

bee

n pl

aced

in th

e ta

bern

acle

.

ӹPr

ay to

Jes

us, t

hank

ing

Him

for H

is lo

ve

and

sacr

ifice

.

Pray

er A

fter C

omm

unio

n

O S

acra

men

t mos

t Hol

y,

O S

acra

men

t Div

ine,

All

prai

se a

nd a

ll th

anks

givi

ng,

Be

ever

y m

omen

t Thi

ne.

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Bef

ore

Com

mun

ion,

pre

pare

yo

urse

lf to

rece

ive

Jesu

s.

ӹIf

you

know

that

you

hav

e co

mm

itted

se

rious

sin

, go

to th

e Sa

cram

ent

of R

econ

cilia

tion

to re

ceiv

e G

od’s

fo

rgiv

enes

s be

fore

goi

ng to

Mas

s.

ӹO

bser

ve th

e Eu

char

istic

Fas

t. Th

at is

, be

sure

that

you

do

not e

at o

r drin

k an

ythi

ng

for a

t lea

st a

n ho

ur b

efor

e yo

u w

ill b

e re

ceiv

ing

Com

mun

ion.

ӹG

o to

Mas

s w

ith y

our f

amily

. Pra

y, li

sten

, si

ng, a

nd fo

cus

on J

esus

so

your

hea

rt w

ill

be re

ady

to re

ceiv

e H

im.

Step

s fo

r Rec

eivi

ng H

oly

Com

mun

ion

Step

1.

Go

up to

the

alta

r pra

yerfu

lly a

nd

resp

ectfu

lly.

Step

2.

Whe

n it

is y

our t

urn,

mak

e a

gest

ure

of re

vere

nce

(bow

, gen

uflec

t, or

kn

eel)

for C

hris

t in

the

Euc

haris

t.

Step

3.

The

prie

st, d

eaco

n, o

r ext

raor

dina

ry

min

iste

r will

hol

d up

a H

ost i

n fro

nt o

f you

and

say

: “Th

e B

ody

of

Chr

ist.”

You

resp

ond:

“Am

en.”

Step

4.

Rec

eive

Com

mun

ion

eith

er o

n yo

ur

tong

ue o

r in

your

han

ds. A

fter y

ou

have

rece

ived

, ste

p to

the

side

and

m

ake

the

Sig

n of

the

Cro

ss fa

cing

th

e al

tar.

Impo

rtan

t not

e: a

lway

s im

med

iate

ly e

at th

e en

tire

Com

mun

ion

Hos

t giv

en to

you

.St

ep 5

. If

you

rece

ive

the

Pre

ciou

s B

lood

, re

peat

ste

ps 2

-4 w

ith th

e ch

alic

e.

The

prie

st, d

eaco

n, o

r ext

raor

dina

ry

min

iste

r will

offe

r the

cha

lice

and

say:

“The

Blo

od o

f Chr

ist.”

You

re

spon

d: “A

men

.” Th

en c

aref

ully

ta

ke th

e ch

alic

e w

ith b

oth

hand

s an

d ta

ke a

sm

all s

ip o

f the

Pre

ciou

s B

lood

. Be

care

ful n

ot to

spi

ll.