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Eucharistic coherence
Archbishop Samuel Aquila, Catholic World Report
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
When one partakes of the Eucharist, one is stating by one’s very action that one is in communion with Christ and his Church. However, if one is in mortal sin when receiving Communion, one is telling a lie, for, in being in a state of mortal sin, one is neither in communion with Christ nor his Church.