Why we need Spiritual Communion (and how to have it) when we are unable to attend Mass

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  • As Catholics, we know the Eucharist is true bread from heaven for our journey towards Eternal Life. 
  • When it is not possible to receive the sacrament (in Church) (e.g., due to wars, disasters, or COVID-19 restrictions) we still need to participate at Mass, by our desire for full union with Christ, through the practice of Spiritual Communion
  • Spiritual Communion was praised by St John Paul II and recommended by saints who were masters of the spiritual life (Sacramentum Caritatis, 55).
  • When we watch the Mass online, there is an opportunity to make a Spiritual Communion, using the prayer by St. Alphonsus Liguori
    • My Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things and I desire you with all my heart. Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, I ask you to come spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already in my heart and unite myself to you completely. Please do not let me ever by separated from you.

Here is the link to our Parish's YouTube channel where the Masses are streamed live or posted online for us to have Spiritual Communion
 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxmCjq2POuSnoMwTnLbH2w







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