Can I take Holy Communion if I have cold sore on my lips? I apologize for this silly question but I am new to Coptic Orthodox Church and I recently faced this dilemma.
Cold sore is very contagious and I was afraid to take the Holy Communion so that other people would not feel disgusted with drinking blood after me.
God Bless You.
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Please pray for me always,
Believer in God
However, if you feel that you are making others uncomfortable, you could just stand at the back of the line and receive the Blood of Christ after all the others have.
BUT remember to pray for me :)
and welcome aboard!!
Think about, wit all of the different people using the same spoon, not once did anyone ever get sick from the holy body and blood of jesus christ.
what we as a family (the church) , partake of, (holy communion) is not what it seams. its neither WINE (alchaholic) even thought its made out of alchaholic wine. Also, its not a 'desiese carrier' waiting for epople to share the spoon....
ill tell u a story. there was once a man who was the only deacon serving in a mass and it happened to be a day when there was double demerit points (twice the punishment for driving crimes). anyways, just before Holy Communion, the deacon was unsure about sharing half the cup of te Blood (wine) as he was anxious about his drive home and double demerit points...
anywasy abouna advised him to take the holy communion and go in peace. on his drive home, he was stoped by the police (cops) took the alchahol test and had 0 agains his name...
although im walinh around the bush, im telling you that whatever U may see, or think becuase it is logical such as getting drunk over the blood, God works his powers that the logic is no longer needed.
have faith :S
hope i helped
God Bless
Coptic88
reasoning: so that it doesnt go in ur mouth then out again. it may have traces of the body
also, there are some specific food my mum usally dislikes me eating after holy communion suuch as: lollypops and LEB..LUVEEN LEBB
Yes you are allowed to.
That is why Abouna gives the ABSOLUTION.
AGAIN SOMEBODY CORRECT IF I AM WRONG.
It is necessary to remember, as has been posted here recently, that in the early centuries there was no private confession of sins, and this developed as a means to support the spiritual growth of Christians. There was a public confession of gross sins, and the absolution offered during the preparation for the liturgy for those lesser sins which we fall into. We still have this absolution which prepares us for the communion. It would be meaningless if absolution could only be given in the context of confession.
So if we have repented then the Church prepares us to receive communion by a general absolution. This is just as effective as the absolution given in confession, because in all cases the absolution is given in the name of Christ, it is he who forgives us, and renews us and prepares us to receive himself. This is not to diminish the place of confession, which is a means of receiving one-to-one spiritual advice and counsel. But unless we are in a monastic context where we can speak with our father every day then it is not possible to always be in a state of having confessed and received absolution. But we can always be repentant.
Father Peter
yes and there are people who are EXTREAMS..like my sunday skool teacher...who told us (my sunday skool class comprimised of me n my friend) tthat we are not to eat from poons or forks after holy communion
reasoning: so that it doesnt go in ur mouth then out again. it may have traces of the body
also, there are some specific food my mum usally dislikes me eating after holy communion suuch as: lollypops and LEB..LUVEEN LEBB
that really doesn't make sense.......for as much as lollipops and spoons and forks, that's all is fine. you can't just say that anything comes out of your mouth after communion is not supposed to.
the whole idea, and the action that is not supposed to be done is anything that will make you spit. chewing gum is the most famous because sooner or latter you will need to spit it out.