I have heard several times over the course of this year that when taking communion, you should do some inner reflection and see if you are "worthy" of taking it. Some instructions I had received included that if you had sinned recently and not confessed, then you are considered "unclean" and are therefore "unworthy" of taking communion. There were others but that is one that really stuck one. I think another was that if you had doubt, you were "unworthy" and shouldn't take it.
Regardless of what makes one "unworthy" of communion, I find the whole idea to be a bit silly. I consider communion a special time where in taking the bread and wine, you are receiving Christ. So why should only the "worthy" receive him? Aren't the "unworthy" in greater need of him? Should they not take communion also?
So, I'm just wondering if anyone can explain the idea of considering yourself "worthy" of taking communion because it doesn't make sense to me.
Regardless of what makes one "unworthy" of communion, I find the whole idea to be a bit silly. I consider communion a special time where in taking the bread and wine, you are receiving Christ. So why should only the "worthy" receive him? Aren't the "unworthy" in greater need of him? Should they not take communion also?
So, I'm just wondering if anyone can explain the idea of considering yourself "worthy" of taking communion because it doesn't make sense to me.