My Book of Faith: 17 The Holy Church and the Holy Sacraments

God's Introduction
Forword
SECTION I: Background
1. Meet The Author
2. How God Communicated with Me
SECTION II: The Story of Creation
1. The Origin and Nature of God
2. In The Beginning
  - The Creation of the World
  - The Life God Created
3. Life in Heaven
SECTION III: Our Separation from God
SECTION IV: Understanding Salvation
1. The Purpose, Life and Death of Jesus Christ
2. The Mystery that is Mary, Mother of God
  - Queen of Heaven and the Universe
3. The Path of Salvation
4. The Road Less Travelled
5. The Promises of Salvation
SECTION V: Building Your Relationship With God

Section 5 Building Your Relationship With God - 17 The Holy Church And The Holy Sacraments

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Meaning: For the same reason that when He was crucified, He forgave everyone even though they absolutely showed no remorse and even continued to mock him as He was dying on the cross, in great pain.

Question: Why does the rule of the parable of the wedding banquet not apply when receiving the Holy Communion?

God’s answer:

Dinner is served
“Thanks but no thanks.”

They are the ones who do not receive Me.
It is rude to come to a banquet and not eat.

Meaning: The parable does apply. In light of this discussion, the meaning of the parable of the wedding banquet is as follows:

When Jesus told the parable, He was describing those who can enter Heaven. In the previous answer on God’s explanation of why His mercy has no limit, it must be noted that in the parable of the Wedding Banquet, the ones who were invited and showed up were people off the street (the good and the bad). They had one thing in common, they were all wearing a wedding garment except for one.

As Jesus said, to have eternal life one must eat of his flesh and blood, to come as His bride.

When one attends the Catholic mass, the highlight is the Eucharistic Feast. During the consecration the priest repeats Jesus' words ... take this all of you and eat it. Take this all of you and drink of it. Those who wear a wedding garment are those who come to receive Holy Communion (be a bride). Those who don’t receive Holy Communion are those who are not wearing a wedding garment. The expression Thanks but no thanks means "(Informal) Thank you, but I am not interested. (A way of turning down something that is not very desirable)."⁴⁹

⁴⁹ TheFreeDictionary.com, 'Thanks, But No Thanks' (2015) <http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Thanks,+but+no+thanks> accessed 26 August 2015.

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Question: Can you please confirm your answer.

God’s answer:

Jilted
I Am left standing at the altar.

God then gave me the song Alone Again Naturally, a song by Irish singer– songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan⁵⁰, about a man left standing at the altar.

Question: If anyone who receives Holy Communion receive the graces it offers, does this mean that an unrepentant person is just forgiven without any need for repentance?

God’s answer:

Repentance is part of the healing process.

Meaning: This is part of the grace the person receives when they receive Holy Communion, when necessary. Again, to God forgiveness is about restoration. It does not mean turning a blind eye, which what we often associate forgiveness to be.

Question: Why is it that in the past, taking communion doesn’t seem to have any effect... meaning, I don’t feel anything has changed in me?

God’s answer:

Dosage
The effect is cumulative

⁵⁰ Wikipedia, 'Alone Again (Naturally)' (2015) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone_Again_(Naturally)> accessed 26 August 2015.

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