{"id":687,"date":"2010-11-04T20:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2010\/11\/i-will-never-understand\/"},"modified":"2017-01-26T17:48:09","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T22:48:09","slug":"i-will-never-understand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2010\/11\/i-will-never-understand.html","title":{"rendered":"I will never understand&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u2026 why protestants get so damn offended when they find out they can not receive the Blessed Sacrament when visiting a Catholic parish. <\/p>\n<p>Guests I have invited to mass get indignant and feel slighted even after I warn them before hand explaining that we believe the Eucharist is truly Christ and not a symbol. They tell me it makes them feel unwelcome and they doubt they will return. When I ask them would they visit a mosque or temple and expect to participate with every ritual they respond they would never dare, opting instead to just quietly and respectfully observe. Yet, according to them, it\u2019s ok to risk offending your Catholic host who invited you to join them for mass. <\/p>\n<p>Catholics are not deserving of the same respect according this logic.    <\/p>\n<p>However, pointing out the hypocrisy of their thinking does little for my ecumenical skills. How can I continue to invite friends to mass sharing my faith with non-Catholics and have them not be offended? <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m curious to know how others handle this situation, especially since I will be having many non-practicing Catholics and protestant family members come to my son\u2019s first Communion. To be honest, I am tempted not to invite them all. If the sacrament holds no special importance then I see no reason for them to be there. Of course I risk offense by not inviting them\u2026 damned if you do, damned if you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/18613340-6083787937742671552?l=thecrescat.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 why protestants get so damn offended when they find out they can not receive the Blessed Sacrament when visiting a Catholic parish. Guests I have invited to mass get indignant and feel slighted even after I warn them before hand explaining that we believe the Eucharist is truly Christ and not a symbol. 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