Nothing is worse than having to prescribe a relationship in the spiritual life. For example, the one that at least once a year confesses and receives the Sacrament of the Altar. The basic equipment of a person should include the inner and outer truthfulness of everything he lives and does.

And so he will never again be troubled by the thought that he has to go to confession (for example, before Christmas). He will be much more excited about the idea that he can go clean his soul from rust again because it is already ripe for it again.

HOW OFTEN TO CONFESS

Just imagine what it would be like if, next to the church order to confess at least once a year and receive the Sacrament of the Altar, another new order appeared – to lie down with your husband at least once a year… Because it is assumed that spouses understand, that even this side of coexistence helps to strengthen their relationship and mutuality. But let’s move on.

When you write, Evka, about regular Holy Communion, i.e. every seven days, my idea of ​​regularity differs from yours. What is the Eucharist? The dogmatic answer is: the living Christ, is present there. And since we have holy masses all over Slovakia from Monday to Saturday, why not go and meet this Christ on a weekday and accept his radiant presence as food reinforcement on the path of life?!

The only condition for such a meeting is a pure heart or, as your friend rightly advised you, sanctifying grace. If a person approaches the Eucharist in this way under all circumstances, he need not fear sacrilege. However, one must be very careful about the two extremes.

SCRUPULOUS AND LAX APPROACH

What I still know from the holy confessions is the iron rule that people who have a center of gravity in regulations, orders, prohibitions, and regulations, carry with them a terrible boulder of scrupulousness – scrupulousness. They keep asking themselves: is this still okay? Did I do something wrong? Am I not committing sacrilege right now?

It is even a customary practice of many Christians to this day that if, after Holy Confession, he misses several Holy Masses in the following days, he no longer has the right to attend the Eucharist, because he missed it – apparently in the spirit of the idea that nothing interrupted is good… In addition, he does not look at whether it is in sanctifying grace, which is decisive for communion! These people seem to forget the freedom that Jesus Christ won for them on the cross.

Exactly according to the Holy Scriptures “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom”. But on the other hand, I also read freedom in some confessions as follows: I have no sins, everything in my life is good as it is, because Saint Augustine also said “Love and do what you want”. So “love” has such a crazy meaning for some people that “do what you want” can no longer apply! Why can’t he? Because even love has its own rules!