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<blockquote data-quote="NoMoreTO" data-source="post: 1543943" data-attributes="member: 13996">I agree with [USER=20216]@nagareboshi[/USER]. If you are able to maintain a relationship with your sister, you can have a positive influence on her and her children as an uncle and provide them with a view into &quot;another path&quot; and an alternative perspective on things. Every person will have an opportunity at salvation, and while the children have the vax, they didn&#039;t really make the choice themselves. It is sad that she is receives communion while not being &quot;in communion&quot; with the Church, or receiving the sacrament of penance.&nbsp; Perhaps there is a way to explain to her that this is considered a sacrilege, but I think you&#039;d have to do that in steps using a level of persuasion.&nbsp; Many Catholics do this now, in part because they do not receive proper instruction, but obviously this rests on the individual. It is disturbing how someone who doesn&#039;t want to baptize their children, or speaks against Church teaching, still insists they have a right to receive. To me it is some sort of movement where they feel that they are still Catholic, and that the Church should adjust to them. Which sadly on the ground level the Church does appear to cave, but confession is a requirement at least once a year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NoMoreTO, post: 1543943, member: 13996"] I agree with [USER=20216]@nagareboshi[/USER]. If you are able to maintain a relationship with your sister, you can have a positive influence on her and her children as an uncle and provide them with a view into "another path" and an alternative perspective on things. Every person will have an opportunity at salvation, and while the children have the vax, they didn't really make the choice themselves. It is sad that she is receives communion while not being "in communion" with the Church, or receiving the sacrament of penance. Perhaps there is a way to explain to her that this is considered a sacrilege, but I think you'd have to do that in steps using a level of persuasion. Many Catholics do this now, in part because they do not receive proper instruction, but obviously this rests on the individual. It is disturbing how someone who doesn't want to baptize their children, or speaks against Church teaching, still insists they have a right to receive. To me it is some sort of movement where they feel that they are still Catholic, and that the Church should adjust to them. Which sadly on the ground level the Church does appear to cave, but confession is a requirement at least once a year. [/QUOTE]

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