EUCHARIST: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIAL RECEPTION?

Much has been written about Eucharistic participation by way of exception where Christians of other traditions are concerned. This paper identifies and illuminates a familial exception which pre-exists the exceptions spoken of in the Code of Canon Law and the Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism, and which calls for the application of those exceptions. It further argues that a recognition of this exception could open the way to a more normal application of the canonical exceptions, in the process making Eucharist an opportunity for familial reception. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]