Whether a man is a weekly communicant or not, he should _in any case
be present as a worshipper_ at Holy Communion Sunday by Sunday, and
should regard attendance at the weekly Eucharist as the most essential
part of church-going. No one who makes it a rule of his life to be
present on Sundays and other festivals of the Church at Holy Communion
ever has cause to regret having done so.
A man who for any reason (_e.g._ by the nature of his employment) is
debarred from attending regularly on Sundays should, if possible,
secure an opportunity of regular attendance at Holy Communion on a
week-day. There are usually churches to be found, at least in the
towns, which have an early morning Eucharist daily throughout the
week: and advantage can also be taken of this if on any particular
occasion the regular Sunday Communion has been missed. If neither
Sunday nor week-day opportunities are available, the need should be
met by what is known as "spiritual communion": that is to say, a man
should read over the Liturgy in private, unite himself in spirit with
the Eucharist as celebrated in the particular church with which he
happens to be most familiar (as representing for him the worship of
the Church Universal), and pray that he may receive the spiritual
benefits of Communion though deprived for the time being of the actual
Sacrament.
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