Communion Fast

[Spem in alium]

If you knew someone had broken their Communion fast and with full knowledge was planning to willingly receive Communion (just saying "Jesus wouldn't mind" in their defence) and didn't see doing so as sinful or wrong, is there anything you could (or should) do besides talking with them about it? This happened to me this morning with someone very close to me, and I wasn't really sure what to say to them besides things like "You really shouldn't receive at Mass today".

[qfnol31]

Under the law there isn't really anything you can do except talk to them about it. You can't deny them Holy Communion if you're not distributing Holy Communion and honestly I'd rather not be in the position of having to address it during Holy Communion again anyways if I am distributing Holy Communion that day if the same person were to come up to me. I'd try to be in a different line (or better yet not help out which is always my preference).

You could address it with someone else, such as your pastor, but I don't think that it is really your place to do so. There could always be another problem in the background that the person has not shared with you that could change the nature of the act. For instance, on certain medications I need to eat frequently or else I get super jittery. I believe that canon law allows for certain medical exceptions to the fast, though in rare cases. We don't always know all the circumstances of the situation, so we have to be careful in aggressively pursuing it.

You're right to hold the Blessed Sacrament in such high regard and I think that since this person is so close to you that you might be the best person to say something. Maybe if you get another opportunity to address it in charity you might say something to him/her, but be patient and realize your limits in this situation and offer it up to God in the end. Once you have addressed it in charity as best you can, then it is up to the other person's conscience. I think drawing a third party into this might cause more harm than good at this point based on the information shared.