Communion: Catholic versus MethodistBeing Catholic since birth, I know much of the history and traditions of the Catholic Church. I participated in a program called Religious Education at my church from grades 1-8 and completed my First Communion and Confirmation. I'm going to talk a little about each religion's tradition behind communion and how it is done. Next, I will compare and contrast the communion of the Catholic Church and the Methodist Church. Communion rituals are similar in the way they are performed, but there are some significant differences. First of all, Catholics believe that they receive the Body and Blood of Christ himself. At the Last Supper, Jesus said: “This is my body which is given for you” and, offering his disciples the cup of wine, he said: “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which will be paid. in the name of many, for the forgiveness of sins. » In the Gospel of John, they read: “Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you. He who eats my flesh and drink, my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day, for my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink (St. Louis Parish para 1). When you take communion and the person in front of you takes communion, you offer a simple salute with your head and then move forward. You receive Holy Communion either in your hands or directly on the tongue. If you receive it in your hands, you must take it. make sure they are clean (as a sign of reverence) and place one hand over the other and raise them high, forming a throne with our hands to receive Jesus while the priest places the host in our hands and called "The Body of". Christ", you must respond loud and clear "Amen (Saint-Louis Parish para 5)." Furthermore, a major point of Catholic communion concerns non-Catholics. Non-Catholics are not allowed to receive Holy Communion The very action of receiving Communion says that the Church believes that it is the Body and Blood of Christ and that we share the whole life of the Catholic Church. Inviting non-Catholics to communion can be a. obstacle to one day achieving full communion by blurring the differences of belief between Christian denominations..