Just a technicality. If you're not confirmed in the faith it is considered improper to take communion. So if I were in a Catholic church, being confirmed in the Anglican Church I would not take communion.I am not a religious person, but when I am at a Catholic mass, I still take communion and say 'amen' when the priest hands me what he sees to be the body of Christ. I enjoy that ritual.
indeed. What I raised was sort of outside the point of what you were saying - Sorry, I do that sometimes. Does observance of the ritual imply a need of participation? could you feel fulfilled in that ritual just by seeing others partake in it?
Agreed - And not just Catholic ones, and not just the ritual. I mean, who doesn't love some of the most famous classical pieces of all time? Vivaldi - Gloria Mozart - Requiem Mass Bach's B Minor Mass and, a personal favourite, Brahms Deutsche Requiem