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Hi David,
Thanks for the question.
I would tell your friend that she is not being honest
with some one.
Communion at both the Catholic Church and, I believe,
the Missouri Synod Lutheran church is a sign of unity
of belief in what the appropriate churches believe.
If she doesn't believe all that the Catholic Church
has revealed (e.g. the Catechism of the Catholic Church, as a minimum, to start.) she shouldn't be
receiving Holy Communion at any Catholic Mass.
If she doesn't believe all that the Missouri Synod
Lutheran church assumes its members believe, she
shouldn't be receiving communion there either.
Here is an excellent posting that will give you similar
insight from my colleagues.
Why can Catholics receive in a non-Catholic church. but a non-Catholic cannot receive there?
People can leave the Church for a number of reasons.
If she left because someone hurt her by their behavior,
I do apologize. What we would say, as Catholics,
though is:
We don't leave the bark or truth of Peter because
of Judas behavior.
- When a Protestant becomes a Catholic, they go
from believing part of what Christ wishes
all men to believe to believing all of what
He wishes us to believe.
- When a Catholic becomes a Protestant, they go
from believing all Our Lord wishes them
to believing to only part of what He wishes
them to believe.
Your obligation is to pray for her and be there
to answer any questions she has in a charitable,
mature manner.
If you can't answer a question of hers, send her
to our site.
Just use the AskUs link.
You said:
- What are the required beliefs for her to
come back to the Catholic Church?
The Catechism has all the basis beliefs of our faith. She may find this web page helpful too:
Print it out for her!
Hope this helps,
Mike
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