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Hi, Elizabeth —
Of course, you can, and may. It is
best to participate in offering of
the Sacrifice, and in the Liturgy
of the Word that precedes it, but
when one is prevented from that,
one may receive Communion.
The priest doesn't have to give you
Holy Communion to you, and this one
did not, probably because he would
prefer to have some sort of short
Communion prayer beforehand (which
is the rule for receiving Holy Communion outside of Mass),
and there was not time.
If he had known you well, as a regular
communicant, and had time, there
is no reason why he couldn't have
given you Holy Communion.
Mary Ann
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