text: No, it describes Sentimentality.  The Eucharist is the sign of unity, and its reception requires being in a state of grace. As St Paul admonished, to do otherwise is to eat to one's condemnation rather than one's nourishment. Rather than a reward for being good, it is nourishment for a pilgrim working hard to be good. I believe that if a child asks for a fish, he or she should receive a fish. Handing them an endorsement of sin, telling them "the moral law is too hard, don't bother with it",  is handing them a scorpion.