unwelcoming?

I don't think I've ever conidered that the Catholic church could be considered unwelcoming until today. I mean, I know other people think it is, but I never thought of it that way. Until today.

My mom has started listening to catholic radio on her new sirius sattilite radio and apparently she was inspired. Today I learned that you're not supposed to get communion at mass if you ate within one hour before, or didn't attend last week's mass. So basically my mom was ready to bring us all to church and have only two of us get communion. This along with something I've long wondered about has made me question my religious beliefs in a whole new way.

First, why so many reasons leave people out of the ritual that is the crux of the mass? I'm sure there are thousands of ones other than the ones I've listed. That's unwelcoming.

Also, the thing I've been wondering about since I took abnormal psych... hearing voices... specifically God's voice... I believe that's delusional - a symptom of schizophrenia... but to say that to a devout Catholic is heresay... guess I'm not so devout.