Dearest bretheren, it has been the tradition of Holy Mother Church for centuries, to allow Abbesses to wear the Deacon's stole and to communicate their communities outside of Holy Mass; to administer the viaticum and to offer presidential prayers. This however, was restricted to the Abbey precincts.

I therefore see nothing wrong with Mother Teresa distributing Holy Communion to her sisters, to her community. Nothing new here! (Do not forget, that a religious superior may have the rank of minor … [More]

AaronBrennan, I too have never heard of Mother Teresa
being an Extraordinary Eucharistic Minister, but have seen
photographs of Mother Teresa distributing communion to
her sisters in the Mother House of the Missionaries of
Charity. It does sadden me that Blessed Mother Teresa
is used by some Catholics to further their own agenda.

Never heard of MT distributing communion?! I would be VERY surprised if that were true!

I actually got to see her in person once. She seemed like a holy soul, someone that wouldn't want to be acting like a priest during Holy Mass.

I love to read & hear the words of Mother Teresa and once
had the opportunity to meet her but declined the invitation
as I thought it best that others spent time in her company.

Aaron Brennan, you stated that Blessed Mother Teresa said
“it was a sin to receive communion in the hand”. It's a pity
that great holy souls are used to say things they didn't say.

Mother Teresa preferred her Sisters to receive communion
on the tongue. What is omitted by “traditionalists” is that
she distributed … [More]

RomanCandle let me enlighten you!

Mother Teresa says and I quote "
'Wherever I go in the whole world, the thing that makes me the saddest is watching people receive Communion in the hand.'"
Why would she say this??? because she believed it is a sin! Not only her but the saints as well.

Pope St. Sixtus I ( 115-125): "it is prohibited for the faithful to even touch the sacred vessels, or receive in the hand";

Origen (185-232 A.D.): "You who are wont to assist at the divine Mysteries, know how, … [More]

Blessed Mother Teresa was a loyal & faithful daughter
of the Catholic Church, and would never have said
“it was a sin to receive communion in the hand”.

Modernism Resurrected: Benedict XVI on the Resurrection
Most Rev. Donald J. Sanborn
The Resurrection: Not the resuscitation of a corpse? An "evolutionary" leap? Not a historical event like Our Lord's birth or crucifixion? St. Luke "contradicts" himself? How Benedict XVI's new book Jesus of Nazareth resurrects modernist teachings condemned by St. Pius X and in the process destroys Christ's principal miracle, His Resurrection. (MHT Newsletter, April 2011)
[19 Apr 2011]

Blessed Mother Teresa said it was a sin to receive communion in the hand.