Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:6-7



Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Communion on the Tongue

(Father George William Rutler, Good Friday, 1989 in St. Agnes Church, New York City, a precise transcript taken from a tape of his talk available from St. Agnes Church. Note: Fr. Emerson of the Fraternity of St. Peter was also a witness to this statement by Blessed Mother Teresa)

"Not very long ago I said Mass and preached for their Mother, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and after breakfast we spent quite a long time talking in a little room. Suddenly, I found myself asking her -- don't know why -- 'Mother, what do you think is the worst problem in the world today?' She more than anyone could name any number of candidates: famine, plague, disease, the breakdown of the family, rebellion against God, the corruption of the media, world debt, nuclear threat, and so on.

"Without pausing a second she said, 'Wherever I go in the whole world, the thing that makes me the saddest is watching people receive Communion in the hand.'"


Whether you agree with Mother Teresa, or not, please read "Mission: Restore Eucharistic Reverence" by Matthew, Roman Catholic Seminarian. I, personally, thank God that men like he are future priests of our Church.

Thanks, Jen, for bringing him to my attention.


1 comment:

  1. Thank you greatly for your kind words. I pray that people like ourselves can stand up for true Catholicism and against such things like Communion in the Hand.

    In Jesus and Mary,

    Matthew

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