Woman is grieving. Her mother is dead. She is a Catholic and delivering the eulogy.
Do you administer communion and deny your interpretation of Scripture or move with compassion and let this woman take communion?
It's difficult- for sure- especially since Catholics don't believe that communion is just a "mundane, ritualistic tradition" but the literal body of Christ being translated...Hmmm...
What would Jesus do...
Religion vs. Love
Hmmm...
The right move would have been to address the issue way before the funeral and if the priest had that big of an issue, either not had communion for anyone--or let the woman hold the funeral somewhere else...
Since that didn't happen, I can say the Priest was INEPT in more ways than one...
If the Priest truly felt there was an issue...maybe he could have had her say something before taking communion...like led her in some sort of short prayer that would have appeased his conscience administering it--but even then--I think that's a bit unfair to this poor woman.
Maybe he should have just administered it and let God deal with whatever sin God feels needs to be dealt with (there are plenty more "sins" listed in the Bible.
Either way--to isolate this woman in front of mourners is just plain wrong.
Since he made the mistake by not addressing the issue beforehand, I think he should have kept his mouth shut, given her communion, and said a few Hail Mary's afterward...
He chose religion over love and compassion---and that is never Jesus' way.
Just my .02...
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