As has been pointed out before, female members often do pass the sacrament, in the sense of having their hands (and no male hands) on the tray as it moves down the pew. They may even be able/allowed to pass the tray from one pew to another.I Have Questions wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:47 pmWhen someone suggests that women in the Church already bear Priesthood authority I usually ask, can females older than 12 years old pass the sacrament? And when they say no, ask “Why not?”
Because the answer is that they don’t have the Priesthood.
What they cannot do is receive the tray from the hands of those who blessed the emblems, or return the tray to them.
In this sense, female members can do no more than non-members can do.
To me, that makes it even more difficult to explain.
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Worth noting also, I believe: the first person to receive the blessed bread/water is always male, as Sacrament Meeting is always presided over by a priesthood holder.