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I don’t understand why someone who has celiac disease and is, therefore, allergic to gluten needs a low-gluten host. The bread at Mass changes substantially into the Body of Christ.
Even though I have long known that there are Franciscan sisters, brothers, and priests, a friend recently told me about a group that is completely new to me: the Secular Franciscan Order.
Why do so many graduates of Catholic schools become agnostics or atheists or join other churches?
Francis had a special affection for larks; he considered their brown feathers a sign of their closeness to God, of their humility.
Francis treated animals kindly because they pointed toward God. Do you allow the animal stories about Francis to point you toward God?
Our temptation is to admire saints from such a distance that we forget they were still human beings who cooperated with God’s grace.
Francis was as much subject to self-doubt as any of us. His motives were purified in prayer; his ego became right-sized there.
