
Why Do We Need Low-gluten Hosts?
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.
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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.

This week, who can you speak out for? How can you use your voice to defend the poor and needy?

The world is a scary place–wars, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, crime–and yet how many times does Jesus command, “Do not be afraid.”

Eleven years into this ministry, Sister Norma sees the same stumbling blocks that seem to prevent us from seeing migrants with eyes of compassion and having a fruitful, heart-driven dialogue about immigration.

Can we trust that we are always being led? Think of times you have been led to God by inspiring words, passages, or books that have touched you.

The majority of the healing encounters in the Gospels are initiated by the person who desires healing.

In these times of isolation and overdependence on technology for the purpose of communication, consider turning a stranger into a neighbor.

Slipping into non-relational thinking is natural and human, since we live in a busy world.

You are not God. That might sound obvious, but it’s also a relief. You’re not responsible for holding the whole world together—just to show up with love and faithfulness in the part you’ve been given.

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.