
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.

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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.

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

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Why do so many graduates of Catholic schools become agnostics or atheists or join other churches?