At 12:01 PM 8/16/2004 -0500, Julia Randolph wrote: >On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:17:42 -0500, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> <<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--communioncontrove0812au >> g12,0,6656242.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire>> >> >> 8-year-old's first Holy Communion invalidated by Church >> >> By JOHN CURRAN >> Associated Press Writer >> >> August 12, 2004, 2:25 PM EDT >> >> BRIELLE, N.J. -- An 8-year-old girl who suffers from a rare digestive >> disorder and cannot consume wheat has had her first Holy Communion >> declared invalid because the wafer contained none, violating Catholic >> doctrine. >> .... >> >> It isn't the first such communion controversy. In 2001, the family of a >> 5-year-old Natick, Mass., girl with the disease left the Catholic church >> after being denied permission to use a rice wafer. > >So much for Mark 10:14.... > >( http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/Bible/Mark.html#10:14 )
Julia, you should know better than to believe such Foolish prattlings. What The Fool conveniently left out is that communion can be distributed as either unleavened bread or as wine, and that *each* is considered to be fully the Body *and* Blood of Jesus Christ by the Catholic Church. JDG - Perhaps The Fool should stick to posting about atheism, Maru, and leave the Catholicism posts to the Catholics. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
