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… or your First Communion isn’t valid.

According to the article, “Church doctrine holds that Communion wafers, like the bread served at the Last Supper, must have at least some unleavened wheat.” Hm. As far as I know, the Bible isn’t a cookbook, so the reason for this is unclear. Then again, the Catholic Church runs on faith, doesn’t it?

So what’s the big deal? Is wheat absolutely necessary to facilitate transubstantation? Isn’t it enough that Haley believed that the sacrament happened? Jeez, and I was brought up to think that God is All-Powerful.

I wish my own faith was more solid. Then I could worship in peace and ignore the evidence of the Catholic authorities’ preoccupation with the Prime Material Plane. “Must have wheat,” forsooth. It’s a wonder that the wafers aren’t the same size, shape and color as the loaf Jesus blessed at the Last Supper. Oh, and anyone care to explain the golden wine cups and scandal-ridden hierarchy?

Kyrie eleison.

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