I had a great laugh reading your message since I'm also allergic to gluten
and was'nt aware I was hosting such a research subject !!
Fabienne Randaxhe
At 14:12 26/11/02 +0000, vous avez écrit:
>Many thanks for all the contributions on what Jesus would drive. I haven't
>had such a good laugh for ages. I am also very intrigued by the idea of
>Pentecostal ministers driving the same type of car as drug dealers (someone
>will probably sue).
>
>This has reminded me that I have been thinking of posting something inviting
>musings on the symbolism of Bread in the Christian tradition. This has been
>prompted by my father having been recently diagnosed with coeliac disease,
>i.e. intolerance of gluten, and ordered not to touch conventional communion
>wafers. When he raised this issue with the clergy of his church, the vicar
>was nonplussed but a visting Franciscan friar told him, "I can assure you
>that the Bread of Angels is available in gluten-free form"! Sure enough
>some gluten free wafers have been procured. This started me wondering
>whether we are really all "of the body of Christ, because we all share in
>the one bread" if some of us are in fact not sharing the one bread at all!
>Yes, I realise this is probably very silly.
>
>Elaine Housby
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