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My Protestant friends get a little bit snooty when we don\u2019t invite them to receive communion in the Catholic Church. \u201cBut we practice open communion!\u201d they cry with an air of wounded righteousness. \u201cWe invite anyone who loves and serves the Lord Jesus.\u201d So I ask them if they welcome Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, Moonies and Mormons. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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