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oremus
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He gives me the pyx with the host still in it. The pyx is open. If he handed me the host, the host would become contaminated with gluten from his fingers.
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Mariem2
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Yes, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining.
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MrsKatrinaT
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I have celiac disease and haven’t taken communion in 5 years (since the day I was married). 5 parishes I have tried only offer the host at communion, and I don’t want to be a nuisance for them to make an exception and offer the Blood in a separate chalice. I even had 2 priests reject me completely, which does not bolster my confidence at all in bothering anyone else. I tried the low gluten host twice and was violently ill at home for 2 weeks afterward with each attempt. I have to wait another year before I can move back to my home parish (where I got married) several states away and take the sacrament again. Until then I will not be putting my health in danger every time I go to mass.
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nodito
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I’m crying laughing here.
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nodito
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I am so sorry you’ve struggled with this and have met with such difficulty from your local priests! Please consider approaching another parish about offering you the chalice only. Christ wants you to receive him; He does not at all consider you an inconvenience or a nuissance!
Catholics are obliged to receive the Eucharist at least once a year during the Easter season. I can’t imagine any good priest denying you that right.
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quiet52
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I think you should “bother” your pastor. You are not being a nuisance, you are being a Catholic who would like to receive our Lord. It simply doesn’t matter what the congregation thinks, if anything, if you are the only congregant who receives from the cup.
If your pastor will not accommodate you, then please phone the Office of Worship in your diocese, describe the situatioin as you have here, and ask for advice on how you can resolve the problem. Don’t speak with whoever answers the phone, ask to speak with the director.
If unavailable or if he doesn’t get back to you, then call the vicar general of your diocese.
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QNDNNDQDCE
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There is a special word for this particular theory. It is based on the incarnation, and so it is called impanation (substiting the word panis or bread for caro or flesh). Of course it is false (by suggesting that the God-man becomes a God-man-wine-bread or denying the hypostatic union or some other falsehood) and incompatible with transsubstantiation.
newadvent.org/cathen/07694a.htm
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Richca
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Yes, this would be doctrinally incorrect. After the consecration, the host is not bread at all but it contains the body of Christ which is invisible to our sight. The substance of the bread is converted to the substance of Christ’s body. The accidents of the bread which we see remain after the consecration, i.e., the color, taste, smell, weight, shape, etc. These accidents remain without a substance to inhere in which is a divine miracle (the accidents of the bread do not inhere in or become a part of Christ’s body). It is like if you were to remove the walls from a house, the roof would remain in the air without any support. Bread cannot be fully bread without it’s substance.
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andrewstx
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I am 57 years old and I never heard of gluten intolerance until just 10 years ago. Now it seems that thousands or more have it. The markets are full of gluten free baked products which of course come at a much higher price, why?
I know there are some with gluten intolerance, but where were they 20 years ago, did they just suffer silently?
I have two drug allergies, penicillin and codeine. But there are food I find distasteful but I have no allergies to them. White bread, eggs and liver, and I only eat fish on fasting days. I am not allergic to fish but I hate the taste and smell. Maybe because I was raised on a Texas cattle ranch and we ate beef nearly all the time.
I have a good friend who is allergic to peanuts of all things and can’t eat Thai food. But sometimes he will just take a Benedryl and eat it anyway.
I know there are some with gluten intolerance, but where were they 20 years ago, did they just suffer silently?
I have two drug allergies, penicillin and codeine. But there are food I find distasteful but I have no allergies to them. White bread, eggs and liver, and I only eat fish on fasting days. I am not allergic to fish but I hate the taste and smell. Maybe because I was raised on a Texas cattle ranch and we ate beef nearly all the time.
I have a good friend who is allergic to peanuts of all things and can’t eat Thai food. But sometimes he will just take a Benedryl and eat it anyway.
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MrsKatrinaT
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I will. Especially with having a child who tests positive for the genes as well.
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wandering75
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My husband and teenage son are both gluten intolerant (my son far more severely than my husband.) We’ve read a lot about why the rate of gluten intolerance is increasing, and all sources seem to say that it’s because of genetic modifications to wheat and the particular strains of wheat being used now. My husband used to be able to eat wheat with little trouble when we got married over 20 years ago, but he cannot anymore. It definitely seems like something in wheat has changed.
And for the record, my husband chooses to still consume the host because he feels like being sick is his sacrifice for God, but my son absolutely cannot. In fact my son even reacts to the tiny particles of gluten in the Blood from previous people taking it.
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Domnall
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Then ask your parish priest to have a separate cup with the wine for your son. I’m sure he will be more than happy.
Plus, the sprinkling of some of the host into the chalice is only needed for the main chalice being consecrated. So, no worries there!- Status