Celiac Recovering Alcoholic

[violetandgandal]

They usually have gluten free wafers. Some nuns figured out a way, after much experimentation and effort, to produce a wafer which was acceptable to the rite, and also gluten free.

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The wafers are not gluten FREE. They have a tiny bit (0.01 %) of gluten. The host MUST contain at least SOME wheat to be consecrated. The Benedictine Sisters make them. And all priests are not aware of these communion wafers.

 

[Seatuck]

If I have Celiac (severe gluten intolerance) disease, and am a recovering alcoholic, can I participate in the Eucharist?

Yes. It depends upon the severity of either condition. There is such a thing as a low gluten host. The communicant can choose to receive a small portion of a regular host also to lower the possible symptoms they might experience. They can choose to receive once a month, once a year etc . The Catholic with Celiac should consult their doctor and then make the call about managing their symptoms. With regard to being an alcoholic and The Blessed Sacrament in the form of wine there are also decisions to be made and again it depends upon the individuals experience. I know recovering alcoholics who receive from the cup frequently and it doesn’t effect their sobriety and I know recovering alcoholics who do not because in their estimation it would be a threat to their sobriety.
Hope that helps.

 

[epan]

That is a pretty good way to state it, yes. Although, the idea that the “substance” is defined by its end purpose (“telos”) is a teleological argument, as the person below pointed out. This is one way to look at “substance,” but not the simplest. At its most simple, substance is the underlying reality of a thing which does not change when the “accidents” of it - who is holding it, where it is located, whether its today or tomorrow - change.

Here’s a very technical look at “substance:” newadvent.org/cathen/14322c.htm

For the sake of clarity for those who read this, the Greek “telos” does not translate directly to “substance” but rather to “end,” in the sense of the end goal or “the point” of something’s existence.

More than that I think The Aristotelian telos is to be honored. The finest flute should go to the finest flute player. In the marriage argument, the teleological argument would be that the nature of marriage is heterosexual, and that nature or telos deserves to be honored, and so on…