Communion for Gluten Free Individuals

[2towers]

How did the world manage before the gluten free movement came along?

 

[Gorgias]

There is a new EMHC at my parish. Her host is held separately in a pyx. After giving all the other EMsHC communion, the priest then gives her communion from the pyx – without first wiping his fingers off.

So, her celiac isn’t so severe that the potential of cross-contamination from a crumb or two is dangerous.

Then she receives from the chalice – the same chalice all the other EMsHC received from.

As long as the chalice didn’t receive a piece of the host during the fraction rite, what’s the problem here?

The consensus from many is that she’s simply putting on a show. Sad.

The ‘many’ need to educate themselves a bit more about celiac before passing judgment. Sad.

 

[Duesenberg]

How did the world manage before the gluten free movement came along?

VERY good question! I have a friend who is a honest-to-goodness ciliac. It’s not a matter of her simply going “gluten-free” in order to be “healthier”, she’s the real deal. Yet she is able to safely receive Holy Communion under both kinds – although she often receives under the appearance of wine only.

Give it a few years, a third of the congregants will be demanding the far more expensive low-gluten hosts.

I do like how they do it at the Basilica on the Notre Dame campus. Two chalices containing the Precious Blood are prepared for celiacs and others that don’t want to consume gluten. Done deal.