Gluten-free hosts aren’t gluten-free

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Xarto said:
No good, have you ever noticed that the priest usually breaks the Eucharist over the chalice?
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That’s why some parishes have a second chalice (well, actually it’s not unusual for parishes have multiple chalices) that is not underneath the the Host when it is fractioned. That chalice is is not made available to those who have consumed a host, at least not until all those who must avoid gluten have received from it.
 
GospelOfMatthew said:
I know many people who can’t receive in either form and I find this very sad. I do not understand why there must be gluten. What does it matter?
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If there is no gluten, it will not be wheat bread. The Eurerst must be wheat bread, with nothing else in it. No rice, no rye, etc.

100% wheat bread only, and without a dab of gluten, it will not contain wheat. There is no such thing as gluten free wheat.
 
Well, it is true that there aren’t any gluten-free “hosts” that can be used for a Catholic Mass.

There are companies out there that make hosts from something other than wheat flour. Some non-Catholic churches use them.
 
Additionally, people who cannot receive both due to medical issues can typically receive a “crumb” from the host or a pindrop of the precious blood.

They simply have to speak to the priest and receive after mass. Then, they can receive a pin drop or a tiny piece of the host.

God bless
 
Unfortunately not in any parishes, I seen here (Ireland). My brother who is celiac hasn’t been able to receive communion in years. I also usually see the host described as gluten free, which they aren’t.
 
Where I am there is a Christian Shop which sells both gluten free and low gluten hosts. The gluten free ones are in the shape of a small rectangle and are made from rice, potato, tapioca and xantham gum. The low gluten hosts are round and contain 27ppm gluten.
Edited to correct my typo - removed the word “free” from the last sentence.
 
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It isnt that, its that the hosts arent gluten free and the wine is contaminated. It takes him 3 months to recover from being poisoned as he calls it.
 
This is why he asks the Diocese what programs are in place.

Here, the parish provides a chalice that has never touched wheat. A small amount of wine is consecrated in this chalice and only the Celiac person receives from their own “personal” chalice.

Call your Diocese, I promise there is a policy.
 
As a celiac, I simply go to the chalice, sitting in a place where I can just quickly go up without disturbing the flow.

It is possible to have hosts with no detectable gluten.
https://glutenfreetravelblog.typepa...catholic-church-and-the-celiac-community.html

It is possible to have wheat products made safe for celiacs, e.g. glucose made from wheat, at least as its processed in my country. There is another wheat product but I hesitate to say it in case someone who is extremely, extremely gluten sensitive tries a brand that doesn’t exactly follow the traditional recipe.

However I dislike causing priests to have to give special attention on the basis of their inconvenience, and parish expense.
But it’s easy for me, yet not for those whose parishes only have consecration of one chalice, with some host in it, or those that don’t offer the Precious Blood to parishioners.
Our parish always has the consecration of two chalices. That generally happens in our local parishes

In receiving the Blood, one receives the whole Christ.
 
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I was referring to a separate cup of wine being consecrated that does not contain any host particles, as we discussed in the thread above.
 
Xarto said:
It isnt that, its that the hosts arent gluten free and the wine is contaminated. It takes him 3 months to recover from being poisoned as he calls it.
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even from a pin drop or “crumb”?

It sounds like he can’t receive during Mass, but can he not receive a pindrop or tiny particle of the Body outside of mass?

I mean tiny like they give to infants or even smaller?
 
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Tis_Bearself said:
I was referring to a separate cup of wine being consecrated that does not contain any host particles, as we discussed in the thread above.
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Note: this depends on the priest. I’ve seen priests place tiny particles in multiple cups.
 
phil19034 said:
Note: this depends on the priest. I’ve seen priests place tiny particles in multiple cups.
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If it’s just a lot of chalices, then yes. But hopefully a priest knows better than to do so if one of the chalices is specifically designated for people with Celiac disease.
 
Yes Phil but the point is if the priest knows someone has celiac disease he may keep the gluten out of a cup in order to accommodate the person. It is one approach suggested in Catholic articles about how to receive with celiac disease.
 
GospelOfMatthew said:
If completely non-gluten hosts were used, would Jesus not be present in them after the consecration? Is that what happens?
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Correct. According to sacramental theology, the bread MUST be wheat bread, and non-gluten bread is not wheat bread. If it’s not wheat bread, then the consecration doesn’t happen.
 
If completely non-gluten hosts, let’s say they were made out of rice or something, were knowingly used, then the consecration would be invalid and nobody would be actually receiving Communion at that Mass.

As I understand it (somebody correct me if this is wrong), if it were a genuine mistake on the part of the priest (he thought they were wheat hosts) then the mistake might be covered as long as he didn’t make a practice out of it.

www.catholic.com

Was it a valid consecration if the priest used leavened bread?

Sadly, there are some priests who feel compelled to tinker with the rubrics of the Mass–rubrics which the Church in its wisdom set forth for good reasons....
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