Gluten free, receive wine only?

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No it’s fine I appreciate it. Thank you for the information. Someone said something to me in regard to them and having some irregularity with the holy see and I might sound naive but I was unaware my whole life. I’m gonna have to ask my father about this as well. Thank you for the link.
 
I wonder what the cause of all of this is.

I don’t think that there were nearly as many gluten sensitive individuals back in the day as there are today.
 
Fauken said:
While there are some people who do that, celiac disease is by no means a “fad”.
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It does seem like a lot more people are getting it nowadays, however. Turning on TV nowadays, there are several ailments like ADHD, autism, COPD and ED which you never heard about back in the day, but now just seem common. I am sure that there have always been some people with celiac, but the numbers just seem to be increasing at a rapid pace for this, and it makes me wonder why.

Is this really an increase, or is it just being recognized more?

When aids first became popular in the 1980’s, I talked with an old doctor I knew. He wasn’t so surprised, he said there were always a few young men, otherwise healthy, who would turn up dying with mysterious symptoms and buy the farm within a relative short period. He thought aids was more a definition of an ongoing problem instead of a new disease.
 
Theprodigalson84j said:
At the traditional mass there a couple people who go up and receive the precious blood after everyone else has cleared the altar railing.
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I thought only the priest consumed the Precious Blood at a TLM. I wasn’t aware the laity could.
 
They can if they tell the priest they cannot consume the host for medical reasons.
 
I think that’s the case… we’re getting more information, which leads to more definition, redefinition, nuanced definitions, etc. For ages, my friends with gluten allergies didn’t know that’s what it was - they just knew they were sick frequently. It took a number of years and effort to connect the dots between their symptoms and a very specific dietary component.
 
PennyinCanada said:
Would there be an issue for someone to by pass the host and go straight to the wine? I was thinking not, but a friend said no.
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It is fine to receive only one species, for Christ is fully present in both species --called concomitance.
 
David_Catholic said:
Well I mean there are people who get sick from consuming gluten soooo…
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The priest, however, is required to receive communion in both types in order for the Mass to be kosher.

So, it would seem if priests should be checked out for gluten insensitivity before they get along very far in the seminarial process.
 
Yah one of the issues I see is people seem to think getting both species somehow means your getting more Christ. I guess I can understand that view but it’s ridiculous when thinking about it rationally. It’s why when the flu season is happening most dioceses will suppress the precious blood from communicants receiving. It’s not like you must have it. It allows communicants to receive both species if they wish and gives an option for people who may have celiac disease.
 
As gluten free eating is a very popular thing, at least in the US, Dioceses have policies in place.

The person would be advised to make themselves known to the celebrant before Mass (if you are traveling, call the parish office on Friday). They can tell you what the policy is for their parish.

Some parishes have low gluten hosts available, others will have a separate chalice where there is no fragment of the Host. The parish will tell you how they work it there (at our parish we ask that you go into the Sacristy prior to Mass and introduce yourself).
 
Dacinom said:
To the original poster and a few others:
It’s fine to pass and I’m sorry but I want to share this:

Please don’t call it wine, it’s hard perhaps but it’s the precious blood. The change is monumental at the consecration and our words mean so much. Thank you for understanding. God bless you.
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It’s fine to correct people who truly misunderstand the doctrine of the Real Presence, but try not to read that into every occasion that a poster uses the words “bread” or “wine” to refer to the consecrated Eucharistic species. Thank you for understanding a poster’s meaning, even when they use seemingly mundane words.
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While at times precision is necessary, the Church, in her scripture, liturgy, and catechism doesn’t have a problem with the words *bread *and *wine *-- We should not either. In other respects, quite correct: There is no obligation to receive under both species, save for celebrating priest(s). :twocents: tee
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It is fine to reverence the Blessed Sacrament under the species of bread but to receive only under the species of wine. If you would rather receive a reduced-gluten host, usually the ushers or other parishioners helping to set up can answer questions about that, or will find you someone who can.

I agree with those who suggest checking in about the situation on a particular Sunday, since for various reasons sometimes there are no common chalices prepared in order to make the Precious Blood available for the faithful to consume. (This is particularly common in our archdiocese during an outbreak of influenza.)

It may also be advisable to sit far enough forward in the church so that it is less likely that all the Precious Blood will have been consumed before you have a chance to communicate. That does happen, sometimes, since it isn’t advisable to risk consecrating an excessive amount, as it must all be consumed before the end of Mass.

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/c..._cfaith_doc_19821029_per-intinctionem_en.html

SACRED CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH
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Responses regarding the Eucharistic communication of the celebrant
“by intinction” and of the faithful only under the species of wine

D. If the local Ordinary may permit the communication only under the species of wine for those faithful who suffer from Celiac disease, requiring them to abstain from the gluten present in wheat flour and therefore also from the Eucharistic bread.

R. Affirmative
(From the Seat of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, October 29, 1982)
 
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Theprodigalson84j said:
I wonder if any of the disciples asked Christ this at the last supper… unbelievable.
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If anyone had celiac disease back then, they would not have even made it to the Last Supper. They’d be dead.

Jesus had plenty of empathy and consideration for the ill and infirm. You don’t think He would show that concern at the Last Supper if he knew bread could kill one of the disciples?
 
My mom is really gluten sensitive and so she always asks for the Blood of Christ or a gluten-free Host.

I think it’s fruitless to be talking about the fact that the disciples ate gluten because wheat (especially in America) is processed QUITE differently these days.
 
Theprodigalson84j said:
I wonder if any of the disciples asked Christ this at the last supper… unbelievable.
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Theprodigalson84j said:
Hey Jesus can I get a gluten free bread?
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Well, since they would have asked Him to just cure them of their mysterious horrible abdominal cramps that no physicians of the time had any idea how to treat, probably not.

There were people at the time who told even blind Bartimaeus not to bother Jesus, but Bartimaeus was cured because he had faith, ignored people who told him not to bother Jesus, and kept on yelling. The same with the people who said no need to bother the Lord, because the person being interceded for was dead. Our Lord did not listen to busybodies who thought they knew Heaven’s will for other people who were suffering, we do know that.
 
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TheLittleLady said:
As gluten free eating is a very popular thing, at least in the US…
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This question has nothing to do with people who avoid gluten for no obvious reason, but for members of the faithful who have a demonstrated lack of tolerance for gluten. The bishops aren’t responding to the popularity of fad diets.
 
PennyinCanada said:
I have been told that the grains have been genetically altered to have bigger yields, to be resistant to disease, and they get sprayed with chemicals.
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With regards to wheat, you have been told wrong. Genetically modified wheat has been limited solely to test plots.
Even the widespread hybridization of crops which started with the green revolution never really affected wheat. It’s a hard plant, due simply to its physical structure to make a hybrid.
 
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