Red or white wine at your Mass?

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I noticed that some parishes use white wine in their Mass. I am little puzzled since red wine should represent the color of blood. Why white?
 
White wine is permitted because the color of the wine doesn’t matter. Some people feel that red wine is more appropriate because they feel the red signifies blood better.

But all that matters is the fact that the wine will become the blood of Christ.
 
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Marauder:
White wine is permitted because the color of the wine doesn’t matter. Some people feel that red wine is more appropriate because they feel the red signifies blood better.

But all that matters is the fact that the wine will become the blood of Christ.
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are you sure? could you please direct me to the authority about it being ok to use white wine… i have been told that it must be red, it would be helpful to discover for sure… :confused:
 
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I. ** **Bread and Wine **
Code: 
A.  Following the  example of Christ, the Church has always used bread and wine with water to  celebrate the Lord*s Supper.
B. The bread must be made only from wheat and must have been baked recently; according to the long-standing tradition of the Latin Church, it must be unleavened.

C. The nature of the sign demands that the material for the eucharistic celebration truly have the appearance of food. Accordingly, even though unleavened and baked in the traditional shape, the eucharistic bread should be made in such a way that in a Mass with a congregation the priest is able actually to break the host into parts and distribute them to at least some of the faithful. (When, however, the number of communicants is large or to the pastoral needs require it, small hosts are in no way ruled out.) The action of the breaking of the bread, the simple term for the eucharist in apostolic times, will more clearly bring out the force and meaning of the sign of the unity of all in the one bread and of their charity, since the one bread is being distributed among the members of one family.

D. The wine for the eucharist must be from the fruit of the vine (Luke 22:18), natural, and pure, that is not mixed with any foreign substance.

E. Care must be taken to ensure that the elements are kept in good condition: that the wine does not turn to vinegar or the bread spoil or become too hard to be broken easily.

F. If the priest notices after the consecration or as he receives communion that water instead of wine was poured into the chalice, he pours the water into another container, then pours wine with water into the chalice and consecrates it. He says only the part of the institution narrative related to the consecration of the chalice, without being obligated to consecrate the bread again.

Nowhere does it state the color. Go to here for an EWTN answer on whether white is appropriate. Here
 
Here’s the Canon that deals with this:
Can. 924 §1. The most holy eucharistic sacrifice must be offered with bread and with wine in which a little water must be mixed.
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§2. The bread must be only wheat and recently made so that there is no danger of spoiling.
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§3. The wine must be natural from the fruit of the vine and not spoiled.
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It makes no mention of the type or color of wine, but simply “fruit of the vine”, which would allow for white grapes.
 
Dr. Colossus:
Here’s the Canon that deals with this:

It makes no mention of the type or color of wine, but simply “fruit of the vine”, which would allow for white grapes.
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when your right… your right… thanks… 👍
 
I was going to answer the poll, but no wine is served at the Masses I attend. Wine is consecrated. Precious blood is distributed.
 
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I was going to answer the poll, but no wine is served at the Masses I attend. Wine is consecrated. Precious blood is distributed.
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Best answer yet. I was going to say the same thing, but we have a Communion rail at my Church, so the preists (no EMHC at Holy Rosary!) do not distribute the Precious Blood.
 
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I was going to answer the poll, but no wine is served at the Masses I attend. Wine is consecrated. Precious blood is distributed.
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Very clever! Well, the Precious Blood at my church is red. Well, almost red. It’s really more of a rose`.
 
We have recently switched to red. It is a problem since it severely stains the altar linens.
 
They use white zin at our parish. They say that more people like the flavor… :o
 
when I was an altar boy in the early sixties, one of our priests preferred Muscatel, a white wine. so white wine is permitted.
 
At OLF, we just have it offered under one species.

(to be honest, I travel most of the year, and even when it’s available under both, I never accept the wine. I might be a wimp, but I worry about the germs.)

I’m donning the flameproof longjohns, so I stand ready. 😃 😉 😛
 
Joe Kelley:
We have recently switched to red. It is a problem since it severely stains the altar linens.
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Why is it being spilled?!

To answer the poll, we use white wine at my parish.
 
Whiteyacht - RE Why is it being spilled?! I think it is mainly on the purificators used to wipe the rim of the chalice. However there is occasional drippage when pouring into the chalices. This is why it should be poured before consecration. Hopefully we will get to that soon.
 
I voted for White Wine. As I recall, never have partaken of anything but white in my present parish:)

Many years ago when the practice of “intinction” began one morning after Mass I was walking toward the Altar and noticed a splash mark on the floor. I immediately spoke to the priest since I thought it was “Precious Blood”, which had accidently dripped to the floor. He had a fit! How dare I accuse him of being careless…well then a pious elderly gentelman,(who knew Padre Pio personally)came to my aid and said he thought the same thing. turns out that it was wax that had splashed on the flooring. :o
 
My home parish uses a red desert wine called Mavrodaphne (that is the wine name, not a brand name, though it seems only to be made on the island of Patras by a few wineries). It has wonderful flavor, very sweet, and it is the color of blood (like blood from a wounded vein-it is almost purple). After Liturgy, we chant Psalm 33(34), and there is a verse “Taste and see how good the Lord is,” and this particular wine drives that point home (BTW, the wine is popular as the Communion wine/Blood in Greece, though i am not sure how popular it is here).

In Christ,
Adam
 
Recently, at the elevation at Mass, it looked for all the world that there were a living flame inside the Host. A couple of people, including myself, gasped. Turns out, the accident of white wine in a gold lined chalice under a spotlight caused a very interesting optical illusion. . . or was it an optical illusion??? We usually use red, I don’t know why white was chosen that day. . .
 
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