Red wine and migraines

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Red wine sets off migraines for me. When I am able to take communion, what do I do when it comes to the blood of Christ?
 
You are not obliged to receive from the chalice.
Under either species is the fullness of Christ. Jesus is living and so is complete in each. I can only receive from the chalice myself, being celiac. I could use a low gluten host but don’t like to put priests to the trouble.

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church:

1390 Since Christ is sacramentally present under each of the species, communion under the species of bread alone makes it possible to receive all the fruit of Eucharistic grace. For pastoral reasons this manner of receiving communion has been legitimately established as the most common form in the Latin rite. …
 
Some parishes use white wine. However, as Trishie stated, you do not have to receive the blood.
 
Also even if you partake, you don’t have to take a big gulp. A very small amount will do. In the Byzantine Rite, small children (mine is 17 months) receive the Precious Blood of our Lord. The amounts are small enough it does no harm to them.
 
Knittycat said:
Red wine sets off migraines for me. When I am able to take communion, what do I do when it comes to the blood of Christ?
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sometimes it is white wine and it is so little that I doubt there is any adverse effect.
 
Knittycat said:
Red wine sets off migraines for me. When I am able to take communion, what do I do when it comes to the blood of Christ?
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it may not be a problem at all, it is not for me and I have the same issue
I merely tilt the cup enough to wet the lips and simply receive a drop or two (as we instruct the children) which suffices and have never gotten a migraine for that reason.

many altar wines do not have the added sulfites of table wines, which may lessen the reaction

many churches use white wine

don’t anticipate a problem unless after several times you do get a headache
in that case you can take your prevention medication before Mass, or you can simply elect to receive only the host.
 
Knittycat said:
Red wine sets off migraines for me. When I am able to take communion, what do I do when it comes to the blood of Christ?
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You don’t ever have to receive from the chalice (I haven’t in years), but would the small sip from the chalice be enough to cause a headache? I wouldn’t think it would be a problem unless you drink it like you just walked in after a hot day of yard work.
 
Just don’t receive from the chalice.
Like another previous replier, I have gluten sensitivity, so almost always receive only from the chalice.
 
I tried that excuse too but my wife said it wasn’t the red wine, it was the 1/2 bottle of Jack Danials that caused the head aches. 😃
 
I have yet to take communion, so I don’t know for certain if it will be an issue, but I do know that it only takes a sip of red wine to set mine off. I’ve experimented. I know it’s not sulfates, I’ve had many a wine or beer with sulfates!
We’ll have to see, but it is good to know that I don’t have to drink from the chalice if it comes down to it.
 
Remember that what you receive in the form of wine (whether red or white) is no longer wine but the Precious Blood of Christ. Receive the healing that comes from receiving Christ.

Personal history is one of multiphasic headaches. I may have several different types of headaches, including migraine, rolled into one. I have never associated any of my headaches with receiving the Eucharist.
 
Knittycat

Stop crossing your bridges waaaaaaay before you come to them .

If you keep on saying you think you will have problems - you will.

Be positive - you are not getting wine - You would be Receiving the Body and Blood of Our Lord God and Saviour
 
DebChris said:
Remember that what you receive in the form of wine (whether red or white) is no longer wine but the Precious Blood of Christ. Receive the healing that comes from receiving Christ. t.
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The species of Bread is also the Precious Blood of Christ. Christ is not separated. Each species is the full Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Risen Lord, Jesus Christ.

The ONLY difference between the species is how they appear to our senses. Part of that is how the accidental properties react to a person.

All the healing that Christ offers is equally within the species of bread, so if the accidental properties of red wine negatively affect a person, then those properties remain after the consecration and will likewise negatively affect a person who drinks from the chalice.

So the OP should simply refrain from recieving the species of wine. Such a person will lack for nothing in the Sacrament.
 
Brendan said:
The species of Bread is also the Precious Blood of Christ. Christ is not separated. Each species is the full Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Risen Lord, Jesus Christ.

The ONLY difference between the species is how they appear to our senses. Part of that is how the accidental properties react to a person.

All the healing that Christ offers is equally within the species of bread, so if the accidental properties of red wine negatively affect a person, then those properties remain after the consecration and will likewise negatively affect a person who drinks from the chalice.

So the OP should simply refrain from recieving the species of wine. Such a person will lack for nothing in the Sacrament.
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The chalice is not necessarily offered at every Mass. When I return to the Middle East, I expect to receive via tincture from the chalice only during the monthly Charismatic Mass.
It is true that one need only receive from one species in order to receive the full Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of our Risen Lord.
The Eucharist is a healing Sacrament. Christ can overcome the “accidental properties” of the red wine. The OP need neither fear the chalice nor receive from it. When offered, I receive under both species. Even with my physical history, I have never had any problems with the Eucharist. According to God’s Will, the migraines may be healed through faith.
On a side note, there is an organization within the Catholic Church called Chablis. With Chablis, alcoholics receiving the chalice replace the “cup of damnation” with the “cup of salvation.” They need not fear that their addiction will be triggered when receiving the Eucharist.

In its discussion on the whole Christ being received under either species, Vatican II uses the example of an elderly person no longer able to consume bread being given the chalice only.
 
DebChris said:
Remember that what you receive in the form of wine (whether red or white) is no longer wine but the Precious Blood of Christ. Receive the healing that comes from receiving Christ.

Personal history is one of multiphasic headaches. I may have several different types of headaches, including migraine, rolled into one. I have never associated any of my headaches with receiving the Eucharist.
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The_Idiot said:
Knittycat

Stop crossing your bridges waaaaaaay before you come to them .

If you keep on saying you think you will have problems - you will.

Be positive - you are not getting wine - You would be Receiving the Body and Blood of Our Lord God and Saviour
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But, what about the celiac who’s disease is triggered by the gluten in the host? Surely that person is not receiving bread, but the body of Christ. The fact remains that many people’s celiac is triggered from it.

In any case The Idiot is right, I am crossing that bridge before I come to it. I have a bad habit of borrowing trouble from tomorrow. :o I’ll have to leave it in His hands.
 
This is unlikely to be an issue for the OP, but in a few churches intinction is used during distribution, so receiving only the bread is a bit more complicated.
 
Knittycat said:
But, what about the celiac who’s disease is triggered by the gluten in the host? Surely that person is not receiving bread, but the body of Christ. The fact remains that many people’s celiac is triggered from it.

In any case The Idiot is right, I am crossing that bridge before I come to it. I have a bad habit of borrowing trouble from tomorrow. :o I’ll have to leave it in His hands.
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our parish uses white wine. Also celiac disease is totally different than getting a headache from drinking red wine. A tiny bit of gluten can set off an adverse reaction in a celiac, but I’ve never heard that happening to anyone from a tiny sip of wine.
 
In most of the church masses I have attended around the world, the blood of Christ is never offered to the congregation. Only the priest.

Yes, don’t worry about it.
 
Our parish uses more like a rose…not a true red wine. Not having been aged in barrels it should not have the sulfites that trigger.

At any rate…when you get to that bridge…try it…and see.👍
 
It sounds very spiritual to say “be positive” and “trust in God” and all that as some are, but this is NOT a spiritual issue, it is a medical issue. Take responsibility. If you have a reaction of migraines to wine, then do not take the chalice. Many masses do not even offer the chalice anyway. It’s not obligatory.

It’s easy to say “Oh, because it’s really the Blood of Christ my faith will prevent a headache.” That is nonsense. If you knew the priest poured arsenic in the Chalice, then would you be so reliant on “positive” thinking and faith?

Again, this is a medical issue, don’t drink a substance that will cause you a migraine, or if you do want to try, don’t interpret it in some bizarre way as lack of faith or lack of God’s presence if you get one.
 
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