Was the "home baked" Host I received at Mass valid?

[becauseIsaidso]

My dear friend and neighbor attends the Catholic Church just at the edge of our sub while I drive 15 minutes to the next closest Parish. Why? Our local parish is quite liberal.

My dear neighbor told me she was too busy to visit one day because she had to make the Host for the upcoming weekend Masses. I was shocked. She even had a recipe to follow that called for honey!

I have attended Mass at this parish just a handful of times. The EM’s always offer the “honey, bread chunk” style Host as well as the more traditional wafer. I have always asked for the wafer the few times I attended.

Now I wonder, was the Eucharist at this Mass valid? Licit?
Was the wafer Host I recieved valid? Licit?
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Yikes!*

 

[Peggy_Frye]

First, the addition of honey to this altar bread recipe is unlawful (illicit). However, if the recipe contains notable quantities of honey (or other substances–see below), the matter has doubtful validity. Your friend should be alerted to this problem, and be gently encouraged to leave the baking of hosts to those who are “skilled in making them and furnished with suitable tools”. As to the validity of the “honey bread chunk” Host, I recommend you get the recipe used, and then check with your diocesan office.

1. The Matter of the Most Holy Eucharist

[48.] The bread used in the celebration of the Most Holy Eucharistic Sacrifice must be unleavened, purely of wheat, and recently made so that there is no danger of decomposition.[123] It follows therefore that bread made from another substance, even if it is grain, or if it is mixed with another substance different from wheat to such an extent that it would not commonly be considered wheat bread, does not constitute valid matter for confecting the Sacrifice and the Eucharistic Sacrament.[124] It is a grave abuse to introduce other substances, such as fruit or sugar or honey, into the bread for confecting the Eucharist. Hosts should obviously be made by those who are not only distinguished by their integrity, but also skilled in making them and furnished with suitable tools.[125]
Redemptionis Sacramentum

Further reading:
Valid Matter
Invalid Masses