Posted on 04/09/2015 6:23:58 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
FEEL the LOVE (everybody)
One in 800?
There is only a crumb in the Chalice. Vessels used to distribute the precious blood do not usually contain the crumb from the sacred body.
But He is bound to obey the command of a priest to be loved into a cracker until it is eaten..
Sounds to me that Catholic/Orthodox theology posits that Christ made a promise to do that. And once a promise is made, then it is kept. It would be part of the voluntary humility of the Lord.
As a Wascally Evangelical I assert this is misreading the intent, I think we’d both agree that this is out of character for Him, but by literal construals of certain passages it could be read that way.
What I’m wondering about is where the love is. It seems to me by observation that a good way to get Roman Catholics saying catty things about other Roman Catholics is to suggest that one should accommodate another one in love. If Christ really DOES do this, then they should be knocking each other out to get this Extra Special Eucharist to anyone who desires it in sincerity, and especially fellow Roman Catholics. Instead I hear things like “WHIIIIINER!”
I mean, knocking themselves out (not each other... which seems to sadly be the case now)
Thanks for the clarification.
The bread Jesus used at the Last Supper was not gluten free. Therefore the gluten free hosts are NOT the true Christ. Ask your bishop.
I listen to Relevant Radio and they talked about this. Per the Church, non gluten hosts do not become Christ.
I’m alcoholic, and I can’t take the wine.
I’d respond to this but I’m too busy counting angels on pins...
He’s bound by his own word to do what he said he would do. Do you think God doesn’t keep his promises?
Wait a minnit... Then consumption is not the efficacious part. And then 'real presence' is not found in the physical part, but in the act or the desire... Wouldn't that follow?
"Now there is another choice. The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Missouri, have developed a Communion host that is extremely low in gluten. They have worked for ten years on this project. The host is made from gelatinized wheat starch. The hosts have been tested for the presence of gluten. According to the Sisters, they were tested to a level of 0.01% gluten. At that level, the lowest that could be tested, no gluten was detected. This means that there is less than 0.01% gluten in one of these hosts; however, it is not known how much less.
"The Secretariat for the Liturgy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has stated that these meet the requirements of the Code of Canon Law and may be validly used at Mass with permission of the person’s pastor. They are manufactured by hand in a separate facility from the ordinary wheat hosts and are shipped separately from the wheat hosts so that there is no danger of cross contamination."
They've got more details at the site. I found this at catholicCeliacs.org
Our church has two tabernacles (one in the main church and one in the day chapel) and they both contain ciboria with hosts. And if the priest doesn't feel like sending a deacon trotting over to the day chapel or wherever to get some more, he can just start breaking them in half or even into littler pieces.
This really shouldn't be a problem. The whole entire Christ is contained in even the smallest particle of either or both of the Consecrated Elements: the smallest drop from the chalice, the smallest crumb of the Host.
I live in Minnesota and my wife's been getting gluten-free wafers for YEARS.
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