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Shortage of wheat flour means no more Communion hosts in Cuba
Catholic News Agency ^ | November 3, 2022 | CNA Staff

Posted on 11/06/2022 3:50:20 PM PST by Twotone

The economic crisis in Cuba continues to impact the population, this time affecting Catholics specifically because the lack of wheat flour has meant that no more Communion hosts can be made.

The St. Teresa Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Havana announced the news Wednesday.

“We inform all the dioceses that there are no longer hosts for sale. We have been working with the little flour that was left and what was in reserve has already run out,” the nuns reported in a statement shared by the Catholic publication Vida Cristiana.

“We hope and trust in the Lord that we can resume work soon, and once we have enough to distribute to all the dioceses, we will notify you,” they added.

The Catholic Church stipulates in the Redemptionis Sacramentum instruction that the host can only be made with wheat.

“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,” the instruction states.

In addition, the instruction says: “It is a grave abuse to introduce other substances, such as fruit or sugar or honey, into the bread for confecting the Eucharist.”

(Excerpt) Read more at catholicnewsagency.com ...


TOPICS: Cuba; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cuba; shortage; wheatflour
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To: FarCenter

He he


21 posted on 11/06/2022 4:20:40 PM PST by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: NEBO

“...passed my communion wafer...”

Are you aware that this is an irreverant act, not to be done?

Wonders why you received in the first place if this was your plan?


22 posted on 11/06/2022 4:23:31 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: Twotone

Got my communion at morning Mass this morning.
I’m good for the week now. 😉
I don’t believe this story for a minute. Communist countries don’t allow religion.
What’s the problem?


23 posted on 11/06/2022 4:37:41 PM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: frogjerk

Officially......Or unofficially?


24 posted on 11/06/2022 4:38:43 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: Twotone

I don’t know if there is some kind of wheat embargo in place in Cuba, but I can’t see there being an embargo on already made communion hosts. Seems like there are a lot of countries nearby from which they can easily obtain them.


25 posted on 11/06/2022 4:39:32 PM PST by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: traderrob6

Actually, it has not varied at all in the Catholic Church.


26 posted on 11/06/2022 4:46:13 PM PST by I-ambush (We watched the moment of defeat, played back over on the video screen. )
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27 posted on 11/06/2022 5:11:46 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: traderrob6

It has always been pure wheat flour. You lose.


28 posted on 11/06/2022 5:36:34 PM PST by Romulus
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To: FarCenter

The essence of a sacrament is that it must signify. Jesus compared himself to a grain of wheat. Jesus instituted the Sacrament at a paschal meal, in which the unleavened bread is made of wheat flour. Barley, oats, and corn do not signify Jesus, so it’s wheat and nothing but.


29 posted on 11/06/2022 5:40:34 PM PST by Romulus
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To: I-ambush

I was being FACETIOUS, good grief.


30 posted on 11/06/2022 5:43:47 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: Twotone

Food shortages simply mean that Cuba has achieved a perfect state of socialism.


31 posted on 11/06/2022 5:54:24 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: frogjerk

Correct, wheat host only.

What about triticale?


32 posted on 11/06/2022 6:00:41 PM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: traderrob6

Sorry, did not catch that at all. I will say we had a priest in the 1970s who decided to make his own hosts; what he came up with was a kind of whole wheat honey unleavened flatbread. It was actually tasty, but i have to think our parish went months without valid Eucharist.


33 posted on 11/06/2022 6:11:13 PM PST by I-ambush (We watched the moment of defeat, played back over on the video screen. )
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To: traderrob6

Not validly. Communion hosts have the same recipe as kosher-for-Passover matzohs: wheat flour and water.


34 posted on 11/06/2022 7:17:01 PM PST by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: Flick Lives

The unfortunate invasion of Tribbles in the 90’s eradicated all the tricale.


35 posted on 11/07/2022 6:10:27 AM PST by newbie 10-21-00
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To: Flick Lives

Nope


36 posted on 11/07/2022 8:13:17 AM PST by frogjerk (More people have died trusting the government than not trusting the government.)
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To: frogjerk

Such deep analysis


37 posted on 11/07/2022 8:29:13 AM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: Twotone
Update on this story:

Generous flour donations allow Carmelites in Cuba to resume making Communion hosts for churches

38 posted on 11/18/2022 7:49:58 PM PST by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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