[sinatorhellary]

What does not make sense is the phrase "using grape juice instead of wine." Grape juice is unfermented (or new wine.

Wine in the Bible is applied to all stages of the juice from grapes, ranging from

• fermented wine - Pr 23:29-35
• unfermented (new) wine - Pr 3:10
• juice still in the grapes - Isa 65:8

So to use unfermented wine, commonly known today as grape juice, is authorized. Why would you think otherwise?

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Jesus made wine. St. Paul advises that a little wine is good for the stomach. No reference is made to grape juice. This is a non-biblical phobia with its roots in made up Scripture interpretation by laymen. This error was specificly condemned by St. Peter IN Scripture.