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ASK FATHER: Valid or invalid gluten free hosts?

From a priest… QUAERITUR: I was at a church this week and this is the gluten-free stuff they’re passing out.  Look at the ingredients.  How can this be valid matter? Just so that you can see it more clearly. NO!  … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Gluten-free madness the work of the Father of Lies?

FOLLOW UP HERE From a reader… QUAERITUR: Might the gluten-free madness that grips Western society be the work of the Father of Lies? Most people who believe themselves to be gluten-intolerant are just engaging in speculation and it might be … Read More

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Congregation for Divine Worship’s new document on valid bread and wine for the Eucharist

The sacraments have both matter (the physical stuff) and form (the words pronounced).  In the case of the Eucharist the matter is twofold: bread and wine.  The bread must be from wheat and, in the Latin Church, unleavened.  The wine … Read More

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QUAERITUR: Celiac Disease revisited

From a reader: My husband has Celiac Disease. The communion is wheat. What is he to do? You have options. First, you can tell the priest(s) at the parish about the condition and ask if your husband could receive only … Read More

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USCCB: “Celiac Disease, Alcohol Intolerance, and the Church’s Pastoral Response” (Gluten, mustum, etc.)

From the Newsletter of the USCCB’s Liturgy Committee for October: Celiac Disease, Alcohol Intolerance, and the Church’s Pastoral Response Celiac disease is an immune reaction to eating gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. For those with the … Read More

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Gluten free Hosts and mustum for wine – dust up in Spain

Here is an interesting story about the use of low-gluten Hosts for people who are intolerant of gluten.  By extension it reminds us of the use of mustum, a wine whose fermentation process is halted by freezing. Almost gluten-free Communion … Read More

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