Comments on: Church Bans Gluten-Free Host for 11 Year-Old Celiac

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 23:49:18 +0000

This makes me so sad. My son will be recieving his first communion this month and will only take the wine (his cup will be separate so it doesn’t get cross contaminated with any wheat during the ceremony. He does not have celiac but is allergic to wheat. He becomes anaphylactic and could potentially die. I researched the low gluten host thinking it might not contain wheat but I was wrong. This summer I do plan to write to the Vatican. My heart breaks. Jesus would never leave out a child. Hod made my son this way and he should feel completely accepted in church.

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 02:46:57 +0000

In reply to The Gluten Dude. I agree. It just makes me feel excluded. Great website by the way Gluten Dude!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 16:51:44 +0000

In reply to Johane.

What a wonderful response! It is not about “us” and if we like how the Host “tastes”….it is about receiving the actual Body of Christ. If the Host is safe, which if it is 0.01% and you have to eat 270 at a time, I would say it is…..then how it tastes should not matter and this discussion is not necessary. The Church is following Christ and what He taught…it is not the author of how Communion is to be, it is the one who preserves the Truth. Remember, for Catholics it is not a “symbol”. If not for the Catholic Church, there would be no reception of truly consecrated Hosts…ones that are the true Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ. Its not about rules, its about validity of a Sacrament.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:55:48 +0000

In reply to IrishHeart. This is total BULL. All priests were allowed to be married UNTIL the church realized that the first born sons of these priests were taking all the wealth away when their priestly fathers went home to heaven. So they decided that Jesus was never married and priests should "follow" that rule. We have to remember that even the bible has been written and transcribed by HUMAN beings. Not every one of them has the best interests of others in mind.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:23:17 +0000

In reply to Kara. They break off a small bit of the wafer and put it into the wine as part of the ceremony. The wine is contaminated ON PURPOSE by the priest even before anyone else drinks from it.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:15:51 +0000

In reply to The Gluten Dude.

Agree totally. The Roman Catholic church has turned its back on living breathing temples that actually are filled with the Holy Spirit in favor of some silly wafer and the percentage of gluten REQUIRED in it to be “valid”. When they are able to choose a very small BUT very measurable percentage of glute

I have read the entire New Testament, and the story of Jesus’ requests and directions at that meal (which we are supposedly doing in his memory) and there is nothing about any percentage of gluten.

They have missed the point entirely. It is legalistic ad fails to demonstrate God’s infinite love.

By: Gaby

Gaby — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 19:18:10 +0000

In reply to Kate. The loaves and fishes was not the event that instituted the sacrament of the Eucharist. It was the last supper, and it was the bread and the wine that Jesus blessed, broke and gave, that was the first Eucharist. My grip on Catholic theology is sound- much sounder than yours.

By: Fed Up

Fed Up — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 11:55:09 +0000

Another reason you should understand that the Roman Catholic does NOT speak for Christians, God or Jesus but for them selves and their greedy controlling narcissist selves.

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:29:00 +0000

In reply to IrishHeart. Amen to that.

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:21:10 +0000

In reply to Amy -The Quirky Gluten Free Runner. I just love how you generalize.