Going to Hell in a Breadbasket

Check out this news story.

This is what happens when people substitute a symbol for the truth behind it. When you make ritual mandatory you run the risk of sweeping grace under the carpet, and that's just what's happened here. This little girl was born with an inability to consume wheat products. Because of that, is the Catholic church saying that she is predetermined to be damned to Hell? Is she alone incapable of salvation?

You’re welcome to join a Baptist church, Haley. You can take communion with Cheese Whiz if you need to so long as you do it in remembrance of Christ. And our “wine” is better for you, too. It’s Ocean Spray grape juice, so it’s fortified with vitamin C.

Comments

[Momotaro]

Hmm.. according to this article, grape juice is not an acceptable substitute. Yeah, I know it's a very biased article, but I'm just parroting what it said.

I'm all about the Ocean Spray, so you'll hear no arguments from me.

[SuperPope]

Well, Ocean Spray doesn't use apple juice as filler, so it's cool with me. Plus it has vitamin C: Something my body needs anyway. ;)P

[azaelia]

She's not damned simply because her parents refused to back down and look into the many alternatives the Church offers for those with celiac disease:

"Those who suffer from celiac disease can be accommodated through the use of low-gluten hosts or, for those who can't have even the slightest amount of gluten, through recourse to the chalice alone, even a separate mini-chalice into which no particle of the consecrated host is dropped by the priest."
From this article: http://www.catholic.com/newsletters/kke_040831.asp

This might also be of interest:

I Would Feed You with the Finest of Wheat
http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2002/0201fea4.asp

God Bless and Pax Christi

[SuperPope]

My initial point that "this is what happens when people substitute a symbol for the truth behind it" is still valid.The idea of transubstantiation is not only repugnant to me, but represents a gross misinterpretation of what Christ was teaching that day.

Christ was giving us a symbol to remind us of the sacrifice he made. They commonly ate bread. They commonly drank wine. Now -- due to this special evening with their master -- they would remember what Christ had done for them whenever they ate or drank anything.