Guest guest Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Hi! Just curious if anyone in this group has any insight or tips for an SCD legal communion? Do any of you take your own legal grape juice and home-made crackers with you, or do you just pretend to eat the crackers at church? We were just at church and my husband really wanted to take communion. I asked him to pretend to eat it. The signaficance isnt really all about the FOOD anyway, its about the faith of it. I hadnt really thought before about taking our own communion with us to church... has anyone done this or heard of it? Thanks! - april 07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Attending a fairly small Episcopal church, I have been known to make SCD bread and put it near the other bread before church starts. They consectrate it along with the regular bread and they know to give it to . If there is a substitute priest, I have to catch him and explain. When went back to the intro in April '04 and couldn't have nut flour bread, we just had him sip the wine. I know that often the wine is not legal. The latest choice tastes way to sweet to me. So far I haven't had the courage to lobby for dry wine, but I may yet. We haven't had this dicussion on the list for a long time. I do not want to get into religion bashing so please no criticism of any faiths, anyone. But I do think I must mention that the Roman Catholic's church official position is that the host must be made from wheat. Now Roman Catholics out there know that some priests will interpret this more loosely than others. I just don't want any Roman Catholics to be shocked when they approach the priest to ask if they can use SCD bread and are told that it can't be done. mom to -12 SCD 4/23/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 We are Roman Catholic and our church does offer a gluten free host. We just have to let them know before service. has never had the gluten free host since even that is illegal, and I have never thought about bringing SCD bread to ask if they could consecrate it. That is a good idea. He doesn't take the wine either so he just goes down and gets a blessing. But I think I will ask about the SCD bread. Belle julie46250 wrote: Attending a fairly small Episcopal church, I have been known to make SCD bread and put it near the other bread before church starts. They consectrate it along with the regular bread and they know to give it to . If there is a substitute priest, I have to catch him and explain. When went back to the intro in April '04 and couldn't have nut flour bread, we just had him sip the wine. I know that often the wine is not legal. The latest choice tastes way to sweet to me. So far I haven't had the courage to lobby for dry wine, but I may yet. We haven't had this dicussion on the list for a long time. I do not want to get into religion bashing so please no criticism of any faiths, anyone. But I do think I must mention that the Roman Catholic's church official position is that the host must be made from wheat. Now Roman Catholics out there know that some priests will interpret this more loosely than others. I just don't want any Roman Catholics to be shocked when they approach the priest to ask if they can use SCD bread and are told that it can't be done. mom to -12 SCD 4/23/04 __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Belle, this is great news. I see from articles online that the low- gluten host has a gluten content of .01% and is considered safe for most celiac sufferers and yet satisfies the Roman Catholic church as being wheat and therefore able to be consecrated. mom to -12 SCD 4/23/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 We go to a church that doesn't consecrate the bread beforehand. My hubby and I take along whatever 'bread' he is able to eat. Sometimes it is a squash button or egg souffle bread and sometimes it's nut butter bread. We take a bit of our own juice, too. We get to stay in our seats and the bread and juice are passed down the rows. It's so convenient for us just to pass the plate on and then use our own stuff. Sharon in OH, -(Tourettes, yeast and related conditions, SCD since 8-16-07) Wife of Adam - Crohn's 2004, SCD since June 2006 Asacol, Carlson fish oil, Phenol Assist enzyme. > > Hi! Just curious if anyone in this group has any insight or tips for > an SCD legal communion? Do any of you take your own legal grape juice > and home-made crackers with you, or do you just pretend to eat the > crackers at church? > Thanks! > - > april 07 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Would a tiny piece of bread be okay for communion. It is a yeast free almost a crumb the size of an average woman's pinky fingernail? We don't make the breads yet. Bonita Re: OT: Communion and SCD...? We go to a church that doesn't consecrate the bread beforehand. My hubby and I take along whatever 'bread' he is able to eat. Sometimes it is a squash button or egg souffle bread and sometimes it's nut butter bread. We take a bit of our own juice, too. We get to stay in our seats and the bread and juice are passed down the rows. It's so convenient for us just to pass the plate on and then use our own stuff. Sharon in OH, -(Tourettes, yeast and related conditions, SCD since 8-16-07) Wife of Adam - Crohn's 2004, SCD since June 2006 Asacol, Carlson fish oil, Phenol Assist enzyme. > > Hi! Just curious if anyone in this group has any insight or tips for > an SCD legal communion? Do any of you take your own legal grape juice > and home-made crackers with you, or do you just pretend to eat the > crackers at church? > Thanks! > - > april 07 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 It would be best not to consume this, but I really can't take a stand regarding how anyone practices their religion. Remember there is a nut-free, dairy-free bread in the files section here that can be eaten very early in the diet. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pecanbread/files/ mom to -12 SCD 4/23/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 , I have wondered about this myself. My daughter is nut free, egg free etc. etc. and we bring our own " bread " which for us can be anything from a pork rind to a cucumber, or if I have my act together a chicken cookie ( cookie made with chicken, squash pears avacado). My minister blesses the " bread " as we go though the comunion line, and I have my daughter dip VERY shallowly in the wine ( we do wine at our church) so much so that she might get a drop of the wine. My minister is fine with this.. I am sure there is some sacrilig to using say a pork rind, but He feels it is important ( as do I )for her to recieve communion, and yet I don't want illigals in her. I don't know if this helps.. I suppose, now that I think about it, that I could ask them, on the sundays that we do juice, to buy and bless some welches, but I guess it hasb't been an issue for us so far, which is surprising as she really needs things to be just so with her food to heal. Anyway, just thought I would put my 2 cents in.. and by the way, in my mind I don't think this is off topic.. If we talk about snacks for school why not communion? Ellen Mom to Emma eosinophilic colitis lead toxicity SCD since 7/06 --- lots of healing happening here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Thank you all for the suggestions!! I received a recipe for communion crackers from " Grammy Bauer. " It seems it is being published in a book, so I am not sure if I have permission to post it on the public list. Thanks again! - april 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Hi , <<Hi! Just curious if anyone in this group has any insight or tips for > an SCD legal communion? Do any of you take your own legal grape juice > and home-made crackers with you, or do you just pretend to eat the > crackers at church? > > We were just at church and my husband really wanted to take communion. > I asked him to pretend to eat it. The signaficance isnt really all > about the FOOD anyway, its about the faith of it. > > I hadnt really thought before about taking our own communion with us > to church... has anyone done this or heard of it? > > Thanks! > - > april 07>> You should probably speak with your priest/minister about this. Different churches and different faiths have varying ways to deal with this. Some churches will allow grape juice, some will only allow wine, some will allow SCD communion wafers and others will only allow those made of grain. I stopped having communion for a number of years. Although some people with SCD would go ahead and have the communion wafer I couldn't tolerate even the tiniest amount of illegal in a supplement and knew that the wheat in the wafer would send me back to the ER. We switched churches and I decided to talk to the priest. He was very helpful and provides a cup of SCD legal red wine that is consecrated along with the other wine during the mass. He was glad I brought it up as it allowed him to bring up the discussion in case others were avoiding communion for similar reasons. Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs mom of and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Here's where we buy our communion: The Altar Bread Dept Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration Clyde, MO 64432 1- They pkg says it contains less than 0.01% Gluten and it is the lowest we could find. Pat Re: OT: Communion and SCD...? Hi , <<Hi! Just curious if anyone in this group has any insight or tips for > an SCD legal communion? Do any of you take your own legal grape juice > and home-made crackers with you, or do you just pretend to eat the > crackers at church? > > We were just at church and my husband really wanted to take communion. > I asked him to pretend to eat it. The signaficance isnt really all > about the FOOD anyway, its about the faith of it. > > I hadnt really thought before about taking our own communion with us > to church... has anyone done this or heard of it? > > Thanks! > - > april 07>> You should probably speak with your priest/minister about this. Different churches and different faiths have varying ways to deal with this. Some churches will allow grape juice, some will only allow wine, some will allow SCD communion wafers and others will only allow those made of grain. I stopped having communion for a number of years. Although some people with SCD would go ahead and have the communion wafer I couldn't tolerate even the tiniest amount of illegal in a supplement and knew that the wheat in the wafer would send me back to the ER. We switched churches and I decided to talk to the priest. He was very helpful and provides a cup of SCD legal red wine that is consecrated along with the other wine during the mass. He was glad I brought it up as it allowed him to bring up the discussion in case others were avoiding communion for similar reasons. Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs mom of and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 I spoke with our priest and he communes my daughter by just giving her a spoonful of the wine instead of the bread and the wine. We are Eastern Orthodox. alana 13 y.o. Asperger's daughter on SCD since 9-15 > We go to a church that doesn't consecrate the bread beforehand. My > hubby and I take along whatever 'bread' he is able to eat. Sometimes > it is a squash button or egg souffle bread and sometimes it's nut > butter bread. We take a bit of our own juice, too. We get to stay in > our seats and the bread and juice are passed down the rows. It's so > convenient for us just to pass the plate on and then use our own > stuff. > > Sharon in OH, -(Tourettes, yeast and related conditions, SCD since > 8-16-07) > Wife of Adam - Crohn's 2004, SCD since June 2006 > Asacol, Carlson fish oil, Phenol Assist enzyme. > > > > > > Hi! Just curious if anyone in this group has any insight or tips for > > an SCD legal communion? Do any of you take your own legal grape > juice > > and home-made crackers with you, or do you just pretend to eat the > > crackers at church? > > Thanks! > > - > > april 07 > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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