If they actually came from Rome or the Vatican or something, I'd kind of understand how they might be considered special.....but if they buy them at CVS and then use them in service....I'm sorry if anyone thinks I"m being blasphemous but I'm serious.
2006-09-07 13:42:57 · 17 answers · asked by Caroline E 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They get them at the store down the street (I bet you can buy them yourself at a church shop or Catholic shop).
2006-09-07 13:49:34 · answer #1 · answered by Display Name 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know specifically about Catholic communion wafers, but here in LA, there's a Christian supply store, where anyone can buy robes, priest collars, shirts, crucifixes, etc. The store, when I was there a few years ago, carried wafers, but I did not try to buy any. Nothing gave me the impression that identification as a church official (which my then-husband and I are not-he has a license out of the back of Rolling Stone magazine) would be required to buy them, and we discussed it, but ended up skipping them.
2006-09-07 13:50:28 · answer #2 · answered by khtanktgrl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Made in convents and monastaries, using a specific formula that is approved by the Vatican, tradition, historical and biblical references dating back to Jesus and the Apostles.
Very strict rules about what substances are allowed in the bread and the type of wine used during Mass.
Variance are not allowed, however some disobey.
2006-09-07 13:56:35 · answer #3 · answered by Lives7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not special until after a Priest consecrates them in the Mass.
They can be baked by anyone as long as they consist of only wheat flour and water. Thats it. Any additional ingredients will invalidate it as a host. There have been in some cases where the "bread" was baked by laymembers of the parish.
It is only given the reverence of Body and Blood inside the Mass and during the Liturgy of the Eucharist after it has been properly consecrated by a validly ordained priest. Any remaining host that has been consecrated and not consumed in Mass is placed within the tabernacle.
2006-09-07 13:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by Augustine 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i've got seen some church homes that furnish the two the wine and the bread and a few who grant purely bread. i do no longer think of the themes of gluten are rather in contact contained in the call. If a guy or woman is allergic, the church could make some particular concessions for that guy or woman besides the indisputable fact that it would in all probability be interior that parish purely. and that i heavily doubt the entire church might make concessions for the very slender % of the inhabitants with Coeliac ailment. My youthful brother has Coeliac ailment and that they have not executed something for him. Transubstantiation happens beforehand of intake. while the bell is rung for the duration of eucharist, then it has occurred. It does no longer take place interior people who've won communion. as properly, the eucharist does no longer substitute substance to become human flesh. otherwise, we would be cannibals and vampires. and that i do no longer think of i'm able to manage the assumption-approximately human flesh being in my abdomen and what its nutritional fee is. Christ is notably present, no longer bodily present.
2016-09-30 11:03:34 · answer #5 · answered by schugmann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most churches order them wholesale, so yeah, they come from a wharehouse. But that really doesn't matter too much - the consecration is what makes them blessed and holy. There are a few basic requirements that communion bread (or hosts) have to follow, so most churches just order them.
If you think that's funny, get this - the holy oils from my former diocese were purchased from Costco! Again, the oil only has to be pure olive oil and it's the blessing that makes it special.
2006-09-07 14:03:37 · answer #6 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT what the bread stand for in Catholic and Christians that important.
2006-09-07 13:51:15 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the 'wafers' are a symbolic gesture, so if not looked at in that manner then yes, they are not that special, but they are at the same time... well at least to those that want to see it that way...
2006-09-07 13:47:49 · answer #8 · answered by Kevin M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are baked especially by the religious members of monasteries and convents.
2006-09-07 13:47:04 · answer #9 · answered by Freddy F 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They come from the Queen Spider.
2006-09-07 13:53:24 · answer #10 · answered by RH (a.k.a. God) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋