2007-03-23 21:50:08 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, but the alcohol content is very low. I think it is a dessert wine. We use Mompo in our parish. Is this a dessert wine?
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2007-03-23 22:04:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since wine used during Mass is specially prepared, it does contain alcohol, but not at the same level commercial wine does.
Secondly the Church does not require someone to give up alcohol in order to become a Catholic. The consumption of alcohol is not intrinsically sinful.
While the bread and wine are truly and substantially changed, through what is called transubstantiation, into the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ, the Eucharistic elements retain their physical properties, such that the Precious Blood received at Mass does contain alcohol.
Alcoholic beverages, most notably wine, have always been a part of the life of the chosen people. Just as wine is used in New Covenant worship, it's also part of the Passover ritual dating back to the Exodus.
I hope this information is helpful to you.
2007-03-24 05:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnt know about that cause Im not catholic, but I am muslim and I studied a bit about languages and translations.. In ancient aramaic the language the bible originally was in, the word "wine" in that language was also used for grape juice.. it wasnt fermented alcohol.. So it might have been translated wrong as many other words were throughout history.. So when the ancient books said wine, they meant just juice.. All intoxicants are against religion, so why would it contridict itself?... I feel it should be just juice, nothing more.. but having said this.. I still dont know if modern priests drink alcoholic wine or not.
2007-03-24 04:54:58 · answer #3 · answered by Mintee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mass is the term used to describe celebration of the Eucharist.....
That the Mass commemorates and continues in a mystical way the One Eternal Sacrifice that Jesus Christ instituted in a ceremonial way at the Last Supper and consummated in a supreme manner by giving up His life on the Cross. "As often as you shall eat this bread and drink the chalice you shall show forth the death of the Lord till He comes" (1 Cor. 11:26).
The Mass Is a Sacrifice of Adoration—Glorifying Almighty God:
The Mass Is a Sacrifice of Thanksgiving—For Benefits Natural and Supernatural:
The Mass Is a Sacrifice of Prayer—For Mercy and Forgiveness:
The Mass Is a Sacrifice of Expiation—Satisfaction of God's Justice.
The Eucharist—the clean oblation—is at once a sacrifice offered up to God in the Mass, the true sacrifice of the New Law, and a Sacrament of Christ's love for us unto eternal life. As a sacrifice, the Eucharist immolates in an unbloody manner Christ, who shed His sacred blood on Calvary and died on the Cross for us. As a Sacrament, it sanctifies and nourishes our souls with the Bread of Life.
2007-03-27 15:11:39 · answer #4 · answered by Isabella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, virtually always. If a priest is an alcoholic, he can get special permission to use mustum, which is natural unfermented grape juice.
2007-03-24 05:24:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. That's why they make the priests do the Sermon BEFORE the Communion. Otherwise we'd never get out of there.
2007-03-24 06:08:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes its Alcoholic in the Catholic and Anglican churches and its very nice to drink.~~
2007-03-24 04:55:50 · answer #7 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it is a special church wine any one can drink, even a 11 year old
2007-03-24 07:50:18 · answer #8 · answered by DaneMaricich 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just like the wine that Jesus drank.
2007-03-24 04:56:18 · answer #9 · answered by liberty11235 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep...some is bought from monks or convents that make it specially for Churches. Our priest says that he buys ours at Cub Foods. :)
2007-03-24 04:53:26 · answer #10 · answered by Some Guy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋