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P, I seem to remember that you were a Catholic. Do you understand what the deal is with wheat? I hadn't heard that untill this article.



Yeah, wheat is required to be present within in the wafer to make sure it properly symbolizes Christ's transition of bread into his body.

BUT! I, and probably a large majority of Catholics, would not think God to be so inhospitable as to not allow a substitute.

But aside from that, a more obvious salution would be just to drink the blood of Christ. As long as she does that, the first communion's valid.

I think this hasn't actually come up before because other allergics toughed it out and made whatever effects they put up with into their sacrifice to Christ. I know of a case where one individual in a British prison was fatally allergic to wheat, but for over twenty years he took the host in a very small portion and just lived with his allergic reactions.

I'm not saying that the kid should be expected to put up with the pain. Just saying what could be.