Is the body of Christ gluten free? Asking for a friend.

You can buy rice crackers at the supermarket now. No need to go to church anymore.

Celiac technically isn’t an allergy, but yes. Some denominations will give you a gluten free communion wafer. Catholicism, however, requires one that contains wheat although it’s possible to get a very low gluten option that probably won’t trigger a reaction.

Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."

That doesn't sound like a gluten-free loaf.

The actual sacrament you get is usually made with wheat so it probably has some gluten in it. Though I am sure there are gluten free options.

The guy himself? Might depend on how much bread he ate but I don't know enough about the nutritional facts of a human body to answer with certainty.

Which part of His body did you get? The spleen? A bit of intestine? One of the toes?

Its pure protein bro! /s

https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/the-mass/order-of-mass/liturgy-of-the-eucharist/celiac-disease-and-alcohol-intolerance

ETA: You could probably discuss it with a parish priest. Perhaps you could receive blessing, like Protestant attendees?

My mom us a retired Episcopalian priest. She said there are gluten-free wafers you can get if someone in the congregation needs them. She also said that it doesn't have to be a wafer, one of her priest buddies once consecrated a pancake to make a point that it doesn't matter what's being consecrated, it's all God's creation.

Note: I am not religious and do not hold these beliefs myself

https://www.winespectator.com/articles/is-wine-gluten-free Cool! Glad to be wrong. I thought there was something about gluten in wine, but i think i was conflating it and vegan wine. Thanks for the catch!