You are unlikely to get enough wine from communion for this to matter. The forbidden amount of alcohol means don’t have ab actual glass of wine or a beer.
@RedDeerGuy1 Taking the body/bread is considered complete communion. I don’t take the blood/wine since I got a flu shortly after one year. Many alcoholics do this also.
@si3tech It is water that is supposedly turned into wine, by the priest during communion, if I remember my catechism correctly… like the Bible story of Christ turning water into wine…
@zenvelo – yeah, I knew that… But in Catholic school we were taught that the liquid in the chalice became wine, signifying the blood of Christ. I don’t believe priests actually use wine in communion, just grape juice or water, and I don’t believe any actual chemical changes take place. It’s the thought that something takes place magically that counts.
@kritiper I think you might have paid a bit more attention in religion class. Sacramental wine is really wine. Ask any old altar boy and they’ll tell you.
@zenvelo It must not have much of an alcohol content, otherwise priests I’ve seen would get really snockered drinking that much of it during mass; and then be at the back door wishing everybody a nice day without falling down??
Sacramental wine may or may not be alcoholic.
“wine… 2. The fermented, or, loosely, the unfermented, juice of any fruit or plant used as a beverage; ...” -from Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, 1960 ed.
Also “wine… 1… b: wine or a substitute used in Christian communion services.” -from Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th. ed.