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My five and six year old children are approaching the time for their first 
communion. The host has gluten in it. They make rice hosts but the Catholic 
church does not recognize them and they cannot be used during communion.
 One thought is to let them have the regular gluten host once during the 
first communion, but then what? Ideally they should receive communion 
weekly, and intentionally exposing them to gluten on a weekly basis does not 
seem like a wise decision.
 Personally, I'm disappointed in the Catholic church on this subject. Is it 
God's will to harm his children? I wouldn't think so but priests don't seem 
to share that point of view. We've contacted several priests and received 
the same answer.
 I'd love to hear if anyone else has faced this challenge, and what you did 
to overcome the situation. There was a story about this on a news program a 
while back, but I don't remember there being a helpful conclusion. Any 
feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated.
 Thanks,
 Mat & Andrea
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