Bringing a Beverage into the Church...Is it wrong?

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If a person were to bring a beverage into church when they were spending time before the blessed sacrament, would it be wrong? A person corrected me today as I walked out of the church proper with a Starbucks container in my hand basically saying I should not do that and that it was “bad form.”

I guess my primary question is, “is it wrong?” I get sleepy at times when I’m sitting before the tabernacle and prefer to be alert and so that’s why I brought it in. If it is indeed not a good thing to do, I would like to know and I can stop doing it. I can see how some people, at least, would consider it disrespectful.

Thoughts?
 
I personally wouldn’t bring in Starbucks. Maybe water. And i would consider it “bad form” but I wouldn’t have corrected you either. Just my opinion…I don’t think their is a rule against it. I also consider chewing gum in the church bad form…and men wearing a hat…both of which I do not think there is a rule against it.
 
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I wouldn’t feel comfortable bringing anything except water unless it was needed for a medical condition, low blood sugar for example.

But I wouldn’t say anything either. It’s not my role. I’m not the teacher of the class.

I’m curious as to how you see that others feel it is disrespectful, but you don’t. Can you elaborate, please?
 
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I can’t figure out how to quote.

I wouldn’t feel comfortable bringing anything except water unless it was needed for a medical condition, low blood sugar for example.

But I wouldn’t say anything either. It’s not my role. I’m not the teacher of the class.

I’m curious as to how you see that others feel it is disrespectful, but you don’t. Can you elaborate, please?
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I have a pretty familiar relationship with Jesus. And this is why I did ask here. I spend quite a lot of time in adoration and don’t feel any strong pang of impropriety when I do this. There are times when I get really sleepy sitting before the Lord and I would like to be awake having a conversation. But at the same time, there is an example to be set, and I don’t want to give a bad one to others. I am a self-conscious person to some degree and doing this when other people are watching makes me feel a little more uncomfortable than when I’m alone before the tabernacle. So, I don’t feel I’m dierespecting the Lord by doing this, but I know others will see it as not appropriate.

It seems the essential question when I consider doing something ought to be, “Is this displeasing to the Lord?”
I’m not saying I’m right in doing this action, just looking for what others have to say.
 
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I think I understand what you are saying. Why do you think others find it inappropriate?
 
PreviouslyAna said:
I can’t figure out how to quote.

I wouldn’t feel comfortable bringing anything except water unless it was needed for a medical condition, low blood sugar for example.

But I wouldn’t say anything either. It’s not my role. I’m not the teacher of the class.

I’m curious as to how you see that others feel it is disrespectful, but you don’t. Can you elaborate, please?
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To quote a post, hit the reply button in lower right hand corner of post and a window pops up to type your reply. At the top of the popup on the far left is a bubble or cloud.
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Some find it inappropriate because a person is sitting in the presence of God and God would deserve more reverence being the creator of the universe.

For my part, I try to balance the duty to reverence God with the permission of God and his desire for us to be familiar with him as we are with a close friend. So I would see how we approach God as a balance between these two ideas.

…In the future I might just sit my beverage outside the church proper for when I’m feeling drowsy and go out when I feel drowsy to take a sip now and then.
 
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There’s also the issue that some of us tend to get our beverage and then just keep refilling the cup. So my cup probably started out with coffee in it and ended up with water.

And if y’all don’t want to listen to me cough all through mass I get my water. But it might be in a coffee cup.
 
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Poo … it doesn’t show a bubble or a cloud on my pop up. I’m going to try again. Thank you for the suggestion 7 sorrows
 
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I am with you on the familiarity part. I like to let my hair down with Jesus, and have sometimes been quite silly with Him when I’m alone or in the presence of close friends … Buddy, Pal, Brah etc.

But not all occasions call for the same ettiquete, regardless of familiarity. Jesus is present in a physical way in the Tabernacle and it is a place of worship, prayer and REVERENCE. You don’t need to take off your shoes to approach, but a Starbucks doesn’t just appear disrespectful, it IS disrespectful if you weren’t in danger of passing out from hypoycemia.

DO you wear the same pair of flip flops whether you go to the beach or a 5 star restaraunt? Would you use the same tone of voice in a library as a football stadium, even if you were with your best bud at all those events?

Showing REVERENCE for Jesus when He so benevolently and patiently waits for us in the Tabernacle does not indicate a relationship that lacks familiarity. He can be your brah, but Adoration is a great place to remember He is also your KING.
 
Do you know how to highlight a text or copy and paste?

After you highlight the bit of text you want to quote only then does the quote bubble appear.
 
I know how to do those things everywhere else except here it seems. I’ve never seen anything like this format. I’m about to give up, unfortunately.

When I hit reply a new window opens and I cannot see the thread at all to even try to keep my reply in context. Maybe it’s just not mobile friendly which locks me out bc I don’t have a computer.
 
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There are a lot of variables that would affect if I would do this, like how long I was at adoration, if I was alone, and even if there is carpet. There is no right or wrong to this. It is not like there is a rule forbidding consuming anything during adoration or before adoration, like there is before receiving communion.
 
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I don’t think I’d take a Starbucks with me. To me it just somehow seems wrong, but I don’t think I can p(name removed by moderator)oint why it seems wrong. But at the same time, if I saw someone else with one, I wouldn’t think much of it and I certainly would not say anything.
 
JamalChristophr said:
Do you know how to highlight a text or copy and paste?

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The quote bubble shows up in the popup window without highlighting in my case.
 
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JamalChristophr:
Do you know how to highlight a text or copy and paste?

After you highlight the bit of text you want to quote only then does the quote bubble appear.
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The quote bubble shows up in the popup window without highlighting in my case.
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I just checked. The mobile app does not have that feature. Just the desktop.
 
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There are a lot of variables that would affect if I would do this, like how long I was at adoration, if I was alone, and even if there is carpet. There is no right or wrong to this. It is not like there is a rule forbidding consuming anything during adoration or before adoration, like there is before receiving communion
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Carpet. That’s what I was thinking also. It’s not just bad form, it’s also a matter of practicality. If someone spills water…no big deal. Coffee OTOH, will require much more effort to clean up, and not just if it spills on fabric/carpet. My mom always told us kids not to eat in the family room - same deal with the church/chapel.
 
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