It seems self-evident to me that if you put something dry into your mouth and then it gets wet, it got the moisture from out of your mouth, and probably isn’t putting any moisture back in.
I know of many people who bring a bottle of water into Mass. Water is permitted before Communion. As far as what is the appropriate action of the EMHC, this needs to be addressed by the Pastor.
Wow, the nuns must have forgotten to teach us that sign of reverence.
How do you possibly sing with gum in your mouth? I just! I can’t imagine! I think my voice teacher would give a hundred reasons how having anything in your mouth will negatively impact your voice placement and vowel shape.
Many times…especially the choir!
Not sure if this is what the PP means, but my mother always told us to take to a sip of water when we got home from Mass, before we ate or drank anything else, to make sure that all particles of the host had been “washed down”, so to speak, and not still be lingering in the mouth when we ate or drank anything else.
What would Sister do, way back in Catholic school…? Oh yes: If you were caught chewing gum in school, you would be made to wear it on your nose.
Yeah, sounds like that would work.
lt’s not everyone who brings a bottle of water but it’s common enough as to not raise any eyebrows.
Boy, there sure was when I was a kid! I think I still have dents in my skull from Sister Mary Louise’s knuckles.
A nun tried to convince us that chewing gum is made from dead horses.
Same here, and i’m one of them, taking just sips so the Host can be swallowed. i told someone that it was metho, and he wanted to take a whiff.
Is it no longer considered rude to chew gum in any but the most casual of circumstances? I would think our behavior at Mass should be at at least as high a level as, say, going to a job interview.
That has to do with consumption. Someone who starts chewing a stick(s) of gum for say an hour (that’s roughly my average starting time) before Mass isn’t consuming anything if they continue to chew the gum throughout the Mass.
First, I don’t “chomp” away. Second just who defines the chewing of gum in public as being rude? The same folks who make a litany of excuses for the rude behavior many of us are exposed to at Mass?
Nope. Not as long as one began chewing the gum early enough to wring out all the essence, leaving essentially a piece of inert paraffin.
So you have no proof?
I believe I said “sugarless” gum. The reason I asked you is that for many, chewing sugarless gum is actually a very positive thing from an oral health point of view. Many dentists recommend if. Chewing gum stimulates saliva production and flow which is very positive for tooth and gum health, particularly if one is not able to brush after a meal. It also “exercises” one’s gums.
Very easily and very well.
Nothing wrong with chewing gum during Mass. “Therapy dogs” (which typically means someone bought their little fido a vest on eBay) should be left home. SERVICE DOGS are however welcome at Mass.
Precisely.