Our priest said "No Gum"

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lak611 said:
Even if gum doesn’t break the Eucharistic fast, as Jimmy Akin states, I still think it is disrespectful to our Lord. I think my priest did the right thing by mentioning not to chew gum in church in our church bulletin.
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I’m inclined to agree. But I think that the brief use of chewing gum in order to freshen the mouth before mass (promptly discarding the gum before entering the building) might be permissible without any disrespect toward the Holy Eucharist or one’s neighbors.
 
JezuUfamTobie said:
I’m inclined to agree. But I think that the brief use of chewing gum in order to freshen the mouth before mass (promptly discarding the gum before entering the building) might be permissible without any disrespect toward the Holy Eucharist or one’s neighbors.
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Well—one can use mouth wash, breathmints, gum —1 hr before Holy Communion and this would still freshen the breath.
 
Walking_Home said:
Well—one can use mouth wash, breathmints, gum —1 hr before Holy Communion and this would still freshen the breath.
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Some people are stinkier than others. 😉

Nah, in all seriousness, most of us would be just fine refraining from gum and mints during that hour. And for the rest… maybe it could be considered a medical necessity. 😃
 
Julianna said:
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I like the way Dave’s priest said it…it got the point across without bullying…to teach as Jesus did. Way to go…🙂 🙂
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Yeah but the Priest left out that those folks should not be reciveing…so he gave a nice polite message but it was only 1/2 the message:(
 
DiscerningDave said:
It was so nice to see. Our priest, before the confession of faith stopped for a minute and said he noticed several people were chewing gum during mass. He asked that before receiving communion, that they please get rid of their gum. He said, “The Lord is more deserving of more than our Juicy Fruit.”
I wanted to run up their and high 5 him, but I kept my seat and prayed for the ignorant.👍
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I like the way he put it Dave 😉 funny. Reminds me of another Priest we had, funny Irishman, he would get really frustrated with the people who would walk right out the door after taking commuion. He’d lecture often “this isn’t fastfood drive thru” etc…It was a very large parish and for whatever reason there were all these people that would not stay for the full Mass.
 
Lorik said:
I thought that gum, medicine(including cough drops) and water did not apply to the fast.
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Gum with or without sugar is not medication. Medication and water is allow; however, soft drinks and coffee does not apply.
 
thistle said:
Whoever told you that was wrong!

Canon Law:

Can. 919 §1 Whoever is to receive the blessed Eucharist is to abstain for at least one hour before holy communion from all food and drink, with the sole exception of water and medicine.
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We were told that the water in this case was to be used to take the medication. Note “water & medication”
 
Water could become a big problem. I can see it now all those water bottles in the pews. In the case of the choir that I mentioned there were members that wanted to have their glasses of water and bottles of water in their seats. Sorry but I find this disrespectful, just as I would find it wrong for the person sitting next to me to have their “AVION” and drink it during Mass.

IMHO this was not the reason that water was excluded from the fast.
 
thistle said:
Forgive me for asking but why did you even attend Mass? You would not be sinning by staying away while ill and you would not be in church passing on the virus to all those around you.
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I went because I wasn’t sick enough to consider skipping classes (I was at college.) I asked myself, “Would I skip a class because of this cold?” Since the answer was no, I went. If the answer was yes, I would have stayed home.
But that’s just me, and maybe it was a mistake.

(Of course, I skipped plenty of classes because I wanted to watch TV.)
 
lak611 said:
My pastor put the following in the bulletin this week: "Just a reminder, please turn off your cell phone while in church.
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:amen:

Many times in Mass I’ve heard cell phones going off. You know, I can see if you’re a doctor or in an occupation where you need to be “on call” but at least but the thing on ‘vibrate.’ I leave mine in the car during Mass.
 
thistle said:
Whoever told you that was wrong!

Canon Law:

Can. 919 §1 Whoever is to receive the blessed Eucharist is to abstain for at least one hour before holy communion from all food and drink, with the sole exception of water and medicine.
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Canon Law seems to be absolutely clear, here.

Jimmy Akin’s “gum is not food” argument misses the point - gum is neither medicine nor water, so it does not belong your mouth within the hour preceding Holy Communion.
 
KathleenElsie said:
Water could become a big problem. I can see it now all those water bottles in the pews. In the case of the choir that I mentioned there were members that wanted to have their glasses of water and bottles of water in their seats. Sorry but I find this disrespectful, just as I would find it wrong for the person sitting next to me to have their “AVION” and drink it during Mass.

IMHO this was not the reason that water was excluded from the fast.
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It does not really matter why water is excluded from the fast. It is, That does not mean that “water bottles” belong in church. Now I can see someone like myself who takes medicine that has a side effect that can make my mouth dry, having a small half bottle of water in their pocket or purse. However it may be better for them to just leave Mass for a few minutes to go to the water fountain.
 
RNRobert said:
:amen:

Many times in Mass I’ve heard cell phones going off. You know, I can see if you’re a doctor or in an occupation where you need to be “on call” but at least but the thing on ‘vibrate.’ I leave mine in the car during Mass.
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I used to feel the same as you until my cell phone went off in Holy Mass.
It’s an emergency, pay by the minute phone.
I had no clue I had left it on.

Now, although I never use it, I check it when they remind us to turn them off and pray for the very embarrassed person if theirs rings in Holy Mass.
 
jmcrae said:
Canon Law seems to be absolutely clear, here.

Jimmy Akin’s “gum is not food” argument misses the point - gum is neither medicine nor water, so it does not belong your mouth within the hour preceding Holy Communion.
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I agree 100 percent. But, the last time I posted against something he said…

I had to take a vacation…:o

It was my delivery. I said maybe his cowboy boots were too tight…

(see ya real soon!!!):o
 
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