Our priest said "No Gum"

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Walking_Home said:
That is just the point. For that one hr.—we need to concentrate our disposition on meeting and facing our Lord. Unless for some reason—one needs medicine or water–abstaining from everything else–means we are in a disposition to leave ourselves behind and draw ever closer to our Lord.
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Do you mean then that I shouldn’t drive before Mass?

From your description, it sounds like all should spend the hour prior to Mass in church as to prepare for receiving the Eucharist.

God bless.
 
ElizabethAnne said:
Do you mean then that I shouldn’t drive before Mass?

From your description, it sounds like all should spend the hour prior to Mass in church as to prepare for receiving the Eucharist.

God bless.
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I’m sure that’s not what Walking Home meant, but it’s not a bad idea! Great for sanctification. 🙂
 
ElizabethAnne said:
Do you mean then that I shouldn’t drive before Mass?
From your description, it sounds like all should spend the hour prior to Mass in church as to prepare for receiving the Eucharist.

God bless.
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No—Driving to Mass is what most of us need to do. I do well understand how stressful it can be —driving in bad traffic.

Remember— the fast is to the time we receive Communion. In reality–we only need to not eat or drink for a short time prior to the start of Mass.

If Communion is received 45 min. into the Mass----our fast starts 15 min prior to Mass. Is this so difficult–that some still seek a way to satisfy themselves. Observing the fast is part of our preparation–our disposition to receive our Lord.

Again—this has nothing to do with driving to Mass.
 
DiscerningDave said:
Yes, but the arguement of Michelle Arnold, the apologist, is that gum is exempt because it is not food.
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Maybe each church could have a spit bucket up at the sanctuary for people to spit their gum into, right before they receive the most Holy Body & Blood of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. :rolleyes:
 
My priest makes an announcement before every single Mass ever even begins. " If you have a cell phone please be sure to turn it off." And after every single consecration just before we receive," If anyone is chewing gum please do not come forward to receive Holy Communion."
 
Karin said:
well unless she holds a nutrional degree or has been classically trained as a chef… I say poo to that!
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This is my whole point! As soon as she posted her answer in the “ask an apologist” section, someone basically said case closed in their post, that whatever the apoogist says must be true without question. I know she is trying to do her best and that she volunteers for this and does not get paid, but I am trying to prevent people from accepting answers at face value that have not been backed up by church teachings and understand the proper meanings behind the doctrine of the church. I am in no means saying I am an expert, not at all, but in my humble opinion, if the FDA classifies it as food ( and if you read the link I posted earlier) then technically, according to the laws of the land, it is food. Now I know God’s law supercedes human law and God is not concerned about gum ibeing food or not and will most likely not condemn anyone to hell for chewing it before mass, but if we are to be faihtful to our religion, we must uphold the laws of the church.
That is my only concern.
Peace
 
Joining the party late, but…

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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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And some say that gum is not food, then what is it? It is not water or medicine. Unless it is nicotine gum or the like. So, if the Cannon says, no food or drink with the sole exception of water and medicine, where does gum fall? It is okay because it is not food? What else would fall in to the gum category?
 
paramedicgirl said:
Maybe each church could have a spit bucket up at the sanctuary for people to spit their gum into, right before they receive the most Holy Body & Blood of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. :rolleyes:
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Oh, no. Bad idea. Then people will start coming to Mass with their Mail Pouch and Skoal in their mouths! :rotfl:
 
maryjk said:
So, if the Cannon says, no food or drink with the sole exception of water and medicine, where does gum fall? It is okay because it is not food? What else would fall in to the gum category?
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Chewing tobacco and snuff, perhaps?:rotfl:
 
lak611 said:
Oh, no. Bad idea. Then people will start coming to Mass with their Mail Pouch and Skoal in their mouths! :rotfl:
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Why not? We’re in the “Don’t deprive me of my comforts” era, aren’t we? :rolleyes:
 
Karin said:
I dont know why folks are always looking for a loop hole regarding this…or just dont understand it…it really is simple…
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I have been guilty of walking into say, a Saturday mass, after being out and about running errands with a piece of gum in my mouth and not realizing it until I have a chance to sit quietly for a few moments in prayer. I would have never occurred to me that even upon disposing it as discreetly as possible in a kleenex I would/could be considered as violating the fast.
 
Island_Oak said:
I have been guilty of walking into say, a Saturday mass, after being out and about running errands with a piece of gum in my mouth and not realizing it until I have a chance to sit quietly for a few moments in prayer. I would have never occurred to me that even upon disposing it as discreetly as possible in a kleenex I would/could be considered as violating the fast.
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sorry I guess I have always held the view that gum is a “food” (the same one that the FDA does) so I have always viewed this as a violation of the fast
 
Karin said:
sorry I guess I have always held the view that gum is a “food” (the same one that the FDA does) so I have always viewed this as a violation of the fast
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I think what Island Oak is saying is that they never thought about it.

Same here. A couple of weeks ago, just before Sunday Mass, I saw a young man chewing gum. He is about 14 and is the oldest of 6 children in his family. I see the family at Confession and the young man serves at the altar. All in all, he is from a “good Catholic” family.

I motioned to him, so he would come to see me. I very quietly asked if he was chewing gum. He said, “not any more.” :o It never occurred to him or to me that he may have broken the fast. It just wasn’t something I had thought about.
 
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