Please tell parishioners not to chew gum in church.
This is a statement, not a question. However, this is me telling you not to chew gum in church. We are asked to make room in our hearts and in our bodies for the Eucharist, for Jesus body, blood, soul, and divinity. Although it has changed throughout time, at the present time, the Church asks us to do this by fasting an hour before we receive Communion. This means nothing but water (and medicine) should be consumed during that time. Gum has sugar. So even though you don’t swallow the gum, you still consume the sugar…thus breaking the fast. So again, no chewing gum in church.
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