The U.S. team headed by Archbishop Wuerl received the Silver Medal for this round of synchronized mitre placement.
In an amazing act of dexterity Archbishop Niederauer of San Francisco rubbed his head in a circle while chewing gum and reading from a prayer book.
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That last line was the limit to how much you can poke fun. That is, even if unconciously, saying that the archbishop broke the hour fast by chewing gum IN THE MASS.
Whatever
That second pic is a shocker!
… Archbishop Niederauer would go on to win the Gold Medal for lifting an 300-pound Monstrance in the Heavyweight Adoration category.
Pope Benedict XVI showed he still had it as he set the world record for most people sprinkled in the Holy Water category.
-El S.
More funny stuff. BTW, I have an Olympic Torch you can add to your post.
Peace,
BMP
Sigh for what mitre’ve been.
Chewing gum does not break the Eucharistic fast.
Maybe swallowing it would.
Whatever.
Actually it would. I believe that the taste we feel when chewing gum must be chemical reaction which means that the gum and its particles would
transfer to our tongue, ergo there was already an exchange of gum, which apart from that, would eventually be swallowed with saliva.
Anyhow, the principle is respect to Our Lord in the Eucharist. So we should not chew gum an hour before out of respect, since in any case, is an act in so many ways similar to eating.
Chewing gum though, in many respects, is a very low act when done in public, even worst at a Mass.
With Blessings
Or, horror of horrors, receiving our Lord with gum in the mouth! I had to chase a boy after Mass and asked him whether he removed the gum before receiving, because I could not fathom the sacrilege of the Host sticking to the gum and then being spat out.
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