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With catholics in my workplace Lent for them is all about whatever food or vice they're "giving up" and failures in how they cheat is basically brushed off as just being "human". From coffee, to chocolate to TV or others, it's centered on "succeeding" in refraining from these. I have not once heard Christ's name in their equation of what Lent means to them...it appears to be all about them and their vice.

This has been my observation as they discuss Lent amongst themselves. It doesn't appear to have any "religious" meaning, rather it's the "doing" of what they've determined to give up for Lent and participating with the group think concerning that......and further failing that, going to Mass in order to be absolved of that failure...often followed with chuckling and humor when speaking about their failure.

I will also add the catholics in my workplace do believe a "woman has a right to do with her body what she wants to" in matters of abortion and contraceptives.

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I have not once heard Christ's name in their equation of what Lent means to them...

I work with two catholics and I hear them mention God's name about every 5 minutes.

Here's a recent example of one of the catholics who is also a KU graduate. I wish TCU wasn't joining the Big 12. Those G-Damn Christians. It just gives me another team to hate. And they wear purple too (in reference to K-State).

But they'll have ashes on their foreheads before the end of the day. And they'll be sure to eat fish on Fridays. They'd hate to go to hell for disobeying that.