Posted on 02/27/2006 9:47:28 AM PST by tje
Just wondered what people were giving up for Lent.
Well... that explains a couple of things...
Reading, listening and basically anything that has to do with Democrats.
explains what, please tell.
Someone should ask Loverde if he is familiar with Canon Law.
Canon 1250 All Fridays through the year and the time of Lent are penitential days and times throughout the entire Church.
Canon 1251 Abstinence from eating meat or another food according to the prescriptions of the conference of bishops is to be observed on Fridays throughout the year unless they are solemnities; abstinence and fast are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and on the Friday of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Canon 1252 All persons who have completed their fourteenth year are bound by the law of abstinence; all adults are bound by the law of fast up to the beginning of their sixtieth year. Nevertheless, pastors and parents are to see to it that minors who are not bound by the law of fast and abstinence are educated in an authentic sense of penance.
Can. 1253 It is for the conference of bishops to determine more precisely the observance of fast and abstinence and to substitute in whole or in part for fast and abstinence other forms of penance, especially works of charity and exercises of piety.
"Reading, listening and basically anything that has to do with Democrats."
I'm with you on this one!
Is there any impression within Catholicism (overt or implied) that one is sinning if one chooses NOT to give anything up for Lent or if one chooses to perform the sacrifice in November instead of Lent? Or Wednesdays instead of Friday, etc?
Both are just traditions to remind oneself of the miracles and teachings of Christ.
The "no-meat" on Friday (more correctly "eat fish") was to remind oneself of: (1) the miracle(s) of feeding of the multitudes (with fish); (2) a reminder that one should be thankful for ones blessings --- stemming from the day when beef was a luxury and fish poor-people-food (oh, how times have changed).
It's earliest origins were Hebrew --- the special weekly dinner (which my family still practices) at the start of the Sabbath.
Post 66 is the one-sentence summary of the purpose of Lent.
The entire structure of the catholic calendar (by which I mean "universal," and not just Roman Catholic) is to incorporate the events of Christ into one's daily life.
All that said, too often, the traditions overwhelm the purpose and people just go through the motions and don't know why.
Huh?
"That one is tough to square with the "I was only following orders" Holocaust guards..."
In isolation, yes. But it goes on to explain that things directly in contrast with God's law/will are not to be followed
Example: Daniel refusing to worship the king --- but there was still earthly punishment (an oven, in Daniel's case) --- which God gets the faithful out of (didn't burn up).
Hard calls, though.
sauerkraut
And Peter and John ignoring the Sanhedrin's orders NOT to preach in Jesus' name.
It's a 125 ft well. 6" casing. These things fail from time to time. It's just a pain in the @ss to change them in the middle of winter when it's -25F. When you pull up the inner pipe or hose (pvc) everything freezes up before you can stick a new pump on and lower it all back down. Plus the well cap is usually under a 10 foot snow drift to start with... Ahh! the joys of country living, and red jacket™ pumps.
I'm sorry, I wasn't clear - it wasn't every Friday in Lent, just St. Patrick's Day.
The newlywed husband to his wife: I can't Dear it's Lent.
The newlywed wife to her husband: To who and for how long?
Quite a few protestants, including many Lutherans, follow that "Catholic ritual". You must be a member of a sect that doesn't.
Lent predates Ramadan by many hundreds of years.
Various iterations of lent (or similar fasts) were practiced by the early Christians and the Jews long before Mohammed's daddy had a gleam in his eye.
My sunny disposition.
For which they got earthly punishment (if not quiet then, shortly thereafter), but eternal rewards, just like Daniel!
Speaking of Daniel and traditions:
Christians REALLY need to start celebrating Purim (the reading of Ester in the required fashion).
The celebration of it is mandated in Ester.
That, and it's a heck of a good party.
LCMS: Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. AKA Lutheran Church Misery Synod.
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