ASH WEDNESDAY, March 2, 2022
is a DAY of FAST and ABSTINENCE
March 2, 2022
What does that mean?
On Ash Wednesday, Catholics over 14 years of age
are expected to abstain from eating meat on this day.
Catholics 18 years of age and up to the beginning of their 60th year
are expected to fast:
taking only one full meal and two other light meals,
eating nothing between meals.
(liquids between meals, however, are allowed).
What does that mean?
On Ash Wednesday, Catholics over 14 years of age
are expected to abstain from eating meat on this day.
Catholics 18 years of age and up to the beginning of their 60th year
are expected to fast:
taking only one full meal and two other light meals,
eating nothing between meals.
(liquids between meals, however, are allowed).
More info here!
FRIDAY, March 4, is a DAY of ABSTINENCE
What does that mean?
Catholics over 14 years of age
Are expected to abstain from eating meat on the Fridays of Lent.
FRIDAY, March 4, is a DAY of ABSTINENCE
What does that mean?
Catholics over 14 years of age
Are expected to abstain from eating meat on the Fridays of Lent.
More info here!
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Health concerns and “doctor’s orders”
should take precedence over the practices of fast and abstinence.
Fast and abstinence should never jeopardize one’s physical health.
DISPENSATIONS?
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Health concerns and “doctor’s orders”
should take precedence over the practices of fast and abstinence.
Fast and abstinence should never jeopardize one’s physical health.
DISPENSATIONS?
Pastors often receive requests from parishioners asking to be “dispensed” from fast and abstinence for particular social occasions. Of course, it is precisely on such occasions that the self-denial of fast and abstinence might be most meaningful. Such a “dispensation” is not a pastor’s to give. The Church tells us that in this matter individuals have freedom to excuse themselves but that, “no Catholic will lightly hold himself/herself excused from so hallowed an obligation as this penitential practice.”
What about a countdown to Easter sidebar with "How Am I Doing So Far During This Lent?" Every time I was in the car the week leading up to the Super Bowl WBZ had a countdown to kickoff on. After a while it was driving me nuts, but it definitely kept me posted!
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of count-down are you imagining? A clock?
ReplyDeleteThe WBZ version was it is two days, 10 hours and 17 minutes till kickoff. I imagine for Lent you would need a calendar, rather than a clock. Starting with Ash Wednesday counting down the 40 days of Lent until the Triduum begins. I think that is the 40 days of Lent, rather than from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday. Is that correct?!
ReplyDeleteFor those days of abstinence during Lent a good time to revisit tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches!
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