Lent - Spiritual Spring Cleaning Time

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Lent - Spiritual Spring Cleaning Time; reading
Topic Started: Thursday, 22. February 2007, 23:32 (440 Views)
Clare	Monday, 2. April 2007, 15:46 Post #16
Wacko Schismatic Traditionalist Woman Posts: 3,093 Group: Members Member #70 Joined: March 27, 2007	KatyA Apr 2 2007, 12:13 PM I stand to be corrected, but I'm sure I have read that, technically, Sundays are not part of Lent because every Sunday is a celebration. There are forty days in Lent excluding Sundays. Yes, Lent doesn't include Sundays. If it did there'd be 46 days in Lent! Sundays are feast days, not fast days. Clare.
	S.A.G. My attempt at a blog.


James	Monday, 2. April 2007, 16:16 Post #17
James Posts: 1,108 Group: Members Member #54 Joined: January 13, 2007	Agree, it's all quite "open ended" and you can make whatever plans you like to suit yourself. Personally, I like to try for the lot because I don't think a break every week would suit me and make it difficult with "stopping and starting all the time. Apart from St Patrick's day !!!!!!!



Derekap	Monday, 2. April 2007, 20:17 Post #18
Posts: 3,415 Group: Members Member #14 Joined: September 26, 2006	Usually when clergy urge us to fast or give-up something during Lent they implicitly mean, and lay people understand, such sacrifices should be from Ash Wedneday to Holy Saturday Evening. Exceptions of course are St Patrick's Day and perhaps St David's Day in Wales and sometimes The Feast of The Announciation. I have never had heard nor read of anyone saying; "Except on Sundays". It would be rather like the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan where they fast from food and drink from sunrise to sunset, but usually make-up for it between sunset and sunrise. In fact one of the popular official or business social occasions is breakfast after sunset.
	Derekap


Clare	Monday, 2. April 2007, 20:20 Post #19
Wacko Schismatic Traditionalist Woman Posts: 3,093 Group: Members Member #70 Joined: March 27, 2007	Derekap Apr 2 2007, 09:17 PM Usually when clergy urge us to fast or give-up something during Lent they implicitly mean, and lay people understand, such sacrifices should be from Ash Wedneday to Holy Saturday Evening. Exceptions of course are St Patrick's Day and perhaps St David's Day in Wales and sometimes The Feast of The Announciation. I have never had heard nor read of anyone saying; "Except on Sundays". It would be rather like the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan where they fast from food and drink from sunrise to sunset, but usually make-up for it between sunset and sunrise. In fact one of the popular official or business social occasions is breakfast after sunset. It's true though Derekap. And I have heard a priest (an SSPX one no less) announce the fact before his sermon! Clare.
	S.A.G. My attempt at a blog.


KatyA	Tuesday, 29. January 2008, 00:38 Post #20
Administrator Posts: 5,413 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	Lent 2008 will soon be here, so perhaps we should start thinking about doing some form of penance. Something positive,such as attending weekday Mass (where possible) or giving up something we enjoy. Quote: Yes. Lent begins on Feb. 6, and Easter is March 23. That�s the earliest Easter since 1913, when it fell on the same date. In 1913, however, Ash Wednesday came on Feb. 5, a day earlier than this year. Is that possible? Yes, because 2008 is a leap year, thus adding an extra day in the middle of the Lenten season. The earliest Ash Wednesday possible is Feb. 4, and the earliest Easter is March 22. That last happened in 1818. The fact that Easter is a moveable feast confuses many people, even in Rome. So is the fact that Catholics and Orthodox Christians usually celebrate Easter on different dates, because they follow different calendars. This year, for example, the Orthodox celebrate Easter on April 27 � more than a month after Catholics. CNS



John Sweeney	Tuesday, 29. January 2008, 16:09 Post #21
Posts: 1,850 Group: Members Member #68 Joined: March 20, 2007	For the second year in a row the Welsh bishops have issued a booklet called "Walk with Me" a Lenten Journey of Prayer and have urged us all to read it as a means of making the best use of Lent. I am not sure whether this is confined to Wales or whether it is a more general initiative adapted for Wales. In the foreword , the 3 bishops say that the booklet with its prayers and reflections on the Readings will help us take up the weapons of prayer, self-denial and almsgivings. it's an impressive little book which I've dipped into even though Lent is still a week away. John



KatyA	Tuesday, 29. January 2008, 19:54 Post #22
Administrator Posts: 5,413 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	We had the "Walk with me" booklet last year, in both Lent and Advent, and I do think they are very useful. (When I say "we" I mean the booklet was available from the Church porch but, like Tesco's offers, when it's gone, it's gone. Not everyone managed to get one so they must be popular) I found it hard just to read one day at a time - I wanted to read the whole booklet at once. KatyA



John Sweeney	Tuesday, 29. January 2008, 20:26 Post #23
Posts: 1,850 Group: Members Member #68 Joined: March 20, 2007	Yes agreed KatyA , a good read. My memory is a bit dodgy but I think it was free last year. This year it was �1--nothing really but I wondered whether that had any impact on numbers available! John



KatyA	Tuesday, 29. January 2008, 20:40 Post #24
Administrator Posts: 5,413 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	I think possibly it does. They were free last year at Church, but I noticed the diocesan website said they were available at a cost of �1. Perhaps it's down to the PP to decide how many to order and whether to give them or sell them. I actually think they should be free - someone carelessly picking up a booklet and browsing through might be helped in their prayer life. KatyA The Advent booklet looked like this



KatyA	Wednesday, 30. January 2008, 00:24 Post #25
Administrator Posts: 5,413 Group: Admin Member #6 Joined: September 26, 2006	The Catholic Culture website provides some useful information for Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday



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