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The History of Lent
EWTN.com ^ | n/a | Abbot Gueranger O.S.B.

Posted on 02/27/2006 8:32:56 AM PST by Salvation

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For your reading and comments!

Welcome to Lent!

1 posted on 02/27/2006 8:33:01 AM PST by Salvation
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To: nickcarraway; sandyeggo; Siobhan; Lady In Blue; NYer; american colleen; Pyro7480; livius; ...
Catholic Discussion Ping!

Please notify me via FReepmail if you would like to be added to or taken off the Catholic Discussion Ping List.

2 posted on 02/27/2006 8:34:11 AM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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Here are some other links about Lent:

The History of Lent

The Holy Season of Lent -- Fast and Abstinence

The Holy Season of Lent -- The Stations of the Cross

Lent and Fasting

Mardi Gras' Catholic Roots [Shrove Tuesday]

Ash Wednesday

All About Lent

Kids and Holiness: Making Lent Meaningful to Children

Why We Need Lent

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI FOR LENT 2006

Lent a Time for Renewal, Says Benedict XVI

3 posted on 02/27/2006 8:42:09 AM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Salvation

Thank you for this.


4 posted on 02/27/2006 10:22:34 AM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: Salvation

Wednesday is Ash Wednesday? Correct, Salvation?


5 posted on 02/27/2006 12:26:24 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Ronald Reagan and Noah Webster.)
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To: Salvation

Thanks for the post, S.


6 posted on 02/27/2006 12:27:09 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Ronald Reagan and Noah Webster.)
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To: Salvation

Fish fries coming up, I can't wait!


7 posted on 02/27/2006 12:28:24 PM PST by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: Salvation

Almost Lent bump!


8 posted on 02/27/2006 4:09:50 PM PST by NewCenturions
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That's right! Day of fast and abstinence!

Ash Wednesday

9 posted on 02/27/2006 4:25:26 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: NewCenturions; Ciexyz

Thanks for bumping the thread.


10 posted on 02/27/2006 4:26:33 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Diva Betsy Ross; 4CJ; A CA Guy; abigail2; AgThorn; Alia; alisasny; an amused spectator; ...

For the Catholics on the list. For the heathen protestants, please ignore.

:-)

Ping!


11 posted on 02/27/2006 5:47:08 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Ronald Reagan and Noah Webster.)
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To: writer33
"For the heathen protestants, please ignore"

WRITER! You Stinker!

May the life of the Lord give us hope.

Best wishes for Lent,FRiends.

:]

12 posted on 02/27/2006 5:51:37 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Embrace peace- Hug an American soldier- the real peace keepers.)
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To: writer33

Catholic here! Had nuns as teachers and all that..... My knuckles were never the same. Still using the Palmer method.....


13 posted on 02/27/2006 5:51:59 PM PST by b4its2late (Terrorists will either succeed in changing our way of life, or we will change theirs. - Rummy)
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To: writer33

It's Lent every Friday of the year at the cafeteria where I work. Fish and pasta, never changes!


14 posted on 02/27/2006 5:53:25 PM PST by NYTexan (Where is MY global warming?)
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To: writer33

LOL!

Thanks. I'm not as religious as I should be. I need gentle reminders like this to better myself.


15 posted on 02/27/2006 5:54:38 PM PST by Killborn (Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
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To: writer33

Well! If ya want to be discriminatory, just tell me. Don't be so subtle! :o)


16 posted on 02/27/2006 5:56:39 PM PST by luvie (In... military families, I have seen the character of a great nation: decent, idealistic, strong.GWB)
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To: Diva Betsy Ross

:-)

Best wishes, DBR.


17 posted on 02/27/2006 6:00:09 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Ronald Reagan and Noah Webster.)
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To: b4its2late

Thank, God. I figured you were Catholic. Thank God you're not a heathen.

:-) hehe!


18 posted on 02/27/2006 6:01:27 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Ronald Reagan and Noah Webster.)
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To: NYTexan

Well, at least they do the fish on Fridays thing. I wonder if public schools still do that.


19 posted on 02/27/2006 6:02:08 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Ronald Reagan and Noah Webster.)
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To: Killborn

Heathen!!!!!!

:-) Hehe!


20 posted on 02/27/2006 6:02:28 PM PST by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Ronald Reagan and Noah Webster.)
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