Posted on 04/12/2013 8:50:10 PM PDT by Salvation
Fasting and Abstinence Ping!
Anyway, you heard the prophecy here first. A strengthening of the laws of fast and abstinence is coming in the United States, and probably elsewhere, just as it has already come in England.
Did not lose so much. I gave up bread - I had found the most delicious baguettes at Panera (6 a.m.) and decided I needed to get hold of this very bad habit. But on Sundays I feasted. About broke even.
I fasted from the three Cs.
Comparing
Complaining
Criticizing
Left me in a much better spirit throughout Lent.
In the “old days,” Fridays were not fast days, but days of abstinence only. I’m surprised Mirus made such a mistake.
I'm unable to tell you the last time abortion was mentioned in our parish!
If we go back to the apostles, though, and the Early Church Fathers, I believe Fridays were days of both fast and abstinence. Not sure, though.
I would say that our priest mentions it abortion at least once every two weeks. But I attend Daily Mass.
He has mentioned it on Sundays, though, too.
And our new Archbishop did too, in his installation talk.
My husband attends Daily Mass and he told me it’s been at least 2 years.
The padres all talk very strongly pro-life at my parish, St. Paschal Baylon in Thousand Oaks, CA.
God bless them and you.
Thanks. I’m blessed to have a great parish with great leadership provided by Fr. Dave Heney.
Can. 1249 All Christ's faithful are obliged by divine law, each in his or her own way, to do penance. However, so that all may be joined together in a certain common practice of penance, days of penance are prescribed. On these days the faithful are in a special manner to devote themselves to prayer, to engage in works of piety and charity, and to deny themselves, by fulfilling their obligations more faithfully and especially by observing the fast and abstinence which the following canons prescribe.
Can. 1250 The days and times of penance for the universal Church are each Friday of the whole year and the season of Lent.
Can. 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
Can. 1252 The law of abstinence binds those who have completed their fourteenth year. The law of fasting binds those who have attained their majority, until the beginning of their sixtieth year. Pastors of souls and parents are to ensure that even those who by reason of their age are not bound by the law of fasting and abstinence, are taught the true meaning of penance.
Can. 1253 The Episcopal Conference can determine more particular ways in which fasting and abstinence are to be observed. In place of abstinence or fasting it can substitute, in whole or in part, other forms of penance, especially works of charity and exercises of piety.
I’m sorry, I live in England now. And I REFUSE abstinence on a Friday. [Unless in Lent.] It should be ONE RULE for EVERYONE. Not “the Mexicans get a pass because they are Spanish.” The Spanish speaking countries always got a total pass on this because the spanish won some battle against infidels zillions of years ago.
I was furious when I found out that some poor Appalachian was going to hell for eating a hot dog (well, okay, that’s what the nuns made it sound like) while some lard butt rich Mexican ranchero was free to chow down on all the steak he liked. ONE rule for everyone.
I was told a few years ago that during the Easter season, with the focus on the risen Christ you do not fast at all. Fasting takes place during Lent. Easter season is for feasting.
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Despite my best intentions, I always gain during this time of year. I have spring allergies. It’s always busy at work. I’m a stress eater. Weird, but when I don’t feel well, I eat lots of things that aren’t good for me. I’ll drop most of it as the weather improves and I can get back to walking 15-25 miles a week.
As am I. I am doing what I can not only to practice it, but to inform Catholics that I interacts with. I've already pissed off all the liberals in my parish, so I'm not really doing any more damage there. I got into a discussion with one old liberal about my outrage of Gonzaga not allowing a KofC chapter on campus, and he was puzzled by my objection. To him, the whole deal of not allowing nonCatholics into a group was fine. Never mind the exclusivity of many of the liberal groups. No problem there.
But I've been taunting these types since BXVI was selected; now I've got even more ammunition.
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