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What are you giving up for Lent?
2/27/06
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Posted on 02/27/2006 9:47:28 AM PST by tje
Just wondered what people were giving up for Lent.
TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: chat; easter; lent; notnews; vanity; wrongforum
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To: tje
I'm not Catholic so I do not recognize giving up anything for Lent - But if I was, I just had a vasectomy last Friday, giving into months of pleading from the Wife, so does giving up your gene pool count?
To: MineralMan
To: tje
Can I give up my mother-in-law?
Well, just thought I would ask anyway.
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posted on
02/27/2006 9:59:21 AM PST
by
Bon mots
To: tje
I heard a priest caution about giving up some things for Lent. For example, if I give up drinking, then Easter means I can drink. If I give up gambling, then Easter means a trip to the dog track.
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posted on
02/27/2006 9:59:28 AM PST
by
bobjam
To: JFC
I'm Baptist, we don't give up anything. Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Protestants don't recognize the Pope as their leader.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store. :-)
(Before you attack me, I'm Baptist too.)
To: gondramB
Nah, some Anglicans and Lutherans do, too.
The key to doing Lent correctly is the idea that by depriving yourself of something you truly desire, one is reminded of, in a very small way, of what Christ gave up for us.
Too many people go through the motions, however, and miss the point --- thinking you're sacrificing for Christ or something.
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posted on
02/27/2006 9:59:33 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: massgopguy
I had a chineese girl friend once a hour after we made love id be horny again
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posted on
02/27/2006 9:59:48 AM PST
by
al baby
(Father of the Beeber)
To: tje
I am giving up ... giving up things for lent
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posted on
02/27/2006 9:59:53 AM PST
by
clamper1797
(We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties)
To: ASA Vet
Celibacy
Beet my by 16 seconds.
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:00:02 AM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Learn from the past, don't live in it.)
To: tje
Catholicism.
Just a joke. Couldn't help it.
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:00:06 AM PST
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news)
To: Red Badger
I just invite two Baptists.
That way they can carry my cooler.
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:00:18 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: MeanWestTexan
You know why you never invite just one Mormon to go fishing, right?Get your own jokes. Heh heh.
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:00:58 AM PST
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah, where the world comes to see America!)
To: bayourant
coke I think. The soft drink?
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:01:01 AM PST
by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
To: Red Badger
I keep finding it in my trouser pockets, shirt pocket, even my suit pockets.
I'm giving up my laundry.
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:01:32 AM PST
by
FreedomFarmer
(Push Me, Shove You - Oh, Yeah? Says Who? Push Me, Shove You -Oh, Yeah? Says Who?)
To: Chi-townChief
"Not yet."
Ouch! (to copy an above poster)
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:02:04 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: tje
Orthodox Christian here...so all meat, most dairy, alcohol.
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:02:21 AM PST
by
FormerLib
(Kosova: "land stolen from Serbs and given to terrorist killers in a futile attempt to appease them.")
To: tje
Do you have a scripture reference for the whole "giving up thinks for Lent" thing?
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:02:25 AM PST
by
Onelifetogive
(* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
To: tje
Giving up TV, which is going to be tough...
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:02:26 AM PST
by
nk_47
To: tje
Just wondered what people were giving up for Lent. Parsnips, lima beans and cheap wine.
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:02:59 AM PST
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys - Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat - But they know what's best.)
To: tje
Meat, and everything sweet.
I'm gonna die.
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posted on
02/27/2006 10:02:59 AM PST
by
BlessedBeGod
(Benedict XVI = Terminator IV)
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