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billcu1
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What does it mean feast before fast. I was told this by my parish religious education instructor.
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MarMax
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Probably talking about Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent.
Yes.Probably talking about Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent.
I tried to have a feast on Maundy Thursday before Mass to try and have a long fast.
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louisak
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As others have said, the notion of “feast before fast” applies to the periods of time right before the start of Lent and of Advent. The principle is to maintain the right balance in our attitude toward material pleasures. Unlike some of the Asian religions, Christianity does not condemn the physical world and its pleasures. We appreciate the pleasures of food, drink etc. and we enjoy them at the proper times, the times for feasting. Side by side with this is the practice of fasting which we do, not out of contempt for the body or the material world, but as a means of spiritual growth.
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Mardi Gras isn’t “feasting before fasting”, although unfortunately it has evolved that way. In the East we have maintained the sense of this in a more somber and true way. We have Meatfare Sunday two Sundays before the start of Lent, and Cheesefare Sunday the Sunday before the start of Lent (we start Lent on a Monday). The idea isn’t about feasting, but just consuming all the meat (by meatfare) and all the dairy (by cheesefare) because you are not allowed to have them during Lent. And it is 40 days (plus the Sundays and Great and Holy Week) so it is a long time to really keep these perishable food items in stock. So better to consume them by the last possible day you can have them prior to Lent. It is not meant to be a feast where everybody eats like there’s no tomorrow.
Unfortunately Mardi Gras has devolved into such where people starting thinking of doing all the excesses and sins before repenting during Lent. Kind of beats the whole idea why you repent in the first place. But that is the sad reality of today where Mardi Gras is seen as a time for excessive eating, excessive drinking and even illicit activities.
Unfortunately Mardi Gras has devolved into such where people starting thinking of doing all the excesses and sins before repenting during Lent. Kind of beats the whole idea why you repent in the first place. But that is the sad reality of today where Mardi Gras is seen as a time for excessive eating, excessive drinking and even illicit activities.
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