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LoveandMercy
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Is drinking orange juice all day ok or shall I fast and just eat one meal later on??
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PaulfromIowa
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LoveandMercy
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The only problem I have with this is if I get technical… Orange blended = orange juice… Orange is food… Therefore if I blend say food and it turned into a drink that’s ok? It says milkshake breaks the fast but not milk aswell… Confusing… Thanks for your reply though
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Sirach2
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Grapes would also be considered food, but grape juice is a juice, just as orange juice.
Technically, you are permitted two small portions of a meal that does not equal the quantity of your main meal at dinner.
Working laborers will need to consume a larger portion than others, in order to do their job without making them unfit to work. Common sense is the rule here. Yet a laborer can omit eating between meals and reduce the quantity of their customary food intake somewhat.
I have been fasting all through lent, and it has been difficult since I have hypoglycemia and low sugar levels play havoc with me. A couple of times, I had to break my fast to eat some small crackers to sustain my strength. Same thing with regard to medications. Before bedtime, I have to take meds that bother my stomach a lot unless I eat some crackers. Most of the time, I did not eat, and paid for it in losing sleep! Last night, I changed course and ate some crackers before bedtime. Motive and intentions are the key…for I did not eat for pleasure, but for necessity.
Since I am over 59 and do not need to fast, this has been my penitential offering to God.
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OraLabora
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Ouch! I’m diabetic and thus can’t do anything too extreme. Type II so I rarely get hypoglycemic but I find my sugar control (with oral medication) works much better if I eat regular meals at regular times. I can abstain from meat though, and cut back somewhat. I need to avoid becoming insulin-dependent as much as possible. So please don’t be too hard on yourself!
Instead I made doing the house cleaning my Friday penitential offering this Lent. It used to be my wife’s chore because she has Tuesdays off and I had a terrible commute (100 km each way), but now that I’m semi-retired I have more time so decided to do it on Fridays (and do a bit more of the cooking during the week as well). I plan to continue after Lent.
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Miserissima
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Jimmy Akin said, “Beverages just are not included under the law of fasting…] I would not, however, be within the spirit of the law, which is to encourage moderate hunger as a form of spiritual discipline. If I use calorie-laden beverages (or hunger suppressants) to get around that then I am violating the spirit though not the letter of the law.” jimmyakin.com/2006/03/the_law_of_fast-2.html
OP, find what is good to honor both the spirit and the letter of the law. You could do either of your ideas, or you can do both. Your call.
OP, find what is good to honor both the spirit and the letter of the law. You could do either of your ideas, or you can do both. Your call.
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ringil
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Do you think that is wise?
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Phemie
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I think you are recognizing that juicing an orange and pureeing it produce two different things. A smoothie with a banana, orange, etc. and some ice cubes is the same as a milkshake: food.
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maryjk
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If you want to get technical, we can do that.
Orange juice is an orange, squeezed. The juice that comes out, during the squeezing process is what you drink. It isn’t “blended.”
Now, I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t drink orange juice all day long. After, probably, my second glass, I would end up with a stomach ache. If I tried to force down another glass, I would probably throw up. It is very acidic.
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Amanda_Germany
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Drinking water is better.
Or at least mix the orange juice with water.
I drank a mug of coffee this morning, with some milk and sugar, but only because there was coffee left from yesterday and I didn’t want to pour it into the sink. I might have done without sugar in order to make it a bigger sacrifice but coffee without sugar is undrinkable for me.
The rest of the day I have been drinking mineral water, sometimes adding an effervescent tablet.
Or at least mix the orange juice with water.
I drank a mug of coffee this morning, with some milk and sugar, but only because there was coffee left from yesterday and I didn’t want to pour it into the sink. I might have done without sugar in order to make it a bigger sacrifice but coffee without sugar is undrinkable for me.
The rest of the day I have been drinking mineral water, sometimes adding an effervescent tablet.
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Sirach2
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Not really.
I do watch to make sure I don’t get too ravenous with hunger, a good sign my blood sugar is low. I usually have to eat small portions more often during the day, so two tiny meals with no eating in-between was a bit difficult.
There is a very special intention with a severe family problem that made it all worthwhile. I don’t know if anything was accomplished in this matter, but I felt moved to try. Our Lord said, “this kind can only come out by prayer and *fasting.” *Since years of prayer have not caused a change in this person’s heart, I wanted to try it.
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ringil
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I’m no priest so wouldn’t press the issue with you and this devotion, but just be careful.Not really.
I do watch to make sure I don’t get too ravenous with hunger, a good sign my blood sugar is low. I usually have to eat small portions more often during the day, so two tiny meals with no eating in-between was a bit difficult.
There is a very special intention with a severe family problem that made it all worthwhile. I don’t know if anything was accomplished in this matter, but I felt moved to try. Our Lord said, “this kind can only come out by prayer and *fasting.” *Since years of prayer have not caused a change in this person’s heart, I wanted to try it.
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Sirach2
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Thank you. Once lent is over, I doubt if I will do this again.
I will note that there was a wonderful and unexpected break-through for me with the legal aspects of this matter, but not yet with regard to changing the person’s heart
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Sirach2
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I’ll betcha your lovely wife appreciates it immensely! You are a gem! God loves you, too!
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LoveandMercy
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Thanks for your replies.
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DMC12
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IF you are ill then you are not required to fast, instead do something else like go with the poor or something, now if you are fine, why risk? just drink water if available and don’t add any worries with that.
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ajecphotos
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Wife wanted to go for lunch out today and it is only now that i realise i had meat!!! I am gutted! It was not intentional so should i go to confession about it?
We came back from mass at 3pm and when i came into the house i suddenly realised i had eaten meat today!
We came back from mass at 3pm and when i came into the house i suddenly realised i had eaten meat today!
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Sirach2
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No, there was no intention to disregard the precept, so it is not a sin.Wife wanted to go for lunch out today and it is only now that i realise i had meat!!! I am gutted! It was not intentional so should i go to confession about it?
We came back from mass at 3pm and when i came into the house i suddenly realised i had eaten meat today!
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Amanda_Germany
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If it worries you, you can mention it to your confessor but as you didn’t choose meat on purpose it shouldn’t be considered as a sin.Wife wanted to go for lunch out today and it is only now that i realise i had meat!!! I am gutted! It was not intentional so should i go to confession about it?
We came back from mass at 3pm and when i came into the house i suddenly realised i had eaten meat today!
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ajecphotos
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Thanks people. I am a little less anxious about it now. I was a genuine mistake. I was mortified when i realised i had had meat!
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