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teeboy
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Is the last day of sacrifice for lent (you know how we give something up as penance) the first day of the Triduum or is it the beginning of Easter Day (which begins at Dusk on the Saturday before Easter).
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The beginning and end of our personal Lenten sacrifice is just that: personal. So it is not a matter specifically governed by the Church.
But it is “traditional” that you continue your sacrifice through Holy Saturday even though our current understanding of Lent is that it ends when the Triduum begins.
Now that the Easter Vigil is actually held on the Eve of Easter (as opposed to the morning of Holy Saturday) most people would consider their fasting (or whatever) to be over at the beginning of the Easter Vigil.
Of course if you are ATTENDING the Easter Vigil and your sacrifice involved food, television, Facebook, or some such thing… you wouldn’t be partaking of that until AFTER the Vigil. If you aren’t attending the Vigil then you might want to continue your sacrifice until midnight.
But it is “traditional” that you continue your sacrifice through Holy Saturday even though our current understanding of Lent is that it ends when the Triduum begins.
Now that the Easter Vigil is actually held on the Eve of Easter (as opposed to the morning of Holy Saturday) most people would consider their fasting (or whatever) to be over at the beginning of the Easter Vigil.
Of course if you are ATTENDING the Easter Vigil and your sacrifice involved food, television, Facebook, or some such thing… you wouldn’t be partaking of that until AFTER the Vigil. If you aren’t attending the Vigil then you might want to continue your sacrifice until midnight.
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Evan
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Easter day begins (I think) at the end of the Easter Vigil.
I know in the LOTH’s it says Easter begins with Morning Prayer. It also says Easter Day ends at the end of Evening Prayer on the OCTAVE of Easter (now called Mercy Sunday). It does not wait til the end of Night Prayer.
Holy Saturday Evening Prayer is NOT part of Easter, it is part of Triduum as is Good Friday and Holy Thursday afternoon.
I know in the LOTH’s it says Easter begins with Morning Prayer. It also says Easter Day ends at the end of Evening Prayer on the OCTAVE of Easter (now called Mercy Sunday). It does not wait til the end of Night Prayer.
Holy Saturday Evening Prayer is NOT part of Easter, it is part of Triduum as is Good Friday and Holy Thursday afternoon.
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Spirithound
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You won’t find any rules from the Church on this, because it is only a pious devotion. What I can tell you is that Lent officially ends before the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday. Holy Thursday is in fact a day of celebration (we sing the Gloria and the priest wears white). Good Friday is a day of fasting and abstinence, Holy Saturday is a day of waiting, and Easter (including the vigil) is a celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection!
I hope these general principles can guide your Lenten observance next year
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hilde_the_dog
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There are no rules regarding you giving up something. Focus should be doing something that builds us up spritually.
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ConstantineTG
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The end should be when you receive Communion on Easter. That is the traditional way to do it. So there is really an incentive to confess during Lent so you can receive Communion on Easter, and also go to Easter Vigil.
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