Started lent off on the wrong foot

[crazzeto]

Ash Wednessday went well actually with fasting and no meat, but it only took this first friday for me to fall

This AM, forgetting that it was friday, and lent I went to the local bo-jengles and got a bo-berry biscut (not bad) and a sausage buscut! UGH!!! I can’t beleive I did that!

Here is my reaffirmation, to dedicate all my my efforts to properly preparing for the ressurection of our Lord!

 

[fabricdragon]

in ignorance, not disobedience…

hugs
i do this ALL the time. forget what day it is, oh, right. i was doing my Friday as no meat…already had meat by the time i thought…
sigh
just go to confession and all…

PS, i belong to a group on yahoogroups that pray for teh Holy Souls in purgatory, and they send out an email reminder of no meat on Fridays…perhaps you can set up an automatic reminder ?

 

[Cristiano]

Ash Wednessday went well actually with fasting and no meat, but it only took this first friday for me to fall

This AM, forgetting that it was friday, and lent I went to the local bo-jengles and got a bo-berry biscut (not bad) and a sausage buscut! UGH!!! I can’t beleive I did that!

Here is my reaffirmation, to dedicate all my my efforts to properly preparing for the ressurection of our Lord!

I almost did the same thing. I abstain every Friday and the fact that we abstained this Wednesday threw me off.

 

[crazzeto]

in ignorance, not disobedience…

hugs
i do this ALL the time. forget what day it is, oh, right. i was doing my Friday as no meat…already had meat by the time i thought…
sigh
just go to confession and all…

PS, i belong to a group on yahoogroups that pray for teh Holy Souls in purgatory, and they send out an email reminder of no meat on Fridays…perhaps you can set up an automatic reminder ?

It is now in my outlook calandar through good friday, I did forget that we don’t necessarly have to use meat as our sacrafice. But I grew up understanding the pre-vatican ii teaching, no meat fridays for Lent. It would seem somewhat disingenous for me, personally to try and change up for some reason lol, especially now.

For reasons of weakness, I’m temporarly cut off from the sacraments (I’m working on this situation right now). So it’s a no go right now on confession. I am, however making a laundry list, praying every day, every moment possible, and looking forward with great anticipation from my current opression of sin.

 

[tee_eff_em]

It is now in my outlook calandar through good friday, I did forget that we don’t necessarly have to use meat as our sacrafice. But I grew up understanding the pre-vatican ii teaching, no meat fridays for Lent. It would seem somewhat disingenous for me, personally to try and change up for some reason lol, especially now.

The Lenten discipline is still to abstain from meat on Fridays. Other seasons of the year may be different, depending on the local episcopal conference.

tee

 

[crazzeto]

The Lenten discipline is still to abstain from meat on Fridays. Other seasons of the year may be different, depending on the local episcopal conference.

tee

I had recently heard it was changed to meat, or some other form of abstiance. I looked up the Pastoral Statement on Penance and Abstianece on the USCCB site after reading your post, and it would seem you are correct. Thanks for offering your clarification, God bless.

 

[Timothy17]

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