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Mike_Dye
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We don’t eat meat of Friday, I have always thought it funny to have shrimp instead of hotdogs as a penance though !
Don’t eat meat. While a vegetarian would not be held to any stricter regulations than everyone else, it would be logical that a vegetarian have another form of penance. (While giving up tofu is the obvious literal equivalent, it is not the same thing. We eat bloodless meals to remember the blood Jesus spilled on Friday. Tofu has no such equivalency.) Here is a short list of penances:Question: What do vegitarians do on Fridays during Lent?
I abstain from meat because it is a lot easier than some other penances, like being nice to people or doing an act of kindness or giving my last dollar to that stinky, greasy fellow in the park.
Sure, I’ll eat bar b que’d salmon on Friday. No problem.
And this seems penetential to you???
Mike Dye:Just kidding. Sheesh.
PenanceWe don’t eat meat of Friday, I have always thought it funny to have shrimp instead of hotdogs as a penance though !
LOL, with a really, really big plate for regular meals.So, when y’all fast, and the guidelines say that fasting means eating only one meal a day plus two smaller meals not to equal the main meal, how do you determine what a “meal” is?
That is really practical and sensible, too. Keeping both the letter and the spirit, I think.LOL, with a really, really big plate for regular meals.
IF I’m using the guidelines, I do it one of three ways:
1.) Use a bread or dessert plate.
2.) Figure out how much is rougly one-half and a little more by loading it up to full plate and putting it back (obviously, when I’m alone).
2.) If I have to dine out on a Friday (sometimes this is a requirement), I “guage” how much I would normally eat, and only eat about a third to little less than a half of it. I put the rest in a to-go container if I have to order something so I don’t waste it. Of course, that means no dessert. I try not to explain myself, just go aboutit matter-of-factly.
I USUALLY abstain from meat on Friday, but I will not waste food during the regular liturgical year (Lent is not regular). During Lent, I watch hte budget extra carefully, anyway.
'Nother great thought – especially for those who do not have a bread-and-water day already in their week.On a fasting day, instead of having dinner why not simply have bread and water.
:bounce: Laugh o’ the day!I’m still trying to master the discipline of daily prayers, let alone trying to remember what day of the week it is.