jon

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:45:44 -0500

funny thing...you google lent...that's just what some are giving up for lent. Check out GoogleFasting http://chris.pirillo.com/blog/_archives/2006/2/27/1787002.html

a.nonymoose

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:36:42 -0500

Please note: Sundays are _not_ part of the Lenten Fast (so, in fact, if you count, the Season of Lent is 46 days long, to take into account 40 days of lent plus 6 Sundays). Sundays remain celebrations - have your chocolate or whatever. Also, Catholics are to fast (one meal) and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, and also abstain from meat on all Fridays during Lent. Also, one of the Precepts of the Church is that 'You shall confess your sins once a year', and Lent is the appointed season for that. What I'm doing for Lent: 1) Strict nutrisystem diet (adding only salads). 2) Avoiding unnecessary (i.e. other than news and EWTN) TV and radio. 3) Praying a rosary on my knees daily. 4) Don't skip a Morning or Evening Liturgy of the Hours (like I do sometimes), and try harder to keep up with the OOR (which I hardly ever do). 5) Lectio Divina, and avoid reading frivolous things. 6) Stations of the Cross, and plan to celebrate well the Easter Triduuum. 7) Confession, probably twice.

Bostonist: What To Give Up For Lent?

jon

a.nonymoose