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anyone fasting this year? im chowing down today as its fat tuesday but come tomorrow back to no food. ↓
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| Name: homemommichele | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 1:11 PM |
| Well, as a Catholic I am supposed to fast tomorrow and Good Friday, and no meat on Fridays. I will stick to those rules and try to find something to do to help deepen my faith. I am also going to start going to a bible study on Wed during Lent that my priest is starting. He is really good with his discussions, always makes me question and Want to read and learn more, so that I think will make me want to read the bible an learn more. ↑ |
| Name: FatallyYours | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 1:12 PM |
| im catholic but i give everything up for lent completely. feb 6th til march 22nd this yr. ↑ |
| Name: momo | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 1:28 PM |
| yeh i had to fast for just a blood test a few weeks back..it was a horrible experience..i dont know who suffered more..me or my kids..but when i got to the lab..the poor ladies felt so bad for me..with my two monster boys..i dont know if the fasting is the same..but i love food to much..and i dont have to get that kinda of blood work done for another 5 years accoding to my dr..so i dont plan on fasting for another 5 years.. ↑ |
| Name: FatallyYours | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 1:43 PM |
| lol you're supposed to give up everything bc thats when christ was alone in the desert and tempted by the devil. now adays most people give up just liek chocolate, meat, one of their favorties though. and the orthodox give up meat and dairy since they're a little more strict about it i guess. but i was always raised to give up everything for the most part. ↑ |
| Name: homemommichele | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 1:50 PM |
| Court that is so so good and I admire your dedication to the old ways and your deep commitment!!!! ↑ |
| Name: momo | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 2:03 PM |
| how do you not eat for so long.. ↑ |
| Name: briseis | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 4:14 PM |
| Courtney, surely you're not planning on fasting completely. The Catholic church does not expect that of you. Just to give up things you like like chocolate, cigarettes, sweets, alcohol ... It's a good way of cutting out an unhealthy habit ... as well as all the religious benefits ↑ |
| Name: briseis | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 4:15 PM |
| It would be unhealthy to give up everything for a month ... you need to eat mate ... ↑ |
| Name: homemommichele | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 4:16 PM |
| When I was little I was raised Russian Orthodox Catholic. We were not to eat meat on ANY Friday EVER!! So just during lent is a piece of cake!! As it is I do want to make a little offering, not just as a token, but something to really deepen my faith and understanding, hence the bible study group. ↑ |
| Name: FatallyYours | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 5:33 PM |
| yeh hot cross buns lol .. and its how i was raised. i pretty much just stay on a liquid diet and eat veggies every so often while taking vitamins and my doctor knows so its okay. ↑ |
| Name: bmes | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 5:55 PM |
| i could give up meat. i don't eat much of it anymore anyways. but I couldn't NOT eat at all. I thought during Lent you could eat one meal a day. or nowadays you just choose to give up a vice? ↑ |
| Name: bmes | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 5:57 PM |
| michele, my hubby's family are Dukhobours, and for years they didn't eat any meat EVER....they just ate what they grew on their land. but now, hubby's baba will once in a while cook a turkey or chicken if there's a bunch of company coming. but for the most part they still don't eat meat. i actually have a dukhobour cookbook. really tasty vegetarian russian food. ↑ |
| Name: briseis | Date: Feb 5th, 2008 6:41 PM |
| I tell people I'm giving up meat for lent cause I'm a Vegetarian anyway. :) ↑ |
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