Lent 2010

[Christy]

Alright, what're the plans :lol

I am at a loss :goofy

[Christy]

Maybe I'll give up bejeweled blitz :lookaroun

[tigsmom]

I really don't give up anything , though we do abstain from meat on Fridays.

[Christy]

I've heard people say they take on something instead of giving up something, but truthfully it's harder for me to say no to myself than yes to other people :lol :blush

[BeeJay]

I've heard people say they take on something instead of giving up something, but truthfully it's harder for me to say no to myself than yes to other people :lol :blush

I'm no theologian, but I would think the positive effect of your choice should matter more than how difficult it is for you. Isn't the most important aspect of the Crucifixion the fact that it saved mankind? (I know the suffering of the Passion is also a salient point, but it seems like a lot of people have been tortured and suffered without the result being anything positive.)

Anyway, I'm not Catholic myself, but if there's a religious point of view that says it's a better form of sacrifice to volunteer at the kennel than to give up chocolate, I think I'd get behind that...not because it's easier, but because the outcome seems more positive. (Sorry if this totally misses the mark, since I'm not fully familiar with all the teachings and beliefs involved.)

[figmentmom]

Well, I joined a women's spiritual discussion group at church for Lent. Since that's not really my style :blush, that will be a sacrifice.

[Hooker]

Well, I joined a women's spiritual discussion group at church for Lent. Since that's not really my style :blush, that will be a sacrifice.Young Republicans? :lol :hugs You know I love you, Mary!

[figmentmom]

Young Republicans? :lol :hugs You know I love you, Mary!

THAT would be a bridge too far. :rotfl

[Doug11]

unhealthy living

Yes, I know that is very broad. I am going to undertake 6 weeks of no bad for you foods etc and a proactive approach to working out - more trips to the gym.

You know that Lent allows you to take weekends off, right? :lookaroun

I might even "go large" and abstain from meat on Fridays, so long as there are plenty of good sized shrimp available. :D

Since I'm not Catholic, any Lent observances are on house money anyhow. :lol

[Christy]

unhealthy living

Yes, I know that is very broad. I am going to undertake 6 weeks of no bad for you foods etc and a proactive approach to working out - more trips to the gym.

You know that Lent allows you to take weekends off, right? :lookaroun

I might even "go large" and abstain from meat on Fridays, so long as there are plenty of good sized shrimp available. :D

Since I'm not Catholic, any Lent observances are on house money anyhow. :lol

Just Sundays off as far as I know :lookaroun

So is it really just catholics who do this? I thought Lutherans and Methodists did as well. :dunno

[Hooker]

Just Sundays off as far as I know :lookaroun

So is it really just catholics who do this? I thought Lutherans and Methodists did as well. :dunnoI thought liturgical faiths observed it.

[Doug11]

Well, nobody's ever come up to me and taken away my plate of spaghetti on a Friday. :lol

I don't honestly know. How bad is that?

[figmentmom]

Just Sundays off as far as I know :lookaroun

Just Sundays, at least for us Catholics. I had a friend in college who gave up alcohol for Lent. She'd go out with everyone else on Saturday nights as usual, just wouldn't start drinking until midnight. :rotfl

[BeeJay]

Wiki:

This practice [Lent] was virtually universal in Christendom until the Protestant Reformation.[2] Some Protestant churches do not observe Lent, but many, such as Lutherans, Methodists, and Anglicans do.

I just used Catholic as shorthand because I know Christy is (and honestly because I never really thought about who else did it. I know it was never mentioned in my little fundamentalist congregation as a kid.) :lol

[figmentmom]

I just used Catholic as shorthand because I know Christy is (and honestly because I never really thought about who else did it. I know it was never mentioned in my little fundamentalist congregation as a kid.) :lol

Oh, there are lots of us lurking here. :lol

[Doug11]

I'm still not convinced I have to give anything up. :lol *this is one occasion when the Wikipedia authority is in question - the 99.9% of the rest of the time I find it very helpful. :lol

[Christy]

Oh, there are lots of us lurking here. :lol

I think we make up the majority of the members (do we still have evillaugh? :lookaroun )

Now, how many observant catholics are there? :lol

Not me, I'll just go ahead and admit it :blush

[figmentmom]

I think we make up the majority of the members (do we still have evillaugh? :lookaroun )

Now, how many observant catholics are there? :lol

Not me, I'll just go ahead and admit it :blush

It's harder when the kids are young, and you're going in a million different directions, and on a million different schedules. It's easier later. :flower

[Christy]

I send Andy and the girls as family representatives :lol :blush

He likes it anyway :lookaroun No really, some of you know, he's always off on pilgrimages, watching EWTN and whatnot. :lol Funny story, at the last volleyball tournament, some of us who got there early to the hotel met in the "lobby" area, had a tv and eating area, and Lauren flipped EWTN on the tv and they just put the remote back down like that's what we were all going to watch. We all about died! :rotfl I said girls, you make me proud, but I'm not so sure the hotel people want a religious channel on their tv :lookaroun :lol

[erika]

Christy :lol:

My brother just threatened to give up Facebook for Lent. I said WHAT! You can't do that! Those of us who live so very very far away rely on that to keep tabs on you :sadbye

I think I talked him out of it :lol (I hope?) He is not just some teenage kid on there for shits & giggles. That's long distance friends and family time!

[figmentmom]

Christy :lol:

My brother just threatened to give up Facebook for Lent. I said WHAT! You can't do that! Those of us who live so very very far away rely on that to keep tabs on you :sadbye

I think I talked him out of it :lol (I hope?) He is not just some teenage kid on there for shits & giggles. That's long distance friends and family time!

My nephew's wife just gave up FB for Lent!!! Seriously, I will have six and a half weeks FREE of updates on her perfect children and over-the-top blissful life. :rotfl

[Oscar Brito]

I really don't give up anything , though we do abstain from meat on Fridays.

That's what we did when I was young...and what I do now. Although I did have meat today. :lookaroun

[maggiegrace1]

I am Lutheran and we just do not eat meat on Good Friday...that is what we have always done since I was little.

I have never given things up for lent..

[erika]

No meat for me today. But we had friends over and there is a plate of mighty fine looknig chicken wings over here, mocking me :lol

Tomorrow... all mine :hehe

[figmentmom]

No meat here, and Mass (and ashes on the forehead :lol) at 5:30 tonight.

[Doug11]

I received a pretty detailed e-mail from my church about Lent yesterday, so . . . umm . . . I probably need to pay better attention. :lol

Yep, Methodists observe Lent, and I didn't eat any meat yesterday . . . until dinnertime. I'm doing pretty good with the stuff I gave up so far. How long has it been? We are at least halfway through, right? *sweats*

:lookaroun

[TheQueen]

My sister and I were talking about what to give up for Lent, which is a funny conversation for lapse Catholics to have. I said I would give up sausages. She replied, "Well, then you've been practicing Lent since...how long have you broken up with Jason? :chair:rollseyes

So she's giving up refined sugar and red meat. I'm giving up red meat and I'm going to try very hard to be more positive about things and not so hard on myself....wait...I got lost there...are we discussing Lent or New Year's resolutions?:lookaroun

[figmentmom]

My sister and I were talking about what to give up for Lent, which is a funny conversation for lapse Catholics to have. I said I would give up sausages. She replied, "Well, then you've been practicing Lent since...how long have you broken up with Jason? :chair:rollseyes

So she's giving up refined sugar and red meat. I'm giving up red meat and I'm going to try very hard to be more positive about things and not so hard on myself....wait...I got lost there...are we discussing Lent or New Year's resolutions?:lookaroun

Only a SISTER could say that, and get away with it! :rotfl

Thank God Lent is shorter than an entire year. :lol

[TheQueen]

Frack! I just broke Lent. I absentmindedly had a slice of salami. Dammit!!

[Doug11]

Frack! I just broke Lent. I absentmindedly had a slice of salami. Dammit!!

"Lent - a second chance at that New Year's resolution. " :D

Don't sweat it, you can start over tomorrow. Just don't take Sunday off and you will be back to even by Monday morning. :)

[figmentmom]

Don't sweat it, you can start over tomorrow. Just don't take Sunday off and you will be back to even by Monday morning. :)

:lol

[Computer Magic]

I'm going to HELL...I worked late last night, so work bought pizza for everyone. I ate MEAT....(only two pieces then I switched to vegie :sick...

[figmentmom]

Psst...Christy...did you give up Bejeweled Blitz for Lent? :lookaroun:lol

[Christy]

Hell no! Have you seen my score :lookaroun

I'm looking to break 600,000... then I'll quit.

Maybe :blush

[figmentmom]

Hell no! Have you seen my score :lookaroun

I'm looking to break 600,000... then I'll quit.

Maybe :blush

I couldn't see your score earlier, but I sure see it now! :faint :circles :lol

[Christy]

Good news fellow catholics! :goofy

Tomorrow we celebrate the solemnity of St. Joseph aaaaaaand that trumps a Friday during lent, so you can eat meat! :rotfl Good times :thumbs

[erika]

Good news fellow catholics! :goofy

Tomorrow we celebrate the solemnity of St. Joseph aaaaaaand that trumps a Friday during lent, so you can eat meat! :rotfl Good times :thumbs

Oh good! I'll trade it for 2 weeks go, when I forgot. :o

[Christy]

:rotfl

I'm glad because I have a roast in the fridge that HAS to get made, and I have a hankering for Tyler Florence's Mexican pot roast tacos. :thumbs

[figmentmom]

Oh good! I'll trade it for 2 weeks go, when I forgot. :o

Me, too...:blush

[Christy]

Hell no! Have you seen my score :lookaroun

I'm looking to break 600,000... then I'll quit.

Maybe :blush

SOOOOOOO CLOSE!!!!!!!!! :circles :circles :lookaroun

:blush

[figmentmom]

SOOOOOOO CLOSE!!!!!!!!! :circles :circles :lookaroun

:blush

Total brain freeze for me on that game. :goofy

[Doug11]

is it over yet? arrrrgh!

[figmentmom]

is it over yet? arrrrgh!

Apparently it is for our niece, who's back on Facebooik. :rotfl