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explores the custom of fasting in Lent. ... In this Youth Update, we will explore the custom of fasting in Lent, not so much as saying no to "stuff" but as saying yes to the feast of promise that is Easter.
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www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/YU/ay0201.asp
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Canon 1250 All Fridays through the year and the time of Lent are penitential days and times throughout the entire Church. ... Fasting The law of fasting requires a Catholic from the 18th Birthday [Canon 97] to the 59th Birthday [i.e. the beginning of the 60th year, a year which will be completed on the 60th birthday]
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www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/fast.htm
www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/fast.htm
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Lent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lent , in Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through prayer, penitence, almsgiving an...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent
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O holy Lord, Father Almighty, everlasting God, who by fasting of the body dost curb our vices, dost lift up our minds, dost give us strength and reward. (Traditional Preface for Lent)The example of fasting comes from our Lord Himself;
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Fasting and abstinence are prescribed in the United States on: the Wednesdays and Fridays of Lent and Holy Saturday forenoon (on all other days of Lent fasting alone is prescribed and meat is allowed once a (day), the Ember days.
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The fasting. The gloomy church services. The dirge-like music. Lent is perfectly awful--but if it weren't there, I'd miss it. ... I'll say it bluntly--I hate Lent. It's my least favorite time of the year. It's a big gray Ash Wednesday forehead smudge on the calendar that wrecks March, and sometimes extends its sooty smear...
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www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/Lent/I-Hate-Lent....
www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/Lent/I-Hate-Lent.aspx
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The fasting. The gloomy church services. The dirge-like music. Lent is perfectly awful--but if it weren't there, I'd miss it. ... Lent always casts a pall over St. Patrick's Day--shouldn't your fist be clutching the rosary beads, boyo, instead of that pint of Guinness? And this year, Lent falls so early that it ruins...
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www.beliefnet.com/story/122/story_12227_2.html
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For Bavarians, the fasting period of Lent is a favorite time to drink beer. This year, though, suds lovers may be out of luck, with brewery employees threatening to go on strike. It's just one of many such labor disputes brewing in Germany. ... Fasting during Lent is, of course, relative. The Catholic faithful may forego...
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www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,611027,00....
www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,611027,00.html
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The discipline of Lent reminds me once again how much I hate to say, ... I used to think that fasting made me cranky, anxious, and angry, but at some point I realized that this was not true at all. The truth be told, I am cranky, anxious, and angry. Why? For the same reason most people are cranky, anxious, and angry:
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