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18 February 2015, 08:40 AM
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No more truffles for 40 days
18 February 2015, 08:41 AM
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18 February 2015, 12:13 PM
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Lent is for the believer to pray, repent of sins, pay penance and alms, deny the self and seek atonement. It includes Holy Week, which of course marks the death and subsequent resurrection of Jesus on Good Friday and Easter Sunday respectively with the latter marking the end of Lent.
If you had pancakes yesterday you've unwittingly taken part in Shrove Tuesday which is traditionally when all the rich foods (eggs, milk, flour) are eaten up in perpetration for forty days of abstinence.
I'm going to endeavour to pray selflessly morning and night, avoid treats like burgers and chocolate and so forth, give a little more to the church and I want to get closer to God which is ultimately the point of all spiritual disciplines.
If you had pancakes yesterday you've unwittingly taken part in Shrove Tuesday which is traditionally when all the rich foods (eggs, milk, flour) are eaten up in perpetration for forty days of abstinence.
I'm going to endeavour to pray selflessly morning and night, avoid treats like burgers and chocolate and so forth, give a little more to the church and I want to get closer to God which is ultimately the point of all spiritual disciplines.
18 February 2015, 01:00 PM
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If you had pancakes yesterday you've unwittingly taken part in Shrove Tuesday which is traditionally when all the rich foods (eggs, milk, flour) are eaten up in perpetration for forty days of abstinence.
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my children understood
If you had pancakes yesterday you've unwittingly taken part in Shrove Tuesday which is traditionally when all the rich foods (eggs, milk, flour) are eaten up in perpetration for forty days of abstinence.
.[/QUOTE]
my children understood
18 February 2015, 01:18 PM
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I take your point, Swati, but I think that if one prays in the Lord's name it's possible to pray selflessly.
18 February 2015, 02:06 PM
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If you want to equate this to some religious ceremony, then that is up to the individual concerned - don't assume that everyone else thinks that way!
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p.s. I didn't.
18 February 2015, 09:47 PM
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Never! So that can't be counted as your Lent thingy. Choose a different one, come on. 
19 February 2015, 08:26 AM
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Lent is for the believer to pray, repent of sins, pay penance and alms, deny the self and seek atonement. It includes Holy Week, which of course marks the death and subsequent resurrection of Jesus on Good Friday and Easter Sunday respectively with the latter marking the end of Lent.
If you had pancakes yesterday you've unwittingly taken part in Shrove Tuesday which is traditionally when all the rich foods (eggs, milk, flour) are eaten up in perpetration for forty days of abstinence.
I'm going to endeavour to pray selflessly morning and night, avoid treats like burgers and chocolate and so forth, give a little more to the church and I want to get closer to God which is ultimately the point of all spiritual disciplines.
If you had pancakes yesterday you've unwittingly taken part in Shrove Tuesday which is traditionally when all the rich foods (eggs, milk, flour) are eaten up in perpetration for forty days of abstinence.
I'm going to endeavour to pray selflessly morning and night, avoid treats like burgers and chocolate and so forth, give a little more to the church and I want to get closer to God which is ultimately the point of all spiritual disciplines.
Why do you believe in God, or any of the other tales?
Because you were taught this as a small child?
Go on?
19 February 2015, 09:47 AM
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20 February 2015, 10:07 AM
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I'm 3 days into no beer or bread, they're pretty much all Catholics out here so it was the last day of Mackare (mascarade) on Pancake day, All dress up and get wasted for 3 days 
then everyone gives up something for lent so I thought I'd give it a go too.
then everyone gives up something for lent so I thought I'd give it a go too.
20 February 2015, 11:55 AM
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Well done, Ditch. You'll be like a racing snake come Easter Sunday!
I've had two fails already. Somebody in work bought some fruit pancakes on Tuesday and there were some left on Wednesday; I scoffed one without thinking until a workmate pointed out that I was supposed to be abstaining. Then I went home and had a beer. Consciously. Still, today's another day and apart from slightly too much butter on my toast and a spoonful of sugar in my coffee I've been perfectly abstemious. No beers or chocolate or crisps etc. left in the house. I also didn't pray last night as I fell asleep on the settee and staggered up to bed at around one. I'd make a rubbish monk.
I've had two fails already. Somebody in work bought some fruit pancakes on Tuesday and there were some left on Wednesday; I scoffed one without thinking until a workmate pointed out that I was supposed to be abstaining. Then I went home and had a beer. Consciously. Still, today's another day and apart from slightly too much butter on my toast and a spoonful of sugar in my coffee I've been perfectly abstemious. No beers or chocolate or crisps etc. left in the house. I also didn't pray last night as I fell asleep on the settee and staggered up to bed at around one. I'd make a rubbish monk.
20 February 2015, 01:15 PM
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Go on?[/QUOTE]
We have become a very sad country.More interested in going to Toys r Us on a Sunday than being with family
The Spanish,Greeks and Italians far more passionate about religion and family than the UK which simply spends its time laughing at everyone else then off for the Sunday shopfest :-(
Go on?[/QUOTE]
We have become a very sad country.More interested in going to Toys r Us on a Sunday than being with family
The Spanish,Greeks and Italians far more passionate about religion and family than the UK which simply spends its time laughing at everyone else then off for the Sunday shopfest :-(