In the years I have been maintaining my personal blog (www.jimmyakin.org), I have uploaded something over 4700 posts (according to current statistics). This makes it a bit hard to remember everything I’ve put up.
Fortunately, I have the memories of readers to remind me, and one reader in particular has reminded me that there are some posts that I had forgotten to include in the Annual Lent Fight that I uploaded yesterday.
These posts concern, in particular, the Church’s laws concerning Ash Wednesday and its laws regarding fasting.
As a result, I’ve done some link updating.
Since Ash Wednesday is a day of both fast and abstinence, I have chosen to repeat here the relevant links, along with this introductory note citing the main differences.
I hope this helps, and I wish all a tranquil and spiritually productive season of Lent.
GENERAL
DURATION
- THE DURATION OF LENT
- LET’S COUNT THE DAYS OF LENT
- “FORTY” DAYS
- THE INFAMOUS SUNDAYS IN LENT CONTROVERSY: I, II, III, IV,V
PENANCE IN GENERAL
FASTING
- THE LAW OF FAST: FOOD
- FASTING AND BEVERAGES
- FASTING AND “APPROVED LOCAL CUSTOM”
- FASTING AND “NO SECOND MEAL”
- FASTING AND “SOME FOOD IN MORNING AND EVENING”
- A SHORT PRIMER ON FASTING (BY SDG RATHER THAN JIMMY)
- MORE ON FASTING (BY SDG RATHER THAN JIMMY)
ABSTINENCE
- THE LAW OF ABSTINENCE
- FISHING INDUSTRY HOAX
- CAPYBARAS AND OTHER AQUATIC NON-FISH
- SOLEMNITIES THAT FALL ON FRIDAY DURING LENT
- SOUPS MADE WITH MEAT
ASH WEDNESDAY
HOLY THURSDAY
GOOD FRIDAY
FRIDAY PENANCE OUTSIDE OF LENT
What do you think?
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Last year my children wanted to know if bugs counted as meat. I don’t think so, but I certainly can’t prove it. I do want to say, as far as I know this is a hypothetical question.
Marie, bugs are not warm blooded mammals.
Isn’t it funny how hung up folks get on the legislative/regulatory aspects of our church? All the while, opportunities to experience Christ just pass us by.
But Maureen, neither are chickens and we’re not supposed to eat those during Fridays in Lent. I think that bugs do count as meat and sternly scolded my 8 mos. old when I found a dead beetle in his mouth - on ASH WEDNESDAY of all days! Children these days - who is raising them!
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