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Anyone Observing Ash Wednesday/Lent?

Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I was about to grab a soda out of the fridge and realized that is one of the things I really don't need right now. Anyone following the Catholic school tradition of giving something up for lent? I may do candy...don't think I can do soda with booze at the same time.
**disclaimer** not a very practicing religious person
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  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    i'm not a very practicing religious person, either, but i always observe ash wednesday/lent. haven't been to church in months but you can believe i won't eat meat for the next few fridays! :) some things were ingrained pretty deep!

    i'll be getting my ashes at lunchtime. and i think this year instead of giving something up (usually chocolate) i'll try to get back to going to church regularly. i always feel better when i do.
  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    I was about to grab a soda out of the fridge and realized that is one of the things I really don't need right now. Anyone following the Catholic school tradition of giving something up for lent? I may do candy...don't think I can do soda with booze at the same time.
    **disclaimer** not a very practicing religious person

    If there was something I felt I should give up I would, but there is nothing I can think of....well apart from alcohol, that aint gonna happen though.
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  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    I don't do lent anymore, but I never thought that you should give up something that you've been thinking about giving up anyway, I don't know why, that's just never how I understood the tradition personally. One year I sacrificed pearl jam. I didn't listen to any pearl jam for 40 days. If it came on the radio I turned it off. It was hard.
  • yahamitayahamita Posts: 1,514
    I do not believe in the Catholic religion and their silly rules..
    I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me...GUARANTEED!

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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    nah, if I wanna give something up, I'll give it up... or try... or at least consider it :D

    But I never give anything up for lent.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    I don't do lent anymore, but I never thought that you should give up something that you've been thinking about giving up anyway, I don't know why, that's just never how I understood the tradition personally. One year I sacrificed pearl jam. I didn't listen to any pearl jam for 40 days. If it came on the radio I turned it off. It was hard.
    that's a good point... you're supposed to sacrifice something that you don't want to.

    although pearl jam? :eek: You're taking the catholic thing WAY too far ;)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    I don't do lent anymore, but I never thought that you should give up something that you've been thinking about giving up anyway, I don't know why, that's just never how I understood the tradition personally. One year I sacrificed pearl jam. I didn't listen to any pearl jam for 40 days. If it came on the radio I turned it off. It was hard.
    wow. :eek:
    that is a BIG sacrifice!
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    I was about to grab a soda out of the fridge and realized that is one of the things I really don't need right now. Anyone following the Catholic school tradition of giving something up for lent? I may do candy...don't think I can do soda with booze at the same time.
    **disclaimer** not a very practicing religious person

    Giving up soda for Lent a couple years ago was harder for me than giving up alcohol when I was a bartender in college.

    I went through really withdrawal and had the shakes.

    I'm not sure what I'm giving up this year.

    I already went out for Ashes this morning. I'm not very religious and am a holiday Catholic, but during Lent I at least practice the Lenten rituals.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    surfanddestroy wrote:
    alcohol, that aint gonna happen though.
    alcohol is never even a thought since st. patrick's day always falls within lent. i'd give up catholicism before i'd give up beer on st. patrick's day. ;):D
  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    Solat13 wrote:
    I already went out for Ashes this morning. I'm not very religious and am a holiday Catholic, but during Lent I at least practice the Lenten rituals.

    I stopped one year when st. patrick's day fell on a friday and the arch bishop of boston said that everyone could eat corned beef. I was like "what the hell, if it's that arbitrary why I have I been doing this for so long?"
  • chromiamchromiam Posts: 4,114
    I'm observing Lent by going to the Flyers game tonite and using my All You Can Eat tickets to their fullest extent... ashame its not all you can drink :D
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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    nfanel wrote:
    alcohol is never even a thought since st. patrick's day always falls within lent. i'd give up catholicism before i'd give up beer on st. patrick's day. ;):D

    LOL, usually the bishop in Philly offers a dispensation on St. Patrick's Day. But you would have to give up Parade Day though. ;)

    I remember the Red Sox one year got the bishop in Boston to issue a dispensation on a Friday in Lent because it was Opening Day and they didn't want the fans not to be able to eat Fenway Franks.

    Gotta love the Church sometimes. ;)
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    nfanel wrote:
    alcohol is never even a thought since st. patrick's day always falls within lent. i'd give up catholicism before i'd give up beer on st. patrick's day. ;):D
    :D when we were kids and kinda HAD to give something up (cos you were retarded if ya didn't basically) we pretty much gave everything up... but we were always allowed make an exception for paddys day :D
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    chromiam wrote:
    I'm observing Lent by going to the Flyers game tonite and using my All You Can Eat tickets to their fullest extent... ashame its not all you can drink :D
    :o for a second there, you made me think it was Friday :(
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    can't give up booze on St. Paddy's Day either. Or the whole weekend which it surrounds. I mean really, who the hell am I kidding?
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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    can't give up booze on St. Paddy's Day either. Or the whole weekend which it surrounds. I mean really, who the hell am I kidding?

    The one year I give up booze did and worked the Erin Express (Irish Bar Crawl in Philly St. Patrick's Day weekend), I made about 400 bucks more in tips than I normally did the years when I was drinking behind the bar while working ... lol.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    Solat13 wrote:
    LOL, usually the bishop in Philly offers a dispensation on St. Patrick's Day. But you would have to give up Parade Day though. ;)

    I remember the Red Sox one year got the bishop in Boston to issue a dispensation on a Friday in Lent because it was Opening Day and they didn't want the fans not to be able to eat Fenway Franks.

    Gotta love the Church sometimes. ;)
    by st. patrick's day, i mean parade day. it is my christmas. i don't even count march 17th as the real holiday.
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    Solat13 wrote:
    The one year I give up booze did and worked the Erin Express (Irish Bar Crawl in Philly St. Patrick's Day weekend), I made about 400 bucks more in tips than I normally did the years when I was drinking behind the bar while working ... lol.

    God Bless Ya! You're a better bartender than me! :D

    (one car bomb for you, one for me. one shot of paddy's for you, one for me. one guinness for you, one for me...)
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  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    nfanel wrote:
    by st. patrick's day, i mean parade day. it is my christmas. i don't even count march 17th as the real holiday.

    nic are you even irish? if so i'm leaving my wife and kids today and taking you to vegas!!!! ;):p
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  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    that's a good point... you're supposed to sacrifice something that you don't want to.

    although pearl jam? :eek: You're taking the catholic thing WAY too far ;)

    or I feel like you shouldn't give up something bad for you or something...

    but yeah I was REALLY catholic in high school. where I grew up everyone was of irish, italian, hispanic, french, or like greek orthadox decent so I had some friends who would condemn you to hell if you ate meat on a friday.
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    or I feel like you shouldn't give up something bad for you or something...

    but yeah I was REALLY catholic in high school. where I grew up everyone was of irish, italian, hispanic, french, or like greek orthadox decent so I had some friends who would condemn you to hell if you ate meat on a friday.

    I went to an all boy Catholic High School and this one Christian Brother who everyone hated would patrol all three lunch periods and give out detentions if you were caught eating meat on Ash Wednesday or any Friday during Lent.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    nic are you even irish? if so i'm leaving my wife and kids today and taking you to vegas!!!! ;):p
    yes! i'm a quarter irish!!! and was closest to my 100% irish grandmother so i feel more irish than anything. she started us early on the irish songs and making a big deal about st. patty's day. it's my favorite day of the year! (again, when scranton celebrates on parade day....the saturday before)
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    some friends who would condemn you to hell if you ate meat on a friday.
    my grandmother used to have me convinced eating meat on a friday during lent and killing were equivalent offenses. mortal sins!! :p
    like i said...some traditions...deeply ingrained...
  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    nfanel wrote:
    yes! i'm a quarter irish!!! and was closest to my 100% irish grandmother so i feel more irish than anything. she started us early on the irish songs and making a big deal about st. patty's day. it's my favorite day of the year! (again, when scranton celebrates on parade day....the saturday before)

    I love paddy's day...my mum always made a big deal of it because she thought that since our last name was italian we'd always feel more italian. lol I think she over did it because I've always felt way more irish.

    I like to get raging drunk on paddy's day and find a guy with an irish accent to hook up with. (the last 2 years in NC that was kinda impossible, so cooked corned beef and cabbage for like 25 people. stinky.)
  • markymark550markymark550 Posts: 5,154
    Giving up something for 40 days isn't solely a Catholic custom as I know quite a few Protestants that do this as well. As for myself, I've never tried it. I've never really seen the point in giving up something that you will pick back up and if you're having to give up something that's harmful to you, you should give it up regardless of religion.

    As for the no meat on Friday.....well, that's just crazy talk. :)
  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    I'm gonna try really hard not to bitch. As I've gotten older, it's become increasingly more difficult. :)
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    nfanel wrote:
    by st. patrick's day, i mean parade day. it is my christmas. i don't even count march 17th as the real holiday.

    I knew what you meant, but I like hearing you describe Parade Day. You get all excited for it. ;)
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    I like to get raging drunk on paddy's day and find a guy with an irish accent to hook up with.

    wuudja like to be lookin' at me fookin' blarney stones, yes? :p
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  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    Solat13 wrote:
    I knew what you meant, but I like hearing you describe Parade Day. You get all excited for it. ;)
    fourth biggest parade in the country!
    http://www.saintpatricksdayparade.com/scranton/index.htm
  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    wuudja like to be lookin' at me fookin' blarney stones, yes? :p

    hey what can I say they're really friendly :).

    (and they could be ugly as sin but I won't notice cuz of that accent...)
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