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Sort of. Handel Send a noteboard - 17/02/2010 04:22:03 PM

1. Do you observe Lent?


I do, after a fashion, but am currently sort of . . . displaced.


2. Why (not)?


Because it is good for the soul and spirit: self-examination, the mystery of Christ's passion, death, and ultimately His glorious resurrection.

3. What does your observance of Lent typically entail? Giving things up, taking things on, or something else?


"giving things up" is a peculiar and somewhat new practice among Western Christians. Originally, even in the West, Lenten observance was much more like that of the Eastern Orthodox Churches, right up until the 20th century (Lenten fasting, or fasting at all for that matter, changed even more significantly after Vatican II).

4. What's the hardest thing you've ever given up/taken on/something else?


Several years ago I went completely vegetarian for Lent. That was very difficult for me, but I survived!

5. What, if anything, are you planning to do for observing Lent this year?


Last year I read St Augustine's Confessions. This year . . . well, I am a lapsed Roman Catholic, generically (traditional) Anglican with Orthodox sympathies; it is complicated. But I do observe Morning and Evening prayer (1662/1928 Book of Common Prayer) daily, so the seasonal elements of the offices add something to my Lenten experience.

6. Do you observe Sundays as feast days (and as such, exempt from fasting/abstinence), considering that the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Holy Saturday don't include Sundays?


I've grown rather lax in following dietary restrictions of any sort.

Six is a good number. I'll stop here.


I suppose it is, but five is much nicer number in the grand scheme of things :)
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/Survey: Lent approaches! Anyone giving up anything? Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 04:28:08 AM 1108 Views
Lentils Approach! On my menu!! LadyLorraine - 16/02/2010 04:39:18 AM 923 Views
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*pats you on the head* *NM* Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 05:40:24 AM 371 Views
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I have a friend who used to pledge to be a better Buddhist for Lent. Darth_Katie - 16/02/2010 05:02:03 PM 852 Views
I usually give up something... Missa Sedai - 16/02/2010 05:24:13 AM 886 Views
You could go to the Vatican.. Kel - 16/02/2010 02:04:39 PM 838 Views
Non-essential internet sounds like a haaard one. Lupine - 16/02/2010 05:38:25 AM 898 Views
I'm actually looking forward to it. I'm quite good at not doing something if I have a reason. Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 05:48:34 AM 883 Views
possibly nossy - 16/02/2010 10:12:41 AM 849 Views
Great Lent already began on Monday. Tom - 16/02/2010 01:45:16 PM 847 Views
So you aren't doing any of the fasts or dietary restrictions? Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 05:08:14 PM 744 Views
No, I'm not following any restrictions. Tom - 16/02/2010 09:36:52 PM 763 Views
the orthodox lent sounds similar to what Catholic Lent was >.> LadyLorraine - 16/02/2010 05:21:10 PM 780 Views
Pretty much. Tom - 16/02/2010 09:38:48 PM 1015 Views
That's still on the books for Episcopalians, if I recall correctly, but as an option. Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 11:48:24 PM 807 Views
Haha, you aren't kidding! Avendesora - 16/02/2010 08:14:08 PM 867 Views
It was good to know that I could do it, though. Tom - 16/02/2010 09:39:32 PM 892 Views
I'll give up something. Kel - 16/02/2010 02:02:02 PM 735 Views
I'm not a Christian, but I've given things up in the name of Lent. The Shrike - 16/02/2010 02:20:14 PM 773 Views
It's definitely socially handy. Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 05:19:22 PM 829 Views
which is really rather sad. LadyLorraine - 16/02/2010 05:28:35 PM 821 Views
Is it weird that I really like Lent? Darth_Katie - 16/02/2010 05:21:54 PM 804 Views
Perhaps it is. But, less so than lint, I'm thinking. LiterateDog - 16/02/2010 05:25:28 PM 848 Views
I actually do enjoy cleaning lint traps in the dryer. It's fun! *NM* Darth_Katie - 16/02/2010 05:34:08 PM 447 Views
it's an adventure *NM* LadyLorraine - 17/02/2010 07:33:26 PM 432 Views
No. It's foolishness. LiterateDog - 16/02/2010 05:26:53 PM 863 Views
<3 *NM* The Shrike - 16/02/2010 08:44:41 PM 458 Views
Your drier must be hard-core Protestant. I'm sorry. *NM* Ghavrel - 16/02/2010 11:49:15 PM 454 Views
I don't think anyone here does I guess it's not our tradition (though I'm not even Christian) *NM* Lordling - 16/02/2010 08:04:55 PM 463 Views
Re: /Survey: Lent approaches! Anyone giving up anything? ranagrande - 17/02/2010 02:49:49 AM 691 Views
Can I give up the act of giving things up? Nate - 17/02/2010 04:40:18 AM 771 Views
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Sort of. Handel - 17/02/2010 04:22:03 PM 1222 Views
The question that comes to my mind is.... Jeordam - 17/02/2010 06:19:46 PM 798 Views
And there's another huge difference between abstinence and self-denial. Ghavrel - 21/02/2010 08:18:15 PM 818 Views
I'm giving up Kuke - 20/02/2010 05:21:08 PM 801 Views
Sounds good. *NM* Ghavrel - 21/02/2010 08:18:40 PM 435 Views
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