When doing lent - ( for Christians / Catholics )....?

Question

I am chaldean ( Catholic ) - when we fast for lent we are told by our church not to lent on Sunday for it is a holy day. So say i give up pop -- on Sunday i can drink pop --- just only through the week i cannot. Our prist tells us by having it on Sunday it refreshes our memory of the food or drink that we fasted - which makes it harder .. also like i said - he said on Sunday it is gods day so you should not be suffering.


how true is this? do you only fast mon - sat ? have you ever heard this before? im thinking its maybe just a chaldean thing.


am i making any sense? lol


basically we dont fast on Sundays - is this normal ?




also if you would like to - add what you are fasting this lent.

TO KC ------- by doing lent it is not a way to "prove to god that we love him" - it is a way for us to sacrifice for him - and remember how he sacrificed for all of us. It is supposed to be a very spiritual thing that makes you closer to god - and is supposed to strengthen you as a person and a Catholic.

Answer 1

Traditionally Lent is a fast of 40 days - and if you count the days, you cannot make 40 and include Sunday. Sunday is technically exempt.

Now many people include Sunday in whatever they have given up for Lent, to increase the sacrifice. I always make a mental reservation when I decide what I am giving up for Lent - every day except St Patrick's Day (which always falls in Lent). So on that one day I can drink, or eat meat, or whatever.

It is left up to each individual - but technically, Sundays are not part of Lent.

Answer 2

I'm Episcopalian, and our church observes Lent. For most people, the Lenten observations are observed throughout Lent, from beginning to end. However, I do vaguely remember hearing somewhere that Sundays in Lent are considered "free days" within some denominations because Sundays are holy. I don't know if that's true or not, though, and most people I know observe Lent on Sundays, too. I've observed Lent all my life, but oddly enough, haven't heard much from the pulpit regarding directions for doing so. It's just assumed that you won't eat meat on Fridays, will give up something for Lent, will donate to charity, and that sort of thing.

Answer 3

You can look at it a couple ways....if you count out the actual days of Lent, adding Sundays would take us over 40 days....Sundays are NEVER supposed to be penitential days- they are days to rejoice. " The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath"-

in that cae- you may indulge in your sacrifice.

I look at it this way...if I give up, say pop, I could have it on Sundays during Lent, but I choose not to as a demonstration of self control.

Also- ;giving up' for Lent is a very immature thing- it's for kids. Lent should be a time of personal and spiritual growth. A better practice is to get up 20 minutes early and spend time in prayer. It is still a sacrificila act, but one that will help you grow in your relationship with God. How does giving up pop help you grow?

Answer 4

Actually, I just started going to a church that does Lent. (My last church didn't). Here is what I know:

In between Ash Wednesday and Easter, you are supposed to give up something for God. This can depend on the person: TV, books other than the Bible, (in your case) soda, and other things.

What this does is give more faith in God in saying, you can have this for a while.

I don't know what I am giving up yet; if I give up anything at all. I had never heard of Lent until my friend told me a few years ago...

Answer 5

No, it's not just Chaldean. Roman Catholics have heard of this too, including the justification. Some indulge it, some don't. If you count, there are 46 days from Ash Wednesday to Easter, yet there are "40 Days" in Lent. Apparently some of those days don't count.

Answer 6

+ 40 Days +

There are 40 days in Lent.

However if you count the number of days from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (the day before Easter) you find there are 46 days.

The extra days are 6 Sundays. These Sundays are not really part of Lent. So if you give up chocolate for Lent you can eat it on Sundays.

If you give up something more important like sarcasm or endeavor to do some good work then I suggest you keep up the effort on Lenten Sundays.

+ Lent +

The Catholic Church follows the Biblical practice of Jesus Christ and the Jews in setting aside days where the entire Church fasts and prays as one in a attitude of constant renewal.

By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert and in spiritual preparation for the celebration of His Passion, Death, and Resurrection.

This season of penance is an intense moments of the Church's penitential practice and are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and charitable and missionary works.

With love in Christ.

Answer 7

In Bible cases, human beings fasted for countless motives that met with divine approval. some fasted to specific severe sorrow or repentance for sins (a million Samuel 7:4-6), to implore God’s desire or seek for his education (Judges 20:26-28; Luke 2:36, 37), or to sharpen one’s concentration mutually as meditating.—Matthew 4:a million, 2. Fasting is non-compulsory; neither is it incorrect. it may be constructive in some situations if the unfavorable aspects stated above are prevented. Fasting, whether, isn't the concentration of suitable worship. Jehovah is “the chuffed God,” and he needs his servants to be chuffed. (a million Timothy a million:11) His very own be conscious says: “there's no longer something extra advantageous for them than . . . that each and each guy could eat and definitely drink and see solid for all his confusing artwork. it is the present of God.”—Ecclesiastes 3:12, 13. What approximately Lent? The 40-day rapid of Lent is declared to commemorate the 40-day rapid of Christ. yet, Jesus under no circumstances commanded his disciples to commemorate his rapid, neither is there any info that they did so. the 1st solid point out of the 40-day rapid until eventually now Easter is known to be in letters of Athanasius, dated 330 C.E. in view that Jesus fasted following his baptism and not until eventually now his dying, the actuality that some religions be conscious Lent in the weeks previous Easter might seem unusual. whether, a 40-day rapid in the early area of the 300 and sixty 5 days become difficulty-loose between historical Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks. The “Christian” custom become needless to say borrowed from them.

Answer 8

I try to fast from Ash Wednesday until Easter Sunday, inclusive.

I also don't eat meat on Fridays during Lent.

I haven't decided what to give up for Lent this year. Maybe I won't respond to baited questions posed by atheists.

Answer 9

I am Lutheran, and we do sometimes give up things for Lent, but it is not enforced in any way. However, when we do give something up it's for the whole 40 days, and no 'Catholic Loophole'.

I am feeling kind of Catholic about my Lenten vow to give up booze, though.

Answer 10

No....that's universal.

Sunday is ALWAYS a feast day....and we NEVER fast on Sunday.

However (and this is just personal preference) - if I "give up something" for Lent - I give it up - Sunday's included...for just the reason you said - it makes it harder....