If you don't know, Lent is a Catholic Christian "holiday" before Easter. It represents the time that Jesus was in the desert for 40 days and 40 nights.
2007-02-27 12:31:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Abstaining from something helps us refocus on what is important and it cuts out the things that might have seemed important. By abstaining, we have better ability to concentrate on God.
One belief of why meat was chosen is because most people feel that giving up meat (beef and chicken) is an inconvenience.
The Church asks us to inconvenience ourselves sometimes to serve as a reminder that they should always have God as a top priorty and pleasures as a lesser priorty.
Another belief is that in many poorer countries, beef is a specialty. For us to give it up, helps us to remember about people who are less fortunate than we are.
2007-02-27 12:37:53 · answer #1 · answered by SpiritRoaming 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. Jesus was in the desert for 40 days at the beginning of his ministry and almost 3 years later was crucified. I don't understand how those two things come together, and become attached.
I don't understand the Marde Gra at all. It all looks to me a whole lot like Moses, when he went up on the hill and his followers biuilt the golden calf and did a lot of other things. It was the big party before the return of Moses. Mardi Gra is the big party before what is suppose to be spiritual. So one can go out and do anything and then get religious????????????????????????????????????
2007-02-27 12:38:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
listed right here are the regulations in accordance to the Code of Cannon regulation #1249 a million. The Season of Lent preserves its penitential character. 2. the days of penance are Ash Wednesday and all Fridays in Lent. 3. one in each and every of those friendly the thought of penance: * Ash Wednesday And good Friday are days of quickly and abstinence. * All Fridays are days of abstinence basically. 4 Church regulation binds as follows The regulation of abstinence (no longer ingesting meat) obliges people who've achieved their 14th year of age. The regulation of quickly (basically a million finished meal and a pair of smaller, no longer something between) from 18-60 years old. scientific motives can excuse from the guidelines 5 The important observance of those rules is a grave criminal accountability. absolutely everyone who neglects all styles of penance violates divine regulation and is responsible of grave sin absolutely everyone who now and back violates the regulation of quickly and? or abstinence isn't responsible of sin. Biblical references which you will locate approximately fasting and abstaining Matthew 6:sixteen, Mark 2:20, 9:29, Acts 13:2, 14:23. the only question I even have for you're they Catholic?
2016-09-30 00:07:35 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a catholic tradition out of respect for Jesus being crucified on Friday
2007-02-27 12:34:40 · answer #4 · answered by John 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Dogma
2007-02-27 12:33:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
at first god said (this all in the bible) that we couldn't eat meat. later in the bible he said that we could. LET US EAT MEAT!! honestly, i don't get that holiday, sorry.
2007-02-27 12:37:31 · answer #6 · answered by That one guy 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
so you can starve whiles the priests and nuns secretly eat all the food.
2007-02-27 12:34:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋