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What are you giving up for Lent??
- Thread starter eburgess
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I'm permanently lapsed. Most years I wouldn't even know Lent had begun except for news reports on Carnivale
I second that...Originally Posted by Ilovecats
I'm not giving up anything.I'm Jewish.
cotton candy with DVD rentals.
Complaining!
So far it's been 21 hrs. and 59 minutes.
So far it's been 21 hrs. and 59 minutes.
Originally Posted by ccoccocats
Complaining!
So far it's been 21 hrs. and 59 minutes.
Im giving up trying to give anything up
Seriously though, pizza! I find that I order pizza too much when I am too lazy to cook so I'm giving it up for Lent~
Seriously though, pizza! I find that I order pizza too much when I am too lazy to cook so I'm giving it up for Lent~
You liked that one, huh?Originally Posted by sashacat421
I never heard of that tradition until I married a man who was raised catholic. Is this only a catholic tradition? I for one am glad that our family never had this practice.
Yes its Catholic in a way, Catholics follow it but so do a few other religions
If you are interested you can read about it here
Same here.Originally Posted by Ilovecats
I'm not giving up anything.I'm Jewish.
I'm not Jewish, but I'm not giving up anything either....I'm a recovering Catholic!Originally Posted by Ilovecats
I'm not giving up anything.I'm Jewish.
Never a borrower or a LENTER be! Yup, that's my motto!
As Ashley says, certainly Catholic, but not only Catholic. I do observe this (Anglican) but I find it useful not to think of it as plain denial of something, but rather self-discipline -- which can include denial, of course, but doesn't necessarily. It's a lot of years since I stopped giving up some favourite treat -- that being the usual sort of thing -- and began using this as a way of being intentional about changing some habit, behaviour, attitude that I'm not happy about in myself.
My husband, who is actually somewhere between agnostic and atheist, but sings in our church choir (where we met 30 years ago), used to joke that he was giving up Lent for Lent. It was soon pointed out to him that if he did that he would have to give up all the scrummy music we get to sing!
Seriously, though, I've found it can be a very positive experience.
I am not Catholic, but each year I like to give up something to honor Lent. This year, my goal is to give up worrying. Although I realize it does no good whatsoever but to cause stress, I am a chronic worrier, and it's something I need to work on. So, if any of you guys hear me worrying the next 40 days, do remind me of this!
