tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post8351566903479348855..comments2024-03-27T11:27:31.790-05:00Comments on A Catholic Life: 20 Pious Practices for Lent: What Should I Give Up for Lent?Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-31113236735282805002023-02-26T08:44:45.955-06:002023-02-26T08:44:45.955-06:00Whoa..."Sounds" is the key, lol. God ble...Whoa..."Sounds" is the key, lol. God bless the saints who were never afraid to admonish the faithful and poor sinners.Lisa Marienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-10267861313331236902016-02-19T08:57:09.369-06:002016-02-19T08:57:09.369-06:00http://renegadetrad.blogspot.com/2010/02/re-examin...http://renegadetrad.blogspot.com/2010/02/re-examining-partial-abstinence.html<br /><br />However, I find the category of "partial abstinence" to be unnecessarily semantically confusing for people. If one is allowed to take meat at the main meal on a fasting day...that is essentially the same as "no abstinence"...because when you fast you are only supposed to be taking the main meal anyway. The fact that the collations, which are already a concession to human weakness, can't have meat...should just be assumed, or included in the definition of collation, rather than creating this third category of abstinence which is really basically just non-abstinence for all intents and purposes. Excluding meat from just the collations, which you ideally wouldn't be taking anyway, hardly deserves its own name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-83692667439042492092015-02-18T21:31:05.884-06:002015-02-18T21:31:05.884-06:00Anon, what on earth are you going on about? What d...Anon, what on earth are you going on about? What does Matthew need to repent of?Dymphnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01469622835449220113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-90612041360201010422015-02-18T10:45:17.462-06:002015-02-18T10:45:17.462-06:00I have posted on my blog evidence of the "par...I have posted on my blog evidence of the "partial abstinence" in the form of a card dating from the 50s. http://benjaminiperegrinus.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/repost-this-lent-dont-be-a-wimp/ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-39768889220720846182015-02-18T09:36:19.143-06:002015-02-18T09:36:19.143-06:00As I remember it before Vat. II, partial absence (...As I remember it before Vat. II, partial absence (from meat) was required on Monday and Wednesdays besides no meat at all on Friday. E. Nomlakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15685204391886151834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-64734276062840568922014-03-11T17:35:45.188-05:002014-03-11T17:35:45.188-05:00Matthew, I am enjoying the Keep Love in Lent Blog...Matthew, I am enjoying the Keep Love in Lent Blog Link-up 2014. Just found your site and honestly your 20 points touched my heart and I believe you did present them from a place of prayer. Many of those were items that my Mom and Dad shared with us as children and I value their steadfast love of the Lord. Not easy for sure. Thank you for sharing and sorry for sometimes comments are harsh, even if the person is trying to be helpful. Peggy<br />http://creatingspaceinyourlife.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-13114058046243716282014-03-07T23:35:16.212-06:002014-03-07T23:35:16.212-06:00Everything you wrote sounds correct to the very le...Everything you wrote sounds correct to the very letter of the law. This could have been very helpful to poorly catechized/ ignorant Catholics. Yet, I can't help but sense pride and a lack of love. Don't squelch your reader's desire for God by condemning them. Jesus was gentle and kind and He still taught people and he won their salvation. If you desire the good of your neighbor's soul instead of belonging to an elite club (think Pharisees) , pray before you write. God bless you! Repent!Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731347937137481437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-35649457317184729702014-03-04T10:37:45.184-06:002014-03-04T10:37:45.184-06:00This is a much needed post. I would love for you ...This is a much needed post. I would love for you to come and share it at my Lenten linkup. God bless! http://our4kiddos.blogspot.com/2014/03/what-are-you-doing-this-lenten-season.htmlLisa Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12584089495171423348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-59368970722829641462012-02-22T14:06:52.682-06:002012-02-22T14:06:52.682-06:00Ask anyone old enough to remember the rules of fas...Ask anyone old enough to remember the rules of fasting in the early 60s or before. Partial abstinence has been around for centuries.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-84067529679769343932012-02-22T10:42:24.078-06:002012-02-22T10:42:24.078-06:00Taplady, this was done years ago before Vatican II...Taplady, this was done years ago before Vatican II...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-13164909071986041872012-02-22T01:12:05.057-06:002012-02-22T01:12:05.057-06:00I have never ever heard of partial abstinance duri...I have never ever heard of partial abstinance during the week during lent and I am a graduate of Steubenville and have a Theolgian brother who teaches at Thomas Aquinas college! Plus my dad while he was alive had a doctorate in Theology! Proof, please.Taplady101https://www.blogger.com/profile/07070468365744716938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-88719400815674785662012-02-19T21:17:02.979-06:002012-02-19T21:17:02.979-06:00Fr. Butler's Lives of the Saints is completely...Fr. Butler's <a href="http://www.bartleby.com/210/" rel="nofollow"><i>Lives of the Saints</i></a> is completely OCRed and free online.Geremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.com