Yeah, so Lent starts this Wednesday, and being the weirdo Catholic that I am, I give up random stuff in observance of Lent. It's kinda fun. Well, the observances aren't so much random as they are kind of odd. For instance, could you go 40 days without the mud? 40 days without listening to music of your choice? 40 days without caffeine? I think it's a pretty cool thing, and the whole idea behind it is groovy too. But then again, I'm just weird and sleep deprived. So yeah, I thought it'd be kinda interesting to see what yous peoples think. Not that it'll have much influence in what I actually do, mind you... Just that yeah I'm not making much, if any, sense right now.
- Grungar "Dude, check it out, there's a pink elephant running around the living room" Forgefire
Fun with Lent!
I gave up religion for lent when i was 12, and it worked!
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I'm quite the atheiest in truth, however my wife and her family are catholics, albeit not extremely religious types.
Anyways, having never done anything for "lent", nor cared at all about it, this year we are giving up junk food for the 6 weeks.
Apparently my wife assures me this does not include chocolate.
Anyways, having never done anything for "lent", nor cared at all about it, this year we are giving up junk food for the 6 weeks.
Apparently my wife assures me this does not include chocolate.
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ssar wrote:I'm quite the atheiest in truth, however my wife and her family are catholics, albeit not extremely religious types.
Anyways, having never done anything for "lent", nor cared at all about it, this year we are giving up junk food for the 6 weeks.
Apparently my wife assures me this does not include chocolate.
It doesn't.
Chocolate is a perfectly natural food, rich in several important nutrients. Like anything of course, it is possible to overindulge....
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Gura: ..btw, being a dick is my god given right as an evil.
Gura: ..btw, being a dick is my god given right as an evil.
buahaha im a non practicing catholic by birth ... i have deep beliefs that this is not my right path .. too many things i question about it all ..
anyway i decided to give up junk food too ... for the health of it.. just had my last bit of taco bell tonight ... bought fruits n veggies ... yummy cant wait :)
hope i dont fade away ... i LOOOOOOOVE junk food
yeah chocolate isnt junk .. it's a grain i think *wink*
anyway i decided to give up junk food too ... for the health of it.. just had my last bit of taco bell tonight ... bought fruits n veggies ... yummy cant wait :)
hope i dont fade away ... i LOOOOOOOVE junk food
yeah chocolate isnt junk .. it's a grain i think *wink*
Ash wednesday- The day jesus died on the cross.
marks first day of lent.
Lent=40 day period of fasting, which ends on easter sunday
(fat tuesday, last day of mardi gras, came into existence because people pigged out the day before ash wednesday cuz it was the last day they could eat meat for the next 40 days)
Old rules - no meat at all, give up something
pseudo rules - no meat on friday, give up something
common observance - give up something, eat fish on friday
Ash wednesday=holy day of obligation (you gotta go to church)
If you go to church, the priest smears some black ink (supposedly ashes) on your forehead, which represents something that i dont remember, probably purity or some shit like that
so from ash wednesday until easter you are supposed to give something up, to honor the time between when jesus died and when he rose from the dead(good friday, they noticed the rock was missing from his tomb), then he returned to the apostles (easter sunday 2 days later) and then rose to heaven(ascention thursday, i believe this is the thursday following easter?).
i dunno if ascention thursday is, but good friday is also a holy day of obligation, which means you have to go to church again.
Your supposed to light a candle every friday, three candles are pink and one is purple; the purple one is for good friday, i dunno what the hell thats all about.
Its a time of reflection to think about all the stuff jesus did for you, including letting the romans tack him up on a cross and kill him for "your sins". This is the supposed origin of the guilt complex that the catholic church instills in most of its followers..."be a good person because jesus died for your sins!"
If you couldn't tell im a non-believer:) This is the stuff i remember from catholic school, but i only went to catholic school in elementary school so some of this may be wrong/inaccurate because of my bad memory, and the fact that it was common to lie to the little kids about holidays because they wouldn't be able to understand the real significance yet, so they dumbed it down alot.
marks first day of lent.
Lent=40 day period of fasting, which ends on easter sunday
(fat tuesday, last day of mardi gras, came into existence because people pigged out the day before ash wednesday cuz it was the last day they could eat meat for the next 40 days)
Old rules - no meat at all, give up something
pseudo rules - no meat on friday, give up something
common observance - give up something, eat fish on friday
Ash wednesday=holy day of obligation (you gotta go to church)
If you go to church, the priest smears some black ink (supposedly ashes) on your forehead, which represents something that i dont remember, probably purity or some shit like that
so from ash wednesday until easter you are supposed to give something up, to honor the time between when jesus died and when he rose from the dead(good friday, they noticed the rock was missing from his tomb), then he returned to the apostles (easter sunday 2 days later) and then rose to heaven(ascention thursday, i believe this is the thursday following easter?).
i dunno if ascention thursday is, but good friday is also a holy day of obligation, which means you have to go to church again.
Your supposed to light a candle every friday, three candles are pink and one is purple; the purple one is for good friday, i dunno what the hell thats all about.
Its a time of reflection to think about all the stuff jesus did for you, including letting the romans tack him up on a cross and kill him for "your sins". This is the supposed origin of the guilt complex that the catholic church instills in most of its followers..."be a good person because jesus died for your sins!"
If you couldn't tell im a non-believer:) This is the stuff i remember from catholic school, but i only went to catholic school in elementary school so some of this may be wrong/inaccurate because of my bad memory, and the fact that it was common to lie to the little kids about holidays because they wouldn't be able to understand the real significance yet, so they dumbed it down alot.
Mysrel tells you 'have my babies'
You tell Mysrel 'u want me to be ur baby daddy?'
Mysrel tells you 'daddy? No, I think you have the terminology wrong'
You tell Mysrel 'comeon now we both know i would be the top'
Mysrel tells you 'can be where ever you want to be, yer still getting ****** like a drunken cheerleader'
You tell Mysrel 'u want me to be ur baby daddy?'
Mysrel tells you 'daddy? No, I think you have the terminology wrong'
You tell Mysrel 'comeon now we both know i would be the top'
Mysrel tells you 'can be where ever you want to be, yer still getting ****** like a drunken cheerleader'
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thanuk wrote:Ash wednesday- The day jesus died on the cross.
That was Good Friday. Three days later, He rose from the dead (Easter Sunday).
thanuk wrote:Ash wednesday=holy day of obligation (you gotta go to church)
If you go to church, the priest smears some black ink (supposedly ashes) on your forehead, which represents something that i dont remember, probably purity or some shit like that
They actually are ashes, the ashes of the palm fronds from the previous year's Palm Sunday, mixed with some holy water. The ashes remind us of our mortality.
thanuk wrote:Your supposed to light a candle every friday, three candles are pink and one is purple; the purple one is for good friday, i dunno what the hell thats all about.
That's Advent, the season before Christmas, and the colours are reversed. Three purples, one pink. Pink is the third week of Advent. Each candle lit on a Sunday, I believe.
At least that's my understanding of it. Here's some more info on it:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01775b.htm
- Grungar "Those wacky Catholics" Forgefire
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