sandandfoam
Veteran Member
Do you think there is value in giving something up for lent?
If so what are you giving up?
If so what are you giving up?
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Lent
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Francine
Well-Known Member
I'm giving up Lent for Lent.
Melancholy
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:help:I'm fasting tommorow and then giving up the chocolate. The smokes are going as well.
lunamoth
Will to love
Giving up something for Lent helps set this time apart from the rest of the year. It's not simply deprivation, but by not eating some foods that we would normally eat and enjoy we have a continuing reminder that life is More than our everyday way of being. It is a practice of mindfulness that elevates the ordinary to the extraordinary.
I like to use Lent to also try to re-start my prayer and reading practices, which often slack off as I get caught up in life. Giving up something (usually sugar) and re-dedicating myself to prayer, going an extra mile in reaching out to others, daily meditation and reading all are part of setting this time apart and participating in the sacred.
I like to use Lent to also try to re-start my prayer and reading practices, which often slack off as I get caught up in life. Giving up something (usually sugar) and re-dedicating myself to prayer, going an extra mile in reaching out to others, daily meditation and reading all are part of setting this time apart and participating in the sacred.
happ
Catholic/Evagelical
As a child I remember Lent lasting forever since the Lutheran church added several more Sundays as Pre-Lent. The crucifix was covered in a purple veil as well as pictures/statues of Christ & saints. No flowers were placed in the church & parts of the liturgy were changed [the chant Alleluia wasnt sung]. We also went to church on Wednesday night for Lenten Vespers or Holy Communion and were expected to go to private confession before Easter. It wasn't so much giving up something for Lent but giving more of ourselves [helping others, volunteer work].
Now as an adult Roman Catholic my views & practices haven't really changed much though Pre-Lent [anyone else remember the 3 Sundays before Ash Wednesday -Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima] has been dropped & religious art isn't covered up. Fasting is still a part of Lent but more time for prayer & more service to others is the most meaningful Lenten practice for me.
Now as an adult Roman Catholic my views & practices haven't really changed much though Pre-Lent [anyone else remember the 3 Sundays before Ash Wednesday -Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima] has been dropped & religious art isn't covered up. Fasting is still a part of Lent but more time for prayer & more service to others is the most meaningful Lenten practice for me.
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
Im giving up the idea of giving up stuff i like. It will be a hard a treachrous journey...