The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-03-07
U. M. ToBEY, P. M.

REGULATIONS o LENT.-ln this yea1
of grace, 1889, Ash Wednesday, the frs
day of Lent, falls on the sixth day o
| March.
All days in Lent, Sundays excepted
are days of fast.
All the faithful, unless legitimately
dispensed, are bound to observed tn.
fast of Lent.
The law of fasting restricts the taking
of food of one full meal toward the
middle of the day. and in the evening tc
a collation. not exceeding the fourth-part
of an ordinary meal, and excludes ibotl
from the full meal and the collation. the
use of f1esh-meat, egg, and white-meats
milk, butter, cheese, etc.
BY apostolic dispensation the follow,
ing special privileges are granted to the
faithful in the Uvited States.
/. The use Of hesh-1neat is permitted
at the principal meal on Mondays, Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, with
tue exception of Ember-Week, March
10th, and Holy Saturday april GOTH,
Fish and meat. however, are not to be
used at the same meal.
2. The use of eggs and white-meats
(nlilk, butter, cheese. etc. is permitted
on all days of Lent, whether at the prin-
cIpal meal or at the collation..
3 cup of tea. coffee, chocolate, or
other similar drink, with a morsel of
bread, or a cracker, may be taken in the
morning.
4. When the principal meal cannot
without difficulty be had toward the
middle of the day, the order of the re-
pasts may be changed-the collation.
taken in the morning, and the dinner, or
full meal, in the evening.
5. The use of lard, or dripping, is per-
mitted in preparing food.
6 Persons legitimatelv dispensed from
the law of fasting may use fesh-meat at
all the meals on whatever days there is
general permission for it's use at the
principal meal.
The precept of fasting is binding under
pain of greviouS sin.
The following class of persons are
dispensed from obligation Of fasting
persons under the age of twenty-one
years; those who have attained to the
age of sixty; the infirm; those who are
engaged in hard labor, or eXhausting du-
ties; women who are in a state of preg-
nancy, or are nursing children. Those
who excuse themselver or seek exemp-
ton from this obligation, should satisfy
their consciences that their indisposition
to fasting is owing to real inability and
not Ia a spirit Of selfindulgence. In all
cases of doubt they should advise with
their pastor, and all who are exempt,
should endeavor to supply as far as they
can for the non-observance of the fact
by other p%enitential restrictions and
should in common with Others devote
themselves to prayer and recollection,
and to the acts of sorrow and compunc-
ton for sin, agreeably with the spirit OF
the church in this ho~ly..seasor.
The precept of abstinence from flesh
meat is binding on all, children under
the age of seven years and the sick ex-
copied.
By special apostle indult the use OF
flesh-meat is again allowed on Saturdays
drought the year, except when a fast
day falls on a Saturday.
Pastors will hold speeiarservices of de-
votion i'll their several churches at ap-
pointed times dnring Lent. Instrcut-
ions of a practical character upon the
Christian duties, the nature of the sac,
raments, and the preparation for their
due reception, should be given on those
occasions.
The devotion of the Way of the Cross
will be observed in all churches and
chapels, when it is possible to do so, on
the Friday evenings throughout Lent.
I JOHN ireland.
Archbishop of st. Paul,
Administrator Apostolic of the Vicar
late of Northern Minnesota.
St. Paul, Feb. 21st 1887